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The Choice between Market Failures and Corruption

The Choice between Market Failures and Corruption

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The Choice between Market Failures and Corruption

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Full title

The Choice between Market Failures and Corruption

Publisher

Menasha, Wis: American Economic Association

Journal title

The American economic review, 2000-03, Vol.90 (1), p.194-211

Language

English

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Menasha, Wis: American Economic Association

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Contents

Because government intervention transfers resources from one party to another, it creates room for corruption. As corruption often undermines the purpose of the intervention, governments will try to prevent it. They may create rents for bureaucrats, induce a misallocation of resources, and increase the size of the bureaucracy. Since preventing all...

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The Choice between Market Failures and Corruption

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_38863198

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_38863198

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ISSN

0002-8282

E-ISSN

1944-7981

DOI

10.1257/aer.90.1.194

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