Anticorruption effects of information communication and technology (ICT) and social capital

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-116

  Shim, Dong Chul ^a   Eom, Tae Ho ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corruption; E government; e Participation; Information communication technology (ICT); International panel data; Social capital; Transparency

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; PANEL DATA; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 62549091504     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852308099508     Document Type: Article

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