TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fisman, Raymond.
TI  - Economic gangsters: corruption, violence, and the poverty of nations
SN  - 9780691144696
U1  - 364.132FIS 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Corruption--Economic aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-233) and index
N2  - In Economic Gangsters, Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel take readers into the secretive, chaotic, and brutal worlds inhabited by these lawless and violent thugs. Join these two sleuthing economists as they follow the foreign aid money trail into the grasping hands of corrupt governments and shady underworld characters. Spend time with ingenious black marketeers as they game the international system. Follow the steep rise and fall of stock prices of companies with unseemly connections to Indonesia's former dictator. See for yourself what rainfall has to do with witch killings in Tanzania--and more
ER  -