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Impact of E-government Development on the Level of Corruption: Measuring the Effects of Related Indices in Time and Dimensions

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|Jun 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/revecp-2018-0006 | Journal eISSN: 1804-1663 | Journal ISSN: 1213-2446
Language: English
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