The Sweet Temptation of Corruption: Understanding Corrupt Actions by Experiments in the US and Germany

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The Sweet Temptation of Corruption: Understanding Corrupt Actions by Experiments in the US and Germany. / Kubbe, Ina.
Irvine: Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, 2015. (CSD Working Papers).

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Kubbe, I 2015 'The Sweet Temptation of Corruption: Understanding Corrupt Actions by Experiments in the US and Germany' CSD Working Papers, Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, Irvine. <http://escholarship.org/uc/item/259860wq>

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Kubbe I. The Sweet Temptation of Corruption: Understanding Corrupt Actions by Experiments in the US and Germany. Irvine: Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California. 2015 Mär 31. (CSD Working Papers).

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