The Implications of Inequality for Corruption: Does the MENA Region Stand Out?
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- Vladimir Hlasny, 2020. "The Implications of Inequality for Corruption: Does the MENA Region Stand Out?," Working Papers 1417, Economic Research Forum, revised 20 Nov 2020.
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Corruption; Inequality; Institutional Trap; MENA; Arab Variety of Capitalism;All these keywords.
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- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
- N35 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Asia including Middle East
- P52 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Studies of Particular Economies
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