International handbook on the economics of corruption. Volume 2

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Title:

Author:

Rose-Ackerman, Susan.

ISBN:

9781849802512

Publication Information:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, c 2011.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 587 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I GENERAL OVERVIEWS -- 1.Corruption and sustainable development / Toke S. Aidt -- 2.Curbing corruption with political institutions / Margit Tavits -- pt. II PROCUREMENT AND CORRUPTION -- 3.Delusion, deception and corruption in major infrastructure projects: causes, consequences and cures / Eamonn Molloy -- 4.Corruption and collusion: strategic complements in procurement / Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky -- 5.A fighting chance against corruption in public procurement? / Gustavo Piga -- pt. III PRIVATIZATION AND SELF-DEALING IN PRIVATE FIRMS -- 6.Public versus private governance and performance: evidence from public utility service provision / Maria Vagliasindi -- 7.Privatization of rent-generating industries and corruption / Stephane Straub -- 8.Risks of wrongdoing in public companies and ways to cope with them: the case of Brazil / Dante Mendes Aldrighi -- pt. IV PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION --

Contents note continued: 9.Anti-corruption policy in theories of sector regulation / Liam Wren-Lewis -- 10.Is there an anti-corruption agenda in regulation? Insights from Colombian and Zambian water regulation / Frederic Boehm -- pt. V MICRO-ANALYTIC RESEARCH: HOUSEHOLDS AND FIRMS -- 11.Field experimentation and the study of corruption / Leonid V. Peisakhin -- 12.Oil, corruption, and vote-buying: a review of the case of Sao Tome and Principe / Pedro C. Vicente -- 13.Conflict and corruption in international trade: who helped Iraq circumvent United Nations sanctions? / Robert J. Weiner -- 14.Evidence from the firm: a new approach to understanding corruption / Anh Tran -- 15.Does respondent reticence affect the results of corruption surveys? Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for Nigeria / Peter Murrell -- pt. VI POLICY INITIATIVES: CRITIQUES AND EVALUATIONS --

Contents note continued: 16.On best and not so good practices for addressing high-level corruption worldwide: an empirical assessment / Edgardo Buscaglia -- 17.Why multi-stakeholder groups succeed and fail / Tina Soreide -- 18.`Red flags of corruption' in World Bank projects: an analysis of infrastructure contracts / Maria Musatova -- 19.Anti-corruption authorities: an effective tool to curb corruption? / Francesco Recanatini.

Subject Term:

Political corruption -- Economic aspects.

Corruption -- Economic aspects.

Added Author:

Rose-Ackerman, Susan.

Søreide, Tina.

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Summary

A companion volume to the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption published in 2006, the specially commissioned papers in Volume Two present some of the best policy-oriented research in the field. They stress the institutional roots of corruption and include new research on topics ranging from corruption in regulation and procurement to vote buying and private firm payoffs.

Understanding the consequences of corrupt transactions requires one to know what is being bought with a bribe and how the behavior of public and private actors has been affected. The contributors therefore emphasize how the economic analysis of corruption must take account of the broader context within which bribery and self-dealing operate. Several chapters offer new approaches to empirical research on corruption that range from individual-level data to the macro-economy. Chapters with an explicit policy focus deal with the efficacy of anti-corruption agencies, multi-stakeholder initiatives, red flag warning systems and international conventions.

This cutting-edge work will be an unmatched resource for scholars and students of corruption, professionals in international aid and finance organizations, and scholars and professionals with more general interests in economic and political development.

Contributors : T.S. Aidt, D.M. Aldrighi, E. Auriol, F. Boehm, E. Buscaglia, B. Clausen, S. Cole, A. Estache, B. Flyvbjerg, Y. Jeong, C. Kenny, A. Kraay, A. Lambert-Mogiliansky, E. Molloy, P. Murrell, M. Musatova, L.V. Peisakhin, G. Piga, J.D. Potter, F. Recanatini, S. Rose-Ackerman, T. Søreide, S. Straub, M. Tavits, A. Tran, R. Truex, M. Vagliasindi, P.C. Vicente, R.J. Weiner, L. Wren-Lewis