The causes of corruption: a cross-national study
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The authors analyzed several indexes of perceived corruption compiled from business risk surveys for the 1980s and 1990s and found that countries with Protestant traditions, histories of British rule, more developed economies, and (probably) higher imports were less corrupt.About:
This article is published in Journal of Public Economics.The article was published on 2000-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 3592 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Corruption Perceptions Index & Corruption.read more
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