How does an economies regime type affect corruption rates observed within a nation? Past empirical studies have looked at both regime type and corruption rates using several different techniques; however past empirical ...

Poor governance and corruption pose fundamental problems for development. International financial institutions and governments around the world accordingly expend significant portions of their resources and convening power ...

The first two chapters of this dissertation study the impact of the design of GATT/WTO trade agreements on the organization of domestic interest groups and explain several relevant empirical puzzles. Chapter 1 posits a ...