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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Legal traditions and systems : an international handbook
TL;DR: Acknowledgments Introduction by Alan N. Katz Africa by Harvey M. Feinberg Benelux Nations by Albert L. van der Kroef Soviet Union by Albert J. Schmidt Spain by Thomas D. Lancaster and Michael W. Giles United Kingdom by AlanN. Katz United States by Donald W. Greenberg About the Contributors Index as discussed by the authors