The economic power of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs) is rapidly increasing, changing the landscape of global …

social capital and health for well-being and the new life satisfaction approach to valuing public goods. Work on utility … Satisfaction Approach', Economic Journal, 119 (536), March, 482-515 -- Daniel Kahneman and Richard H. Thaler (2006), 'Anomalies … Diener, Yannis Georgellis and Richard E. Lucas (2008), 'Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction: A Test of the Baseline …

Modern Guide moves through four parts: first investigating the role of the police and their effectiveness, then moving on to …

trust and a variety of related concepts, including reputation, implicit contracts and confidence is examined. The links …The 1990s have witnessed a vast growth of research on the topics of trust and learning. This can be explained by the … profound technological and organizational changes that have made both inter-and intra-firm trust indispensable for sustaining …

Corruption in organizations is creating an increasing number of victims and causing huge costs. This timely book brings … together international researchers who address the causes and consequences of corruption in organizations and the action needed … to reduce levels of corruption worldwide …

A companion volume to the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption published in 2006, the specially … roots of corruption and include new research on topics ranging from corruption in regulation and procurement to vote buying …pt. 1. General overviews -- pt. 2. Procurement and corruption -- pt. 3. Privatization and self-dealing in private firms …

corruption, privatization, and inter-municipal cooperation. A combination of theory and empirical evidence provides depth and …

In the post-Enron era, corporate corruption is increasingly on the research agenda. This informative book provides a … novel approach by charting the causes of corruption. It demonstrates how agency (decisions and choices of individuals) and …1. 'Bad apple' approaches to organizational corruption -- 2. Rationalization, self-deception and corruption -- 3. 'When …

Recommended readings (Machine generated): Pranab Bardhan (1997), 'Corruption and Development: A Review of Issues …', Journal of Economic Literature, XXXV (3), September, 1320-46 -- Jakob Svensson (2005), 'Eight Questions about Corruption …', Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19 (3), Summer, 19-42, A1-A3 -- Toke S. Aidt (2003), 'Economic Analysis of Corruption: A …