The institutional economics of corruption and reform : theory, evidence, and policy / Johann Graf Lambsdorff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lambsdorff, Johann, Graf, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative agencies--Corrupt practices--Prevention.

Administrative agencies.

Political corruption--Prevention.

Political corruption.

International finance--Corrupt practices--Prevention.

International finance.

Institutional economics--Sociological aspects.

Institutional economics.

International finance--Corrupt practices.

Administrative agencies--Corrupt practices.

Physical Description:

xiv, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

This book shows how institutional economics can be used to better understand corruption and reform.

Contents:

A roadmap to this book xi

2 Enemies of corruption 27

3 What is bad about bureaucratic corruption? An institutional economic approach 58

4 The dilemma of the kleptocrat: What is bad about political corruption? 81

5 Corruption and transactions costs: The rent-seeking perspective 109

6 Making corrupt deals: contracting in the shadow of the law 136

7 Exporters' ethics and the art of bribery 164

8 How confidence facilitates illegal transactions: An empirical approach 190

9 Corrupt relational contracting 209

Appendix Technical details to the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 236.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-281) and index.

ISBN:

0521872758

9780521872751

OCLC:

74568786

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