All in the family: State capture in Tunisia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2016.08.002
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- Bob Rijkers & Caroline Freund & Antonio Nucifora, 2014. "All in the Family : State Capture in Tunisia," World Bank Publications - Reports 20542, The World Bank Group.
- Freund,Caroline & Nucifora,Antonio & Rijkers,Bob, 2014. "All in the family : state capture in Tunisia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6810, The World Bank.
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L25; L50; L51; O25; Regulation; Cronyism; Corruption; Rent-Seeking; Firms;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
- L50 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - General
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- O25 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Industrial Policy
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