Why do people engage in corruption? The case of Estonia

Social Forces

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1257-1279

  Tavits, Margit ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953550896     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0288     Document Type: Article

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