Legal standards, enforcement, and corruption

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1104-1132

  Immordino, Giovanni ^a   Pagano, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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EID: 77954935611     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jeea_a_00016     Document Type: Article

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