Introduction and overview
Corruption and poor governance around the world
1. Causes and consequences of corruption : what do we know from a cross-section of countries? / Johann Graf Lambsdorff
2. Measuring governance using cross-country perceptions data / Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay, and Massimo Mastruzzi
3. Measuring institutions / Christopher Woodruff
Corruption and institutional structure
4. Bargaining for bribes : the role of institutions / Ray Fisman and Roberta Gatti
5. Democratic institutions and corruption : incentives and constraints in politics / Jana Kunicová
6. Decentralization, corruption and government accountability / Pranab Bardhan and Dilip Mookherjee
7. Corruption, hierarchies and bureaucratic structure / Ajit Mishra
8. Determinants of corruption in developing countries : the limits of conventional economic analysis / Mushtaq H. Khan
Corruption in the transition from socialism
9. The effectiveness of anti-corruption programs : preliminary evidence from the post-communist transition countries / Alan Rousso and Franklin Steves
10. Corruption in China and Russia compared : different legacies of central planning / Jens Andvig
11. Why are some public officials more corrupt than others? / Jennifer Hunt
12. Corruption and the demand for regulating capitalists / Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
13. Corruption in international business transactions : the perspective of Norwegian firms / Tina Søreide
14. Laboratory experiments on corruption / Klaus Abbink
Sectoral anti-corruption policies
15. How corruption affects service delivery and what can be done about it / Ritva Reinikka and Jakob Svensson
16. Corruption and the management of public works in Italy / Miriam Golden and Lucio Picci
17. Corruption in tax administration : lessons from institutional reforms in Uganda / Odd-Helge Fjeldstad
18. The economics of anti-corruption : lessons from a widespread customs reform / Dean Yang
19. Prescription for abuse? : pharmaceutical selection in Bulgarian healthcare / Patrick Meagher.
