"This book suggests how high levels of corruption limit investment and growth can lead to ineffective government …. Developing countries and those making a transition from socialism are particularly at risk, but corruption is a worldwide … phenomenon. Corruption creates economic inefficiencies and inequities, but reforms are possible to reduce the material benefits …

Economic research on corruption aims both to isolate the economic effects of quid pro quo deals between agents and …Introduction and overview -- Susan Rose-Ackerman -- Corruption and poor governance around the world -- 1. Causes and … consequences of corruption : what do we know from a cross-section of countries? / Johann Graf Lambsdorff -- 2. Measuring governance …

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 …