Corruption and economic activity: Micro level evidence from rural Liberia

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-79

  Beekman, Gonne ^a   Bulte, Erwin H ^a,b   Nillesen, Eleonora E M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NJALA UNIVERSITY   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Corruption; Development project; Investment; K42; O12; O17; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874678592     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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