Do Literacy And A Mature Democratic Regime Cure Corruption?
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Corruption; Educational Level; Political Durability; Panel Data;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
- Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics
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