The Simple Economics of Extortion: Evidence from Trucking in Aceh
This paper tests whether the behavior of corrupt officials is consistent with standard industrial organization theory. We designed a study in which surveyors accompanied Indonesian truck drivers on 304 trips, during which they observed over 6,000 illegal payments to police, soldiers, and weigh stati...
Main Authors: | Olken, Benjamin A., Barron, Patrick |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | EN |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4819 |
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