Evaluation of international corruption indexes: Should we believe them or not?

Social Science Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 508-540

  Ko, Kilkon ^a   Samajdar, Ananya ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 77955090490     PISSN: 03623319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soscij.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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