Economic growth with endogenous corruption: An empirical study

Public Choice

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-41

  Swaleheen, Mushfiq ^a  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Growth; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650207679     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-009-9581-1     Document Type: Article

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