Why anticorruption reforms fail-systemic corruption as a collective action problem

Governance

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 449-471

  Persson, Anna ^a   Rothstein, Bo ^a   Teorell, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84878144512     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: 14680491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2012.01604.x     Document Type: Article

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