Corruption and business confidence: a panel data analysis
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corruption; business confidence; developed countries; panel data;All these keywords.
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- M2 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics
- D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
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