ABSTRACT
This book constitutes a thorough analysis of the phenomenon of corruption, as seen from the perspective of New Institutional Economics - one of the most influential new schools of thought in the social sciences of the past decade.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|15 pages
Corrupt contracting: exploring the analytical capacity of New Institutional Economics and New Economic
Exploring the analytical capacity of New Institutional Economics and New Economic Sociology
chapter 3|19 pages
Why should one trust in corruption?
The linkage between corruption, norms and social capital
chapter 6|19 pages
Self-enforcing corruption: information transmission and organizational response LAMBROS PECHLIVANOS
Information transmission and organizational response
chapter 9|29 pages
The governance mechanisms of corrupt transactions
Introduction: a neo-institutional approach to corruption
chapter 10|17 pages
Private ordering of corrupt transactions
The case of the Chinese guanxi networks and their challenge by a formal legal system