UID:
almahu_9947914836402882
Format:
1 online resource (xxxviii, 615 p.) :
,
ill.
ISBN:
9781847203106 (e-book)
,
9781847201638 (e-book)
Series Statement:
Elgar original reference
Content:
This highly accessible and comprehensive Handbook presents a cutting edge discussion of the state of tourism economics and its likely directions in future research. Leading researchers in the field explore a wide range of topics including: demand and forecasting, supply, transport, taxation and infrastructure, evaluation and application for policy-making. Each chapter includes a discussion of its relevance and importance to the tourism economics literature, an overview of its main contributions and themes, a critical evaluation of existing literature and an outline of issues for further conceptual and applied research.
Note:
Introduction and overview -- Susan Rose-Ackerman -- Corruption and poor governance around the world -- 1. Causes and consequences of corruption : what do we know from a cross-section of countries? / Johann Graf Lambsdorff -- 2. Measuring governance using cross-country perceptions data / Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay, and Massimo Mastruzzi -- 3. Measuring institutions / Christopher Woodruff -- Corruption and institutional structure -- 4. Bargaining for bribes : the role of institutions / Ray Fisman and Roberta Gatti -- 5. Democratic institutions and corruption : incentives and constraints in politics / Jana Kunicová -- 6. Decentralization, corruption and government accountability / Pranab Bardhan and Dilip Mookherjee -- 7. Corruption, hierarchies and bureaucratic structure / Ajit Mishra -- 8. Determinants of corruption in developing countries : the limits of conventional economic analysis / Mushtaq H. Khan -- Corruption in the transition from socialism -- 9. The effectiveness of anti-corruption programs : preliminary evidence from the post-communist transition countries / Alan Rousso and Franklin Steves -- 10. Corruption in China and Russia compared : different legacies of central planning / Jens Andvig -- Surveys and experiments -- 11. Why are some public officials more corrupt than others? / Jennifer Hunt -- 12. Corruption and the demand for regulating capitalists / Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch -- 13. Corruption in international business transactions : the perspective of Norwegian firms / Tina Søreide -- 14. Laboratory experiments on corruption / Klaus Abbink -- Sectoral anti-corruption policies -- 15. How corruption affects service delivery and what can be done about it / Ritva Reinikka and Jakob Svensson -- 16. Corruption and the management of public works in Italy / Miriam Golden and Lucio Picci -- 17. Corruption in tax administration : lessons from institutional reforms in Uganda / Odd-Helge Fjeldstad -- 18. The economics of anti-corruption : lessons from a widespread customs reform / Dean Yang -- 19. Prescription for abuse? : pharmaceutical selection in Bulgarian healthcare / Patrick Meagher.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1845422422 (cased)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845422424 (cased)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781843761044 (hardback)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848441910 (pbk.)
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781843761044.xml
