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Corruption

What Everyone Needs to Know®

Ray Fisman author Miriam A Golden author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:8th Jun '17

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Corruption regularly makes front page headlines: public officials embezzling government monies, selling public offices, and trading bribes for favors to private companies generate public indignation and calls for reform. In Corruption: What Everyone Needs to Know®, renowned scholars Ray Fisman and Miriam A. Golden provide a deeper understanding of why corruption is so damaging politically, socially, and economically. Among the key questions examined are: is corruption the result of perverse economic incentives? Does it stem from differences in culture and tolerance for illicit acts of government officials? Why don't voters throw corrupt politicians out of office? Vivid examples from a wide range of countries and situations shed light on the causes of corruption, and how it can be combated.

This book represents a useful and affordable addition to any anti-corruption collection or library. It builds upon existing work of political scientists and economists who have focused on the political economy of corruption. * Adam Masters, Economic Record *

ISBN: 9780190463977

Dimensions: 208mm x 137mm x 25mm

Weight: 408g

336 pages