Gender, culture, and corruption: Insights from an experimental analysis

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 663-680

  Alatas, Vivi ^a   Cameron, Lisa ^b   Chaudhuri, Ananish ^c   Erkal, Nisvan ^b   Gangadharan, Lata ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 59549107080     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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