We know that corruption also exists in developed democracies that are usually regarded as virtually free of corruption. I argue that corruption research concerning these countries is somewhat limited about a) danger zones for corruption and b) how institutional mechanisms that promote or check...

Existing case studies of efforts to control political corruption typically lack a theoretical framework that can provide for systematic empirical research and comparisons between cases and countries. This makes it difficult to assess what combination of preventive and punitive measures that are...