Contents:IntroductionSusan Rose-Ackerman and Paul LagunesPART I POLITICAL CONNECTIONS, CORRUPTION AND POLICY1. Typologies of Corruption: A Pragmatic ApproachJennifer Bussell2. Good Governance FacadesKalle Moene and Tina Soreide3. Political Connections and Commerce - A Global PerspectiveRaymond Fisman4. Corruption and Democratic Institutions: A Review and SynthesisMatthew C. Stephenson5. Wielding the Sword: President Xi's New Anti-Corruption CampaignFu HualingPART II CORRUPTION AND STATE PERFORMANCE6. The Story of Paraguayan Dams: The Long Term Consequences of Wrongdoing in ProcurementStephane Straub7. Saving Gotham: Fighting Corruption in New York City's Property Tax SystemPaul Lagunes and Rongyao Huang8. Corruption and Trade CostsSandra Sequeira9. A Corruption, Military Procurement and FDI Nexus?Nancy Hite-Rubin10. Caught in the Crossfire: The Geography of Extortion and Police Corruption in MexicoAlberto Diaz-Cayeros, Beatriz Magaloni and Vidal RomeroPART III CONTROLLING CORRUPTION ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS11. Bribing AbroadDimitris Batzilis12. Regulation of Foreign Bribery: The FCPA Enforcement ModelKevin E. Davis13. Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion, Money Laundering and the Problem of `Offshore'Peter Alldridge14. Underground Banking and CorruptionFederico VareseIndex