Quality of government: What you get

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 12, Issue , 2009, Pages 135-161

  Holmberg, Sören ^a   Rothstein, Bo ^a   Nasiritousi, Naghmeh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corruption; Economic growth; Good governance; Rule of law

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049116573     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-polisci-100608-104510     Document Type: Article

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