An Experimental Study on Corrupt Actions

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An Experimental Study on Corrupt Actions. / Kubbe, Ina; McBride, Michael T.
Irvine: Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, 2015. (CSD Working Papers).

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Kubbe, I & McBride, MT 2015 'An Experimental Study on Corrupt Actions' CSD Working Papers, Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, Irvine. <http://escholarship.org/uc/item/2kj8z5dz>

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Kubbe, I., & McBride, M. T. (2015). An Experimental Study on Corrupt Actions. (CSD Working Papers). Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/2kj8z5dz

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Kubbe I, McBride MT. An Experimental Study on Corrupt Actions. Irvine: Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California. 2015 Feb 20. (CSD Working Papers).

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