The institutional economics of corruption and reform: theory, evidence and policy (Record no. 296992)
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9780521872751 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 353.46 |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Lambsdorff, Johann Graf |
9 (RLIN) | 31179 |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | The institutional economics of corruption and reform: theory, evidence and policy |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Lambsdorff, Johann Graf |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Delhi |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd. |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2007 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xiv, 286 p. |
365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
Price amount | USD 80.00 |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | Corruption has been a feature of public institutions for centuries yet only relatively recently has it been made the subject of sustained scientific analysis. Lambsdorff shows how insights from institutional economics can be used to develop a better understanding of why corruption occurs and the best policies to combat it. He argues that rather than being deterred by penalties, corrupt actors are more influenced by other factors such as the opportunism of their criminal counterparts and the danger of acquiring an unreliable reputation. This suggests a novel strategy for fighting corruption similar to the invisible hand that governs competitive markets. This strategy - the invisible foot - shows that the unreliability of corrupt counterparts induces honesty and good governance even in the absence of good intentions. Combining theoretical research with state-of-the-art empirical investigations |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Administrative agencies - Corrupt practices - Prevention |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Political corruption - Prevention |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | International Finance - Congresses |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Institutional economics - Sociological aspects |
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Koha item type | Book |
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Dewey Decimal Classification | Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad | 04/05/2009 | 353.46 L2I6 | 163032 | 04/09/2009 | 04/09/2009 | Book |