This essay criticizes the commonplace definition of corruption as the misuse of public office for private gain. Both elements in this definition are wrong: corruption is also found in the private sector and in some exceptional cases it may not simply be for private gain. Another problem with...

This essay criticizes the commonplace definition of corruption as the misuse of public office for private gain. Both elements in this definition are wrong: corruption is also found in the private sector and in some exceptional cases it may not simply be for private gain. Another problem with...

We consider Poisson’s equation for discrete-time single-birth processes, and we derive its solutions by solving a linear system of infinitely many equations. We apply the solution of Poisson’s equation to obtain the asymptotic variance. The results are further applied to birth–death...