Special issue: "Corruption and Financial Performance of Private and Public Firms"

International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance 6(2/3) 2013

Part I Corruption and Financial Performance in a micro-level perspective

• Financial corporations' performances and corruption indices around Europe 1996-2008
• The impact of external governance quality on the economic and social success of microfinance institutions
• Economic freedom and bank efficiency nexus

Part II Corruption and Financial Performance in a macro-level perspective

• The historical economics of corruption and development within Italy
• Corruption, political instability and public finance in Europe
• Corruption, governance and sustainable development
• A new corruption index based on individual attitudes

Part III Corruption, Crime and Economic indicators

• Economic aspects of the complementarity between corruption and crime: evidence from Italy in the period 1996-2005
• Organised crime and corruption. The effects on legitimate business: evidence from Northern Italy