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Explaining Who Pays Grass-Roots Bribes

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Explanations of corruption are methodologically determined. Studies at the national levels usually concentrate on capital-intensive corruption, but understanding the experience of individuals at the grass roots requires a different approach.

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Rose, R., Peiffer, C. (2019). Explaining Who Pays Grass-Roots Bribes. In: Bad Governance and Corruption. Political Corruption and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92846-3_5

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