Measuring governance using cross-country perceptions data

International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 52-104

  Kaufmann, Daniel ^a   Kraay, Aart ^a   Mastruzzi, Massimo ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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