Bribery, corruption and bureaucratic hassle: Evidence from Myanmar
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Bribery; Corruption; Red tape; Myanmar; Private firms; Efficiency grease;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- D00 - Microeconomics - - General - - - General
- L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
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