I am a professor focused on anti-corruption studies at American University. My current studies center on the causes and consequences of corporate corruption by asking what leads companies to engage in bribery and other forms of corruption in international business and how companies’ bribery decisions and misbehavior affect social and corporate welfare.
Areas of Interest: international business • institutions • corruption • political economy • business-government relations • comparative corporate governance • emerging economies
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