Enforcement of exogenous environmental regulation, social disapproval and bribery

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 940-945

  Akpalu, Wisdom ^a   Eggert, Håkan ^b   Vondolia, Godwin K ^b  

^a FARMINGDALE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bribery; Law enforcement; Natural resource management; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349278373     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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