Corruption, Governmental Activities, and Markets
23 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Date Written: August 1994
Abstract
Paper discusses the factors that contribute to the spread of corruption as well as the implications of corruption for markets and for public sector activities. It is argued that corruption can be contained mainly by a scaling down of the public sector activities that stimulate its growth.
JEL Classification: H1, H3, K4, L1, Z1
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