Publications

The Centre for the Study of Corruption publishes its work in a wide range of journals. See below for selected publications.

2024

Fouladvand, S., & Barrington, R. (2024). Corruption, human trafficking and UK borders. Sussex Centre for the Study of Corruption.
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David-Barrett, E., Adam, I., & Fazekas, M. (2024). The political economy of open contracting reforms in low- and middle-income countries. Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions, pages. doi:10.1111/gove.12897
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Haberly, D., Garrod,, G., & Barrington, R. (2024). From Secrecy to Scrutiny: A New Map of Illicit Global Financial Networks and Regulation. Sussex Centre for the Study of Corruption.
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Dobson, R. (2024). Climates of corruption: the concept of corruption, the role of power, and the challenge of climate change policymaking and action.
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Dávid-Barrett, E. (2024). State capture. In Elgar Encyclopedia of Corruption and Society (pp. 309-312). doi:10.4337/9781803925806.ch68
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David-Barrett, E., & D'Emidio, R. (2024). Promoting business integrity in the Global South. In Corruption and Anti-Corruption Upside Down. Political Corruption and Governance. (pp. pages). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-66032-0_16
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Dávid-Barrett, E., & D’emidio, R. (2024). Curbing corruption in aid. In Handbook of Aid and Development (pp. 127-142). doi:10.4337/9781800886810.00014
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Alysandratos, T., Barr, A. M., Bryce, C., Chmura, T., David-Barrett, E., & Giamattei, M. (n.d.). The Behavioral Foundations of International Anti-Bribery Laws: Results From an International Lab-Type Experiment. doi:10.2139/ssrn.4752776
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Ibekaku-Nwagwu, J. (2024). Guideline for Civil Society Organizations in the Management and Monitoring of Proceeds of Crime. Nigeria: African Center for Governance, Asset Recovery and Sustainable Development.
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Tomic, S., & David-Barrett, E. (2024). The Legal Design of Domestic MLA Procedures in Southeast Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Serbia, North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Ius Gentium (Vol. 116, pp. 257-286). doi:10.1007/978-3-031-59547-9_11
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Dávid-Barrett, E. (2024). MEASURING GRAND CORRUPTION. In Grand Corruption: Curbing Kleptocracy Globally (pp. 37-48). doi:10.4324/9781032719344-4
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2023

Barrington, R., David-Barrett, E., Philips, R. D., & Garrod, G. (2023). Dictionary of Corruption. Agenda. doi:10.2307/jj.7823689
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Tomic, S., & David-Barrett, E. (2023). The Legal Design of Domestic MLA procedures in Southeast Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Serbia, North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. doi:10.31235/osf.io/5zfmg
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Parsons, D., Stern, D., Szendrői, B., & Dávid-Barrett, E. (2023). Interdisciplinary Data Workshops: Combining Statistical Consultancy Training with Practitioner Data Literacy. In Advances in Mathematics Education (pp. 243-256). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-29459-4_19
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Brown, V. T., McCartney, M., Talaga, P., Huxtable, R., Papanikitas, A., & David-Barrett, E. (2023). Policies on doctors' declaration of interests in medical organisations: a thematic analysis. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1-12. doi:10.1177/01410768231181248
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Shipley, T., Barrington, R., & Haberly, D. (2023). Corruption, Shell Companies and Financial Secrecy: Providing an Evidence Base for Anti-Corruption Policy. Centre for the Study of Corruption.
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David-Barrett, E. (2023). State capture and development: a conceptual framework. Journal of International Relations and Development, 1-21. doi:10.1057/s41268-023-00290-6
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Barrington, R., & David-Barrett, E. (2023). Advocacy groups. In Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Corruption Law (pp. 12-15). doi:10.4337/9781802206494.00009
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2022

David-Barrett, E., & Philp, M. (2022). 8 Political Corruption. In Political Ethics (pp. 170-192). Princeton University Press. doi:10.1515/9780691231310-010
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Hock, B., & David-Barrett, E. (2022). The compliance game: legal endogeneity in anti-bribery settlement negotiations. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 71, a100560 1-13. doi:10.1016/j.ijlcj.2022.100560
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Phillips, R. D., & Power, S. (2022). Lobbying in the United Kingdom. In Handbuch Lobbyismus (pp. 1-21). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-32324-0_50-1
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David-Barrett, E. (2022). Shirking self-regulation? Parliamentary standards in the UK. Public Integrity, 1-12. doi:10.1080/10999922.2022.2075632
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Abdou, A., Basdevant, O., David-Barrett, E., & Fazekas, M. (2022). Assessing vulnerabilities to corruption in public procurement and their price impact. International Monetary Fund.
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Barrington, R., David-Barrett, E., Power, S., & Hough, D. (2022). Understanding Corruption. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Agenda Publishing. doi:10.2307/j.ctv2b6z856
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David-Barrett, E. (2022). Accumulating money and power. In R. Barrington, E. David-Barrett, D. Hough, & S. Power (Eds.), Understanding Corruption (pp. 113-119). Newcastle upon Tyne: Agenda. Retrieved from https://www.agendapub.com/books/157/understanding-corruption
Chapter.
David-Barrett, E. (2022). Learning from kleptocracy and state capture case studies. In R. Barrington, E. David-Barrett, D. Hough, & S. Power (Eds.), Understanding Corruption (pp. 159-166). Newcastle upon Tyne: Agenda. Retrieved from https://www.agendapub.com/books/157/understanding-corruption
Chapter.
David-Barrett, E., & Philp, M. (2022). Political Corruption. In Political Ethics: A Handbook (pp. 170-192).
Chapter.

2021

Hampshire, K., David-Barrett, E., Osman, A., Mariwah, S., & Hamill, H. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on antimalarial supply chains in Ghana. Lancet Global Health, 9(9), pages. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00351-X
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Hamill, H., David-Barrett, E., Mwanga, J. R., Mshana, G., & Hampshire, K. (2021). Monitoring, reporting and regulating medicine quality: tensions between theory and practice in Tanzania. BMJ Global Health, 6, 1-8. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003043
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Barrington, R. (2021). How corrupt is Britain’s chumocracy?. UK in a Changing Europe.
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Barrington, R., Silverman, J., & Hutton, M. (2021). Corruption in UK prisons: a critical evaluation of the evidence base. Prison Service Journal, Januar(252), 46-57.
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2020

Barrington, R. (2020). Are banks enablers or victims of financial crime?. International Banker.
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Barrington, R. (2020). Corruption in Modern Britain: The Warning Lights are Flashing Red. Mile End Institute. Retrieved from https://www.qmul.ac.uk/
Blog.
David-Barrett, E., Fazekas, M., Hellmann, O., Márk, L., & McCorley, C. (2020). Controlling corruption in development aid: new evidence from contract-level data. Studies in Comparative International Development, 55(4), 481-515. doi:10.1007/s12116-020-09315-4
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Barrington, R. (2020). How the new FCDO could advance the fight against corruption. Institute of Development Studies. Retrieved from https://www.ids.ac.uk/
Blog.
Barrington, R. (2020). Losing the War Against Graft: Russia and China,. The World Today. Retrieved from https://www.chathamhouse.org/
Article.
David-Barrett, E. (2020). Regulating conflicts of interest in public office. In Handbook on corruption, ethics and integrity in public administration (pp. 406-420). Edward Elgar. doi:10.4337/9781789900910
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Graycar, A. (Ed.) (2020). Handbook on Corruption, Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration. Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781789900910
Book. View online.
Barrington, R. (2020). The role of UK anti-corruption champion. Centre for the Study of Corruption.
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David-Barrett, E., & Fazekas, M. (2020). Anti-corruption in aid-funded procurement: is corruption reduced or merely displaced?. World Development, 132, pages. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105000
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Fouladvand, S. (2020). Corruption, regulation and the law: the power not to prosecute under the UK Bribery Act 2010. In Corruption, integrity and the law: global regulatory challenges (pp. 70-88). London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003008224
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Barrington, R. (2020). A Defense of Anticorruption Orthodoxy. Global Anti-Corruption Blog. Retrieved from https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/
Blog.
Dobson, R. (2020). Standards Landscape: A mapping exercise. Committee on Standards in Public Life. Retrieved from https://www.gov.uk/
Reports and working papers.
Dávid-Barrett, E. (2020). Regulating conflicts of interest in public office. In Handbook on Corruption, Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration (pp. 406-420). doi:10.4337/9781789900910.00037
Chapter. View online.

2019

David-Barrett, E., & Fazekas, M. (2020). Grand corruption and government change: an analysis of partisan favoritism in public procurement. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 26(4), 411-430. doi:10.1007/s10610-019-09416-4
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Monyake, M., & Hough, D. (2019). Citizens, bribery and the propensity to protest. Journal of Comparative and Commonwealth Politics, 57(3), 282-302. doi:10.1080/14662043.2019.1621040
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Dobson, R., & Heywood, P. (2019). Clean but Compromised: Corruption in the UK administration. DPCE Online. Retrieved from http://www.dpceonline.it/index.php/dpceonline/article/view/673
Article.

2017

Hough, D., & Heaston, W. R. (2018). The Art of Missing the Point: FIFA and the Control of Corruption. In Corruption and Norms (pp. 329-346). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-66254-1_15
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Fouladvand, S. (2018). Decentering the prosecution-oriented approach: tackling both supply and demand in the struggle against human trafficking. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 52, 129-143. doi:10.1016/j.ijlcj.2017.11.001
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David-Barrett, E. (2019). Business unusual: collective action against bribery in international business. Crime, Law and Social Change, 71(2), 151-170. doi:10.1007/s10611-017-9715-1
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Hough, D. (2017). International approaches to tackling corruption: what works and what doesn't?. Frontiers of Law in China, 12(3), 339-354. doi:10.3868/s050-006-017-0019-5
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Hough, D. (2017). Analysing corruption. Newcastle upon Tyne: Agenda.
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Hough, D. (2017). Anticorruption: a case of 'good, but could do better'. German Politics and Society, 35(1), 63-82. doi:10.3167/gps.2017.350104
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David-Barrett, E., Yakis-Douglas, B., Moss-Cowan, A., & Nguyen, Y. (2017). A bitter pill? Institutional corruption and the challenge of antibribery compliance in the pharmaceutical sector. Journal of Management Inquiry, 26(3), 326-347. doi:10.1177/1056492617696885
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2015

Podumljak, M., & David-Barrett, E. (2015). Political favouritism in Croatian public procurement. In Government favouritism in Europe. The anticorruption report (Vol. 3, pp. 69-83). Berlin: Barbara Budrich Publishers.
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Dobson, R. (2015). Carbon market corruption risks and mitigation strategies. U4 Anti-corruption Resource Centre. Retrieved from https://www.u4.no/
Reports and working papers.
David-Barrett, E., & Okamura, K. (2016). Norm diffusion and reputation: the rise of the extractive industries transparency initiative. Governance, 29(2), 227-246. doi:10.1111/gove.12163
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David-Barrett, E. (2015). The state-private interface in public service provision. Birmingham: Developmental Leadership Program.
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David-Barrett, E. (2015). Lifting the lid on lobbying: the hidden exercise of power and influence in the UK. Transparency International UK.
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Philp, M., & David-Barrett, E. (2015). Realism about political corruption. Annual Review of Political Science, 18, 387-402. doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-092012-134421
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David-Barrett, E. (2015). Nolan's legacy: regulating parliamentary conduct in democratising Europe. Parliamentary Affairs, 68(3), 514-532. doi:10.1093/pa/gst049
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2014

David-Barrett, E. (2014). Are some bribes more harmful than others? Exploring the ethics behind anti-bribery laws. Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 26(1-2), 119-144. doi:10.1177/0260107914540830
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2013

Dobson, R. (2013). Fast-start funding: Is there an emerging parallel structure for climate finance?. In Global Corruption Report: Climate Change (pp. 234-238).
Chapter.
Boas, I., & Dobson, R. (2013). Disrupting lives: Climate migration and corruption. In Global Corruption Report: Climate Change (pp. 270-279).
Chapter.
David-Barrett, E. (2013). Corruption in UK local government: the mounting risks. Transparency International UK.
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David-Barrett, E., & Okamura, K. (2013). The transparency paradox: why do corrupt countries join EITI. European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State Building.
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David-Barrett, E. (2013). Background study: professional and ethical standards for parliamentarians. Warsaw: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
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2011

Dobson, R., & Elges, L. (2011). Monitoring climate adaptation financing to ensure effectiveness. Transparency International. Retrieved from https://www.transparency.org/
Reports and working papers.
David-Barrett, E. (2011). Cabs for hire? Fixing the revolving door between government and business. Transparency International UK.
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2010

David-Barrett, E. (2010). Avoiding corruption risks in the city: The Bribery Act 2010. City of London Economic Development.
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2007

David-Barrett, E., Hack, P., & Munkacsi, A. (2007). Lustration as political competition: vetting in Hungary. In Justice as prevention: vetting public employees in transitional societies (pp. 260-307). New York: Social Science Research Council.
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2002

David-Barrett, E. (2002). Business in the Balkans: the case for cross-border cooperation. Centre for European Reform.
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David-Barrett, E. (2002). Corruption and anti-corruption policy in Hungary. In Monitoring the EU accession process: corruption and anti-corruption policy ; 2002 country reports [from] Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia (pp. 233-287). Budapest: Open Society Institute.
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Unpublished works

Fouladvand, S. (n.d.). Tackling human trafficking: a tale of two protocols. In 'Roundtable on Modern Slavery' hosted by The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
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David-Barrett, E., Murray, A., Polvi, J., & Burge, R. (n.d.). Evaluating anti-corruption agencies: learning from the Caribbean. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 1-15. doi:10.1080/19439342.2020.1745869
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David-Barrett, E., Fazekas, M., Hellmann, O., MMrk, L., & McCorley, C. (n.d.). Controlling Corruption in Development Aid: New Evidence from Contract-Level Data. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3103395
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Dobson, R., David-Barrett, E., & Barrington, R. (n.d.). Defining corruption in context. Perspectives on Politics, pages.
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Barrington, R., Beringer, G., & Garrod, G. (n.d.). Taskforce on business ethics and the legal profession: exploring the ethics of representing the beneficiaries of kleptocracy and grand corruption. Legal Ethics, pages.
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