The effects of corruption on growth performance of the MENA countries

Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 208-221

  Guetat, Imène ^a  

^a Faculté de Droit et des Sciences Economiques et Politiques de Sousse   (Tunisia)

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EID: 66149089795     PISSN: 10550925     EISSN: 19389744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02761487     Document Type: Article

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