Sunshine as disinfectant: The effect of state Freedom of Information Act laws on public corruption
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Keywords
FOIA; Sunshine; Corruption; Open government;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
- D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- K0 - Law and Economics - - General
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