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Guest Editorial: Special Issue on Corruption at the Grassroots-level: What Can We Know About Corruption?

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  • Lambsdorff Johann Graf

    (Universität Passau, Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre mit Schwerpunkt Wirtschaftstheorie, Raum WIWI 108, Innstraße 27, 94032 Passau, Germany)

  • Schulze Günther G.

    (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau, Institute for Economic Research, Department of International Economic Policy, Room 2512, Platz der Alten Synagoge 1, 79085 Freiburg, Germany)

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  • Lambsdorff Johann Graf & Schulze Günther G., 2015. "Guest Editorial: Special Issue on Corruption at the Grassroots-level: What Can We Know About Corruption?," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 235(2), pages 100-114, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:jns:jbstat:v:235:y:2015:i:2:p:100-114
    DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2015-0202
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