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On Best and Not So Good Practices for Addressing High-level Corruption Worldwide: An Empirical Assessment

In: International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, Volume Two

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  • Edgardo Buscaglia

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A companion volume to the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption published in 2006, the specially commissioned papers in Volume Two present some of the best policy-oriented research in the field. They stress the institutional roots of corruption and include new research on topics ranging from corruption in regulation and procurement to vote buying and private firm payoffs.

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  • Edgardo Buscaglia, 2011. "On Best and Not So Good Practices for Addressing High-level Corruption Worldwide: An Empirical Assessment," Chapters, in: Susan Rose-Ackerman & Tina Søreide (ed.), International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, Volume Two, chapter 16, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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