Corruption and confidence in public institutions: Evidence from a global survey

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 212-249

  Clausen, Bianca ^a   Kraay, Aart ^a   Nyiri, Zsolt ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b German Marshall Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053179864     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhr018     Document Type: Article

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