The institutional, economic and social determinants of local government transparency

Journal of Economic Policy Reform

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-107

  del Sol, Daniel Albalatel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

corruption; local government; transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874665108     PISSN: 17487870     EISSN: 17487889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17487870.2012.759422     Document Type: Article

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