Why is Corruption Less Harmful to Income Inequality in Latin America?

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1534-1545

  Dobson, Stephen ^a   Ramlogan Dobson, Carlyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Income inequality; Informal sector; Latin America; Marginal impact

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INFORMAL SECTOR; MARGINALIZATION;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84861759762     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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