CORRUPTION AND REFORM by Edward L. Glaeser (Editor), Claudia Goldin (Editor) ( 9780226299587 )

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Title:

CORRUPTION AND REFORM
LESSONS FROM AMERICA'S ECONOMIC HISTORY

By:

Edward L. Glaeser (Editor), Claudia Goldin (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

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0226299589

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Publisher:

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

Pub. date:

1 March, 2008

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report

Pages:

396

Description:

In the nineteenth century, the degree of fraud and corruption in America approached that of corrupt developing nations as municipal governments and robber barons alike found ways to steal from taxpayers and swindle investors. This book explores this shadowy period of United States history in search of better methods to fight corruption world-wide.

Synopsis:

Despite recent corporate scandals, the United States is among the world's least corrupt nations. But in the nineteenth century, the degree of fraud and corruption in America approached that of today's most corrupt developing nations as municipal governments and robber barons alike found new ways to steal from taxpayers and swindle investors. In "Corruption and Reform", contributors explore this shadowy period of United States history in search of better methods to fight corruption world-wide today. The contributors to this volume address the measurement and consequences of fraud and corruption and the forces that ultimately led to their decline within the United States.

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1 halftone, 20 line drawings, 33 tables

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University of Chicago Press

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