Susan Rose-Ackerman (born Susan Gould Rose on April 23, 1942 in Mineola, New York) is Henry R. Luce Professor Emeritus of Law and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the w ...

. She is an expert in

political corruption Political corruption is the use of powers by government officials or their network contacts for illegitimate private gain. Forms of corruption vary, but can include bribery, lobbying, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, parochialism, patronage, i ...

and development, administrative law, law and regulatory policy, the nonprofit sector, and federalism. Her recent books are ''Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences and Reform'', 2nd edition, with Bonnie J. Palifka (the first edition has been translated into 17 languages), ''Due Process of Lawmaking'' (with Stephanie Egidy and James Fowkes), and ''From Elections to Democracy: Building Accountable Government in Hungary and Poland'', plus the following edited volumes: ''International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption'', vols. I & II (with Tina Søreide), ''Comparative Administrative Law'' (with Peter Lindseth and Blake Emerson), ''Anti-Corruption Policy: Can International Actors Play a Constructive Role?'' (with Paul Carrington), and ''Greed, Corruption and the Modern State'' (with Paul Lagunes). Rose-Ackerman has been a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Sciences Po, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and Collegium Budapest, as well as a visiting research scholar at the

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. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from

and has held Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships. She has a B.A. from

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial ...

. Her current research focuses on comparative administrative law and public policy-making and the political economy of corruption.

Biography

She attended

, where she obtained a B.A. in economics (1964) and then attended

, where she was awarded a PhD in economics in 1970. In May 1967, she married

Bruce Ackerman Bruce Arnold Ackerman (born August 19, 1943) is an American constitutional law scholar. He is a Sterling Professor at Yale Law School. In 2010, he was named by '' Foreign Policy'' magazine to its list of top global thinkers. Ackerman was also a ...

, who was a student at Yale Law School. They are the parents of John M. Ackerman and Sybil Ackerman-Munson. Rose-Ackerman worked as an assistant professor from 1972 to 1974 at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest- ...

, thereafter returning to Yale. In 1982 she moved to

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

and in 1983 became the director of

Columbia Law School Columbia Law School (Columbia Law or CLS) is the law school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university in New York City. Columbia Law is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in the world and has always ranked i ...

Center for Law and Economics. In 1987 she again returned to Yale and in 1992 took over the Henry R. Luce Chair of Philosophy of Law at the Yale Law School, and the Department of Political Science. Rose-Ackerman is also co-director of the Yale Law School's Center for Law, Economics, and Public Policy. She has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the

Fulbright Commission The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people o ...

. She was a visiting research fellow at the

in 1995-96 where she did research on corruption and economic development. Professor Rose-Ackerman is a member of the Advisory Board to the

Allard Prize for International Integrity The Allard Prize for International Integrity is one of the world's largest prizes dedicated to the fight against corruption and the protection of human rights. The prize is awarded biennially to an individual, movement or organization that has "d ...

Works

Major publications include the following: * "The economics of corruption". ''Journal of Public Economics'' 4.2 (1975): 187-203. * ''The Economics of Corruption: a study in political economy''. New York: Academic Press, 1978. * ''Rethinking the Progressive Agenda: The Reform of the American Regulatory State''. Free Pr, 1992. * ''Corruption and government: Causes, consequences, and reform''. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
''Economics of Administrative Law (Economic Approaches to Law Series)''
Edward Elgar Pub, 2008.
"Corruption: Greed, Culture and the State"
'' The Yale Law Journal'', 9 November 2010.
''International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption (Elgar Original Reference)''
Edward Elgar Pub, 2013. * ''Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences and Reform'', 2nd edition, with Bonnie J. Palifka, Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, 2016. * ''Due Process of Lawmaking''(with Stephanie Egidy and James Fowkes), Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, 2015. * ''From Elections to Democracy: Building Accountable Government in Hungary and Poland'', Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. * ''International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption'', vol I, Cheltenham UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar, 2006, vol II (with Tina Søreide), Cheltenham UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar, 2011. * ''Comparative Administrative Law'' (with Peter Lindseth and Blake Emerson), Cheltenham UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar, 2017. * ''Anti-Corruption Policy: Can International Actors Play a Constructive Role?'' (with Paul Carrington), Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2013 * ''Greed, Corruption and the Modern State'' (with Paul Lagunes), Cheltenham UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar, 2015.

References

External links

Susan Rose-Ackerman's profile on Yale University web site.
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