This paper provides new estimates of the effects of corruption and poor institutions on trade protection. It exploits data on several measures of trade protection including import duty, international trade taxes, and the trade-GDP ratio. The paper complements the literature on the relationship...

Most campaign finance reforms target the alleged corruption attending money in the political and legislative process. Elizabeth Drew supports such measures in her book The Corruption of American Politics. In this review, I argue that Drew's complaints are exaggerated, or unsupported by the...