Peculiar dynamics of corruption : religion, gender, EU membership, and others / by Omer Gokcekus, Seton Hall University, USA, Kevin Bengyak, Seton Hall University, USA.

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Ch. 1. Peculiar dynamics of corruption -- ch. 2. An elusive task : quantifying corruption. Defining corruption. Conspicuous consumption. Luxury cars and corruption. Directly measuring corruption. Alternative ways to measure corruption. "Residual" from human capital. Earnings equation -- ch. 3. Explaining (somewhat) the religion-corruption connection. Max Weber and the Protestant work ethic. New and old institutional economics. The four levels of institutions. Protestantism and corruption. The changing religious composition. Religious tradition or current religious composition? Corruption and other religions -- ch. 4. Gender or group dynamics? Women in public office. Women and corruption. Group dynamics and corruption -- ch. 5. The level and the quality of openness. The quality of openness. Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The quality of openness in Africa. The Beijing consensus and corruption in Africa -- ch. 6. EU membership and corruption. Constructivist versus neoclassical explanations. Corruption in the EU : before and after 2004. Constructing an EU corruption score. EU-wide corruption -- ch. 7. Business cycles and concluding thoughts. Corruption during economic booms and busts. Peculiar dynamics of corruption. The problem of corruption.

Drawing from theories in economics, sociology, and psychology, Peculiar Dynamics of Corruption examines how gender, religion, culture, and history affect corruption. It asks and answers many questions such as, does employing more women than men reduce corruption in public sector organizations? How does a country's religious landscape a hundred years ago affect corruption today? Is corruption higher in recessions or times of economic growth? The answers to these questions are surprising: group dynamics may matter more than gender, a history of Protestantism has lasting effects on a country, and corruption is cyclical, but not in a way, most would assume. Corruption is not motivated purely by financial gain and by offering simple explanations of these unexpected causes. This book broadens our understanding of this global issue.

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