Eat, drink, firms, government: An investigation of corruption from the entertainment and travel costs of chinese firms

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-78

  Cai, Hongbin ^a   Fang, Hanming ^b   Xu, Lixin Colin ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 80051569245     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651201     Document Type: Article

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