A companion volume to the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption published in 2006, the specially … roots of corruption and include new research on topics ranging from corruption in regulation and procurement to vote buying …pt. 1. General overviews -- pt. 2. Procurement and corruption -- pt. 3. Privatization and self-dealing in private firms …

In the efficient delivery of local public services, size matters. Many countries around the world have vertical … corruption, privatization, and inter-municipal cooperation. A combination of theory and empirical evidence provides depth and …

Survey', Economic Journal, 113 (491), November, F632-F652 -- Vito Tanzi (1998), 'Corruption Around the World: Causes … and Applications', World Bank Economic Review, 26 (2), June, 217-35 -- Benjamin A. Olken (2009), 'Corruption Perceptions … Steve McCorriston (2007), 'Corruption Around the World: Evidence from a Structural Model', Journal of Comparative Economics …

This book contributes to the current debates on the shadow economy and related issues of tax evasion and corruption … economic performance, the role of political competition in reducing corruption and measures of, and influences on, corruption … in different countries around the world. Institutions such as the WTO, World Bank and the IMF will find much to engage …

The proliferation of new information technologies throughout the world has raised some important questions for …

developments; international entrepreneurship and the internet as a developing research agenda; contacts links and networks as …. International entrepreneurship and the Internet : a developing research agenda -- pt. 5. Contacts, links and networks : process …

Manuel Castells--one of the world's pre-eminent social scientists--has drawn together a stellar group of contributors … analyzes the technological, cultural and institutional transformation of societies around the world in terms of the critical … -- pt. 3. The network economy -- pt. 4. Sociability and social structure in the age of the Internet -- pt. 5. The Internet …

This compelling book focuses on the global formation of the Internet system. It contests the common belief that the … Internet's adoption was inevitable and instead examines the social and economic processes that allowed to it to prevail over … Internet system -- 6. Internationalization and digital divide -- 7. Co-evolution : localization of the Internet system -- 8 …

(including the internet) and mobile telecommunications (including the mobile internet). A sectoral systems of innovation approach … equipment production and the provision of intangible service products such as internet access and content. By addressing the … subsystems * the dynamics and trends of the internet services industry * policy implications for the future of the …