Live free or bribe: On the causal dynamics between economic freedom and corruption in U.S. states

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-226

  Apergis, Nicholas ^a   Dincer, Oguzhan C ^b   Payne, James E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Economic freedom; Panel error correction model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855177578     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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