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A free press is bad news for corruption
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- Authors
- Brunetti, A., & Weder, B.
- Venue
- Journal of Public Economics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2003-08
- Volume
- 87
- Issue
- 7-8
- Pages
- 1801-1824
- ISSN
- 0047-2727 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2031712905
- Cited by
- 1,188
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 70.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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