On the release of information by governments: Causes and consequences

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-138

  Williams, Andrew ^a  

^a Murdoch Business School   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Information asymmetries; Institutional quality

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; DATABASE; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 61349191573     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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