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Title Economic gangsters : corruption, violence, and the poverty of nations / Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel.
Author Fisman, Raymond.
Publication Info. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.
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Description 240 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-233) and index.
Contents Fighting for economic development -- Suharto, Inc. -- The smuggling gap -- Nature or nurture? understanding the culture of corruption -- No water, no peace -- Death by a thousand small cuts -- The road back from war -- Learning to fight economic gangsters -- Epilogue : doing better this time.
Subject Corruption -- Economic aspects.
Political corruption -- Economic aspects.
Smuggling.
Added Author Miguel, Edward.
ISBN 9780691134543 : $24.95
0691134545 (hardcover : alk. paper)