Freedom of information acts and public sector corruption

Public Choice

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 435-460

  Escaleras, Monica ^a   Lin, Shu ^b   Register, Charles ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

D73; D78; Freedom of information; Governmental transparency; H11; Institutions; O10; Public sector corruption

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649323646     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-009-9574-0     Document Type: Article

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