Corruption, Institutions, Democracy and Economic Growth – A Reading List

Books:

Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy by Francis Fukuyama

A Republic No More by Jay Cost

Corruption in America by Zephyr Teachout

The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge

Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History [NBER Publication]

Articles/Blog Links:

Democracy and Development

https://www.stlouisfed.org/~/media/Files/PDFs/publications/pub_assets/pdf/re/2008/b/democracy.pdf

Why is Democracy Performing so Poorly? By Francis Fukuyama

https://fukuyama.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/basic-page/jod_article_jan_15_0.pdf

Is There a Proper Sequence in Democratic Transitions? By Francis Fukuyama

https://fukuyama.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/basic-page/current_history_sequencing.pdf

Political Economy 101 – Effective Fiscal Contract versus Crony Capitalism

http://vivekjayakumar.blogspot.com/2015/08/political-economy-101-effective-fiscal.html

Corruption, Rule of Law and Economic Development

http://vivekjayakumar.blogspot.com/2014/11/rule-of-law-and-economic-development.html

The Quiet Coup by Simon Johnson

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/05/the-quiet-coup/307364/

Political Corruption

http://vivekjayakumar.blogspot.com/2015/05/corruption-and-modern-political-economy.html

Corruption and (Lack of) Economic Growth in Southern Italy

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/world/europe/in-italy-calabria-is-drained-by-corruption.html

High-Level Corruption Scandal Affects Economic Confidence in Brazil

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/business/international/effects-of-petrobras-scandal-leave-brazilians-lamenting-a-lost-dream.html