ABSTRACT
Chapter 2 introduces a collective action framework to study the extraterritoriality of foreign anti-bribery enforcement. This perspective indicates that many global societal problems persist because states fail to act collectively when addressing them. International bribery is one of these problems. This form of corruption is detrimental to economic growth, the rule of law, political, as well as economic, competition, and government legitimacy. Yet, despite its harmfulness, countries have for a long time refrained from fighting it, and from cooperating with each other, even if the international community, as well as their own citizens, would have benefited from reducing international bribery.
Chapter 2 explains what is a collective action problem, why, and in what way, the regulation of international bribery is a collective action problem. Moreover, the chapter also discusses the parameters that determine how collective action problems can be resolved.
