The Industrial Organization of Corruption: Monopoly, Competition and Collusion
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Keywords
Extortionary Corruption; Monopoly; Competition; Collusion;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
- D49 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Other
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
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