Why is corruption less harmful in some countries than in others?

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 797-810

  Blackburn, Keith ^a   Forgues Puccio, Gonzalo F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disorganised corruption; Growth; Innovation; Organised corruption

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449119967     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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