Corruption, Development and the Environment

• Main Author: Pellegrini, Lorenzo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Sustainable development.; Pollution.; European Economic Community literature.; Economic policy.; Development economics.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Development Economics.; Economic Policy.; Sustainable Development.; Pollution, general.; European Integration.

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: inco...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Economic Analysis of Corruption
• 3. Causes of Corruption: A Curvey of Cross-Country Analyses and Extended Results
• 4. The Effect of Corruption On Growth and Its Transmission Channels
• 5. Corruption, Democracy and Environmental Policy: An Empirical Contribution To The Debate
• 6. Corruption and Environmental Policies: What Are the Implications For the Enlarged EU?- 7. The Rule of the Jungle In Pakistan: A Case Study On Corruption and Forest Management In Swat
• 8. Conclusions and Future Research
• Subject/Author Index.