Does the internet reduce corruption? Evidence from U.S. states and across countries

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 387-417

  Andersen, Thomas Barnebeck ^a   Bentzen, Jeanet ^b   Dalgaard, Carl Johan ^b   Selaya, Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855723798     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhr025     Document Type: Article

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