Corruption and growth under weak identification

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 264-275

  Shaw, Philip ^a   Katsaiti, Marina Selini ^b   Jurgilas, Marius ^c  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78651098951     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2009.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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