TAMING SYSTEMIC CORRUPTION: The American Experience and Its Implications for Contemporary Debates MARIANO-FLORENTINO CUELLAR MATTHEW C. STEPHENSON WORKING PAPER SERIES 2020:6 QOG THE QUALITY OF GOVERNMENT INSTITUTE Department of Political Science University of Gothenburg Box 711, SE 405 30 GÖTEBORG September 2020 ISSN 1653-8919 © 2020 by Mariano-Florentino Cuellar & Matthew C. Stephenson. All rights reserved.