Human trafficking has been called the ‘dark side’ of globalization. Interpol estimates that human trafficking is now the third largest transnational crime and the number of victims increases with each passing year. In an effort to combat the crime, the United Nations created the...

Using the International Index of Property Rights, this study explores the relationship between the quality of country level property rights and three measures of diversity: ethnic, linguistic, and religious. Past studies have assumed a linear relationship between various measures of diversity...

This study empirically explores the relationship between corruption and the quality of political management in developing nations using a cross-country dataset. Specifically, this analysis jointly considers the two theoretical effects of corruption, ‘grease the wheels’ and...

This study empirically explores the relationship between corruption and the quality of political management in developing nations using a cross-country dataset. Specifically, this analysis jointly considers the two theoretical effects of corruption, ‘grease the wheels’ and...

This study empirically explores the relationship between corruption and the quality of political management in developing nations using a cross-country data set. Specifically, this analysis jointly considers the two theoretical effects of corruption, ‘grease the wheels’ and ‘sand in the...