Effects of rent dependency on quality of government

Economics of Governance

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-168

  Anthonsen, Mette ^a   Löfgren, Åsa ^b   Nilsson, Klas ^c   Westerlund, Joakim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bureaucratic quality; Corruption; Gas; Legal impartiality; Oil; Rent dependency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860484747     PISSN: 14356104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10101-011-0105-3     Document Type: Article

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