Is there a trade-off between income inequality and corruption? Evidence from Latin America

Economics Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-104

  Dobson, Stephen ^a   Ramlogan Dobson, Carlyn ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Income inequality; Informal sector; Latin America; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950955263     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2009.12.038     Document Type: Article

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