Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
1. Introduction.- 1.1 Background.- 1.2 Economics of Corruption.- 1.3 Research Questions and Outline.- 2. Economic Analysis of Corruption.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 The Definition of Corruption.- 2.3 Corruption and the Private Sector.- 2.4 The Measurement of Corruption.- 2.5 Discussion.- 3. Causes of Corruption: A Curvey of Cross-Country Analyses and Extended Results.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Theories of Determinants of Corruption.- 3.3 Data Sources on Corruption.- 3.4 Empirical Analysis.- 3.5 Limits and Interpretation of Econometric Cross-Country Analysis.- 3.6 Discussion and Conclusions.- 3.7 Appendix: Data.- 4. The Effect of Corruption On Growth and Its Transmission Channels.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Cross Country Growth Regressions.- 4.3 Transmission Channels for Corruption.- 4.4 Direct and Indirect Effects of Corruption.- 4.5 The Long-term Effect of Corruption on the Transmission Variables.- 4.6 Conclusions.- 4.7 Appendix 1: Long-term Income Effects.- 4.8 Appendix 2: Robustness Checks.- 4.9 Appendix 3: Data.- 5. Corruption, Democracy and Environmental Policy: An Empirical Contribution To The Debate.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Theoretical Hypotheses and Their Empirical Testing.- 5.3 The Data.- 5.4 Empirical Results.- 5.5 Implications Or the Environmental Kuznets Curve.- 5.6 Conclusions.- 5.7 Appendix 1: Robustness Checks.- 5.8 Appendix 2: Data.- 6. Corruption and Environmental Policies: What Are the Implications For the Enlarged EU?- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. Determinants of Environmental Policy Stringency.- 6.3. Environmental Policies and Institutions in the EU.- 6.4. Conclusions.- 6.5. Appendix: Data.- 7. The Rule of the Jungle In Pakistan: A Case Study On Corruption and Forest Management In Swat.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Institutions and Forest Management.- 7.3 A Profile of Swat, Pakistan.- 7.4 Alternative Forest Management Regimes in Swat.- 7.5 Deforestation in Swat, Pakistan.- 7.6 Strategies for Institutional Change.- 7.7 Conclusions.- 7.8 Appendix: Sources of Information in the Study.- 8. Conclusions and Future Research.- 8.1 Main conclusions.- 8.2 Policy conclusions.- 8.3 Future research.- Subject/Author Index.