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8 - Determinants of Corruption: A Sociopsychological Analysis

from Part IV - Norms and the Decision to Engage in Bribery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2017

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Cristina Bicchieri  and
Deshani Ganegoda
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Philip M. Nichols  and
Diana C. Robertson
Philip M. Nichols
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University of Pennsylvania
Diana C. Robertson
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Thinking about Bribery
Neuroscience, Moral Cognition and the Psychology of Bribery
 , pp. 177 - 178
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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