03409nam a22004214a 4500 ebr10210018 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 050804s2006 iluab sb 101 0 eng 2005022496 GBA623652 bnb 013403705 Uk 0226299570 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)614478428 n-us--- HV6783 .C784 2006eb 364.1/323/0973 22 Corruption and reform [electronic resource] : lessons from America's economic history / edited by Edward L. Glaeser and Claudia Goldin. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006. ix, 386 p. : ill., map. A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report "The chapters in this volume were presented on July 30-31, 2004, at the "Corruption and Reform" conference held at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, MA."--Acknowledgments. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Corruption and reform : introduction / Edward L. Glaeser and Claudia Goldin -- The concept of systematic corruption in American history / John Joseph Wallis -- Limiting the reach of the grabbing hand : graft and growth in American cities, 1880 to 1930 / Rebecca Menes -- Digging the dirt at public expense : governance in the building of the Erie Canal and other public works / Stanley L. Engerman and Kenneth L. Sokoloff -- Corporate governance and the plight of minority shareholders in the United States before the Great Depression / Naomi R. Lamoreaux and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal -- Water, water everywhere : municipal finance and water supply in American cities / David Cutler and Grant Miller -- The rise of the fourth estate : how newspapers became informative and why it mattered / Matthew Gentzkow, Edward L. Glaeser, and Claudia Goldin -- Bank chartering and political corruption in antebellum New York : free banking as reform / Howard Bodenhorn -- Regime change and corruption : a history of public utility regulation / Werner Troesken -- The irony of reform : did large employers subvert workplace safety reform, 1869 to 1930? / Price V. Fishback -- The determinants of progressive era reform : the Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906 / Marc T. Law and Gary D. Libecap -- Politics, relief, and reform : Roosevelt's efforts to control corruption and political manipulation during the New Deal / John Joseph Wallis, Price V. Fishback, and Shawn Kantor. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Corruption United States History Congresses. Political corruption United States History Congresses. Corporations Corrupt practices United States History Congresses. Corruption United States Prevention History Congresses. Electronic books. local Glaeser, Edward L. (Edward Ludwig), 1967- Goldin, Claudia Dale. ebrary, Inc. National Bureau of Economic Research conference report. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10210018 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 124103 124103