Corruption and reform: lessons from America's economic history

Corruption and reform : introduction / Edward L. Glaeser and Claudia Goldin

The concept of systematic corruption in American history / John Joseph Wallis

Limiting the reach of the grabbing hand : graft and growth in American cities, 1880 to 1930 / Rebecca Menes

Digging the dirt at public expense : governance in the building of the Erie Canal and other public works / Stanley L. Engerman and Kenneth L. Sokoloff

Corporate governance and the plight of minority shareholders in the United States before the Great Depression / Naomi R. Lamoreaux and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal

Water, water everywhere : municipal finance and water supply in American cities / David Cutler and Grant Miller

The rise of the fourth estate : how newspapers became informative and why it mattered / Matthew Gentzkow, Edward L. Glaeser, and Claudia Goldin

Bank chartering and political corruption in antebellum New York : free banking as reform / Howard Bodenhorn

Regime change and corruption : a history of public utility regulation / Werner Troesken

The irony of reform : did large employers subvert workplace safety reform, 1869 to 1930? / Price V. Fishback

The determinants of progressive era reform : the Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906 / Marc T. Law and Gary D. Libecap

Politics, relief, and reform : Roosevelt's efforts to control corruption and political manipulation during the New Deal / John Joseph Wallis, Price V. Fishback, and Shawn Kantor.