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Corruption, EU Aid Inflows and Economic Growth in Ghana: Cointegration and Causality Analysis

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  • Joseph Ato Forson
  • Ponlapat Buracom
  • Theresa Yaaba Baah-Ennumh
  • Guojin Chen
  • Emmanuel Carsamer

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  • Joseph Ato Forson & Ponlapat Buracom & Theresa Yaaba Baah-Ennumh & Guojin Chen & Emmanuel Carsamer, 2015. "Corruption, EU Aid Inflows and Economic Growth in Ghana: Cointegration and Causality Analysis," Contemporary Economics, University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw., vol. 9(3), September.
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