Audit risk and rent extraction: Evidence from a randomized evaluation in Brazil
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- Yves Zamboni & Stephan Litschig, 2016. "Audit Risk and Rent Extraction: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Brazil," Working Papers 554, Barcelona School of Economics.
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Corruption; Rents; Local Governments; Law Enforcement;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
- D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- H83 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Public Administration
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
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