Johann Graf Lambsdorff

The Institutional Economics of Corruption and Reform

Theory, Evidence and Policy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9780521068673
• ISBN-10: 0521068673
• Artikelnr.: 23831605

Autorenporträt

Johann Graf Lambsdorff is Chair in Economic Theory at the University of Passau, Germany, and senior research consultant to Transparency International.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
A roadmap to this book
1. Introduction
2. Enemies of corruption
3. What is bad about bureaucratic corruption? An institutional economic approach
4. The dilemma of the kleptocrat: what is bad about political corruption?
5. Corruption and transactions costs: the rent-seeking perspective
6. Making corrupt deals: contracting in the shadow of the law
7. Exporters' ethics and the art of bribery
8. How confidence facilitates illegal transactions: an empirical approach
9. Corrupt relational contracting
10. Concluding thoughts
Annex: Technical details to the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index
References
Index.