Corruption, Development and the Environment, 2011

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.

1. Introduction.- 1.1 Background.- 1.2 Economics of Corruption.- 1.3 Research Questions and Outline.- 2. Economic Analysis of Corruption.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 The Definition of Corruption.- 2.3 Corruption and the Private Sector.- 2.4 The Measurement of Corruption.- 2.5 Discussion.- 3. Causes of Corruption: A Curvey of Cross-Country Analyses and Extended Results.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Theories of Determinants of Corruption.- 3.3 Data Sources on Corruption.- 3.4 Empirical Analysis.- 3.5 Limits and Interpretation of Econometric Cross-Country Analysis.- 3.6 Discussion and Conclusions.- 3.7 Appendix: Data.- 4. The Effect of Corruption On Growth and Its Transmission Channels.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Cross Country Growth Regressions.- 4.3 Transmission Channels for Corruption.- 4.4 Direct and Indirect Effects of Corruption.- 4.5 The Long-term Effect of Corruption on the Transmission Variables.- 4.6 Conclusions.- 4.7 Appendix 1: Long-term Income Effects.- 4.8 Appendix 2: Robustness Checks.- 4.9 Appendix 3: Data.- 5. Corruption, Democracy and Environmental Policy: An Empirical Contribution To The Debate.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Theoretical Hypotheses and Their Empirical Testing.- 5.3 The Data.- 5.4 Empirical Results.- 5.5 Implications Or the Environmental Kuznets Curve.- 5.6 Conclusions.- 5.7 Appendix 1: Robustness Checks.- 5.8 Appendix 2: Data.- 6. Corruption and Environmental Policies: What Are the Implications For the Enlarged EU?- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. Determinants of Environmental Policy Stringency.- 6.3. Environmental Policies and Institutions in the EU.- 6.4. Conclusions.- 6.5. Appendix: Data.- 7. The Rule of the Jungle In Pakistan: A Case Study On Corruption and Forest Management In Swat.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Institutions and Forest Management.- 7.3 A Profile of Swat, Pakistan.- 7.4 Alternative Forest Management Regimes in Swat.- 7.5 Deforestation in Swat, Pakistan.- 7.6 Strategies for Institutional Change.- 7.7 Conclusions.- 7.8 Appendix: Sources of Information in the Study.- 8. Conclusions and Future Research.- 8.1 Main conclusions.- 8.2 Policy conclusions.- 8.3 Future research.- Subject/Author Index.