A controlled field experiment on corruption

European Economic Review

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1072-1082

  Armantier, Olivier ^a   Boly, Amadou ^b  

^a CIRANO   (Canada)

^b UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Austria)

Author keywords

Corruption; Experimental economics; Field experiments

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MONITORING; WAGE;

EID: 80054708830     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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