Corruption and left-wing beliefs in a post-socialist transition economy: Evidence from China's 'harmonious society'

Economics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-44

  Smyth, Russell ^a   Qian, Joanne Xiaolei ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Corruption; Fairness; Political legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149512883     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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