Hodgson, Geoffrey; Jiang, Shuxia - In: Revista de Economía Institucional 10 (2008) January-June, pp. 55-80
This essay criticizes the commonplace definition of corruption as the misuse of public office for private gain. Both elements in this definition are wrong: corruption is also found in the private sector and in some exceptional cases it may not simply be for private gain. Another problem with...