Corruption in the Informal Sector: Evidence from West Africa
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- Emmanuelle Lavallée & François Roubaud, 2023. "Corruption in the informal sector: evidence from West Africa," Working Papers hal-04233040, HAL.
- Emmanuelle Lavallée & François Roubaud, 2018. "Corruption in the informal sector: evidence from West Africa," Working Papers DT/2018/07, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation).
- Emmanuelle Lavallée & François Roubaud, 2018. "Corruption in the Informal Sector: Evidence from West Africa," Post-Print hal-01731425, HAL.
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- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
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