How corruption in government affects public welfare: A review of theory
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Corruption; welfare; principal-agent-theory; rent-seeking; x-inefficiency; kleptocracy; opportunism;All these keywords.
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- D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- K4 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior
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