The Role of a Free Press in Combating Business Corruption
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corruption; firm behavior; bribery; press freedom;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
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