The demand for transparency: An empirical note

Review of International Organizations

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-195

  Pitlik, Hans ^a   Frank, Björn ^b   Firchow, Mathias ^c  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corruption; EITI; Natural resources; Reform; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952097542     PISSN: 15597431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-009-9073-6     Document Type: Article

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