A study that outlines a framework for understanding how local politics in countries around the world affect …, corruption, and other such factors. Risk Rules shows that globalization (and events like the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and … affected by distant world events. Risk Rules lays out an intuitive framework for making sense of international economic and …

This paper analyzes the impact of corruption on bilateral trade flows, highlighting the dual role of corruption in … terms of extortion and evasion. On one hand, corruption taxes trade, when corrupt customs officials in the importing country … extort bribes from exporters (the extortion effect); on the other, if tariffs are high, corruption may be trade enhancing …

commons Eric Kansa -- Traditional cultural expression and the internet world Brian Fitzgerald and Susan Hedge -- Cultural …