CHAPTER 7

Organizational Corruption in the Education System

Alessandro Hinna, Fabio Monteduro, and Sonia Moi

Department of Economics and Finance,University of Rome Tor Vergata

Introduction

Corruption is a social plague that decreases social and economic wealth (Dela Rama 2011; Kaptein 2011; Lange 2008), limiting investment and growth and leading to ineffective government (Jain 2001; Langseth 1999; Lintjer 2000; Rose-Ackerman 1999; Schneider 2007; World Bank 2004a).

Over the years, many scholars have studied corruption, investigating and measuring its effects (Das and Parry 2011; Tanzi 1998; World Bank 2004a), causes (Ades and Di Tella 1996), and prevention strategies ( Nielsen 2003).

Specifically, a country’s corruption has been studied from ...

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