Corruption in emerging and developing economies: Evidence from a pooled cross-section

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 29-43

  Peyton, Kyle ^a   Belasen, Ariel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

corruption; democratization; development; economic freedom; emerging and developing economies; media freedom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861610710     PISSN: 1540496X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/REE1540-496X480202     Document Type: Review

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