Is Bribery Really Regressive? Bribery's Costs, Benefits, and Mechanisms

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 355-372

  Hunt, Jennifer ^a,b   Laszlo, Sonia ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Bribery; Corruption; Latin America; Peru; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; LATIN AMERICA; PERU; UGANDA;

EID: 84864791836     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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