Corruption, development, and the environment

The book analyses the influence of corruption on economic growth and environmental protection, examining corruption from different perspectives. It contributes to several streams of the literature and assembles evidence of the influence of corruption on two important variables in human welfare: income and environmental policies. The material evinces the detrimental effect that corruption has on economic growth and on the stringency of environmental policies. It also shows that standard techniques for fighting corruption are often based either on simplistic definitions or on strong assumptions that do not apply in many countries blighted by corruption. From a methodological standpoint, this work combines a number of approaches including a theoretical discussion of corruption and of its definition (often omitted in economic studies), together with econometrics, case studies and policy discussions. Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction....Pages 1-11 Economic Analysis of Corruption....Pages 13-27 Causes of Corruption: A Survey of Cross-Country Analyses and Extended Results....Pages 29-51 The Effect of Corruption on Growth and Its Transmission Channels....Pages 53-74 Corruption, Democracy, Democracy and Environmental Policy: An Empirical Contribution to the Debate....Pages 75-99 Corruption and Environmental Policies: What Are the Implications for the Enlarged EU?....Pages 101-119 The Rule of the Jungle in Pakistan: A Case Study on Corruption and Forest Management in Swat Swat ....Pages 121-147 Conclusions and Future Research....Pages 149-156 Back Matter....Pages 152-152