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Public versus Private Governance and Performance: Evidence from Public Utility Service Provision

In: International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, Volume Two

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  • Maria Vagliasindi

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A companion volume to the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption published in 2006, the specially commissioned papers in Volume Two present some of the best policy-oriented research in the field. They stress the institutional roots of corruption and include new research on topics ranging from corruption in regulation and procurement to vote buying and private firm payoffs.

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  • Maria Vagliasindi, 2011. "Public versus Private Governance and Performance: Evidence from Public Utility Service Provision," Chapters, in: Susan Rose-Ackerman & Tina Søreide (ed.), International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, Volume Two, chapter 6, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Berg, Sanford V. & Jiang, Liangliang & Lin, Chen, 2012. "Regulation and corporate corruption: New evidence from the telecom sector," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 40(1), pages 22-43.

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