Review of the Book: Marco Arnone and Leonardo S. Borlini, Corruption – Economic Analysis and International Law, Cheltenham and Northampton, Edward Elgar, 2014, pp. 630.

Where public and private corruption proliferates, markets are dominated by distortions and inefficiencies, as public spending, the free choice of consumers, customers and economic operators are negatively influenced and oppressed by bribery, fraud and anticompetitive behaviors. Corruption therefore undermines the economic process both at national and international level, and is constantly associated to weak governance, where both the private and the public sector have a considerable amount of discretion out of any control. The volume Corruption – Economic Analysis and International Law offers the most complete and updated analysis on the international legal framework set up for fighting against corruption.