An experimental evaluation of an anti-corruption intervention among Ukrainian university students

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 713-734

  Denisova Schmidt, Elena ^a   Huber, Martin ^b   Prytula, Yaroslav ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c Ukrainian Catholic University   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Academic integrity; Anti corruption campaigns; Corruption; Experiment; Randomized trial; Students; Ukraine; University

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CORRUPTION; EXPERIMENT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

LVIV; UKRAINE;

EID: 84961206839     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15387216.2016.1155467     Document Type: Review

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