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Corruption and Reform
. Ed(S): Glaeser, Edward L.; Goldin, Claudia
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Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Glaeser, Edward L.; Goldin, Claudia. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 396 pages, 1 halftone, 20 line drawings, 33 tables. BIC Classification: JFFX; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Series
National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226299587
SKU
V9780226299587
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About . Ed(S): Glaeser, Edward L.; Goldin, Claudia
Edward L. Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University and director of the John F. Kennedy School of Government's Taubman Center for State and Local Government and a research associate at the NBER. Claudia Goldin is the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University and director of the Development of the American Economy ... Read more
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