Corruption and bilateral trade flows: Extortion or evasion?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 843-860

  Dutt, Pushan ^a   Traca, Daniel ^b  

^a NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 78650967523     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00034     Document Type: Article

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