Who Benefits from Customary Justice? Rent-seeking, Bribery and Criminality in Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Olivia D'Aoust & Olivier Sterck, 2016. "Who Benefits from Customary Justice? Rent-seeking, Bribery and Criminality in sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 25(3), pages 439-467.
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Keywords
Custom; Justice; Criminal Behavior; Informal Institutions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2012-07-29 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2012-07-29 (Development)
- NEP-LAW-2012-07-29 (Law and Economics)
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