Economics 5338
Working Paper Selections
Spring 2008
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Introduction
1. Douglass C. North. Institutions. The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 5, No. 1. (Winter, 1991), pp. 97-112.
2. David G. Blanchflower and Andrew J. Oswald. Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia. NBER Working Paper No. 11416, June 2005.
- Capitalism
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3. Jeffrey G. Williamson,
Winners
and Losers over Two Centuries of Globalization. NBER Working Paper
No. 9161, 2002.
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5. Andrei
Shleifer, State
versus Private Ownership. The Journal of Economic Perspectives,
Vol. 12, No. 4. (Autumn, 1998), pp. 133-150.
- Economic Development
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6. Daron
Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson,
The
Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation.
NBER Working Paper No. w7771, June 2000.
7. Dani Rodrik, Arvind Subramanian, and Francesco
Trebbi,
Institutions
Rule: The Primacy of Institutions over Geography and Integration in Economic
Development
Harvard CID Working Paper No. 97, 2002.
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9. Kathleen Beegle, Rajeev Dehejia, and Roberta Gatti. Why Should We Care About Child Labor? The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor. NBER Working Paper No. 10980, December 2004.
10. Richard N. Cooper. A Half-Century of Development. Harvard Center for International Development Working Paper No. 118, 2005.
- Western Hemisphere
11. Mary Jane Bolle,
NAFTA
Labor Side Agreement: Lessons for the Worker Rights and Fast-Track Debate.
Congressional Research Service, 2002.
12.
Gordon H. Hanson.
What
Has Happened to Wages in
13. Gary C. Hufbauer and
Jeffrey J. Schott.
The Prospects for Deeper North American Economic Integration: A
U.S. Perspective. C.D. Howe Institute Commentary: The Border
Papers, January 2004.
United States
14. Barry P. Bosworth and Jack E. Triplett, The Early 21st Century U.S. Productivity Expansion is Still in Services. International Productivity Monitor, Spring 2007, pp. 3-19.
15. William G. Gale and Peter R.
Orszag, The
Economic Effects of Long-Term Fiscal Discipline.
16. Edward C. Prescott.
Why Do Americans Work So Much More Than Europeans? Federal
Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Quarterly Review, Vol. 28, No. 1,
July 2004.
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17. Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Growth and Reforms in Latin America: A Survey of Facts and Arguments. IMF WP/06/210, September 2006.
18. Samuel A. Morley,
Distribution
and Growth in Latin America In an Era of Structural Reform: The Impact
of Globalisation. OECD Development Centre Technical Paper No. 184,
2001.
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19. Norman Hicks and Quentin Wodon,
Social
Protection for the Poor in Latin America,
CEPAL Review 73, pp. 93-113, April 2001.
Western Europe
20. Alberto Alesina, Rafael Di Tella, and Robert
MacCulloch,
Inequality
and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different? NBER Working Paper No. w8198, 2001.
21. Philip R. Lane. The Real Effects of European Monetary Union. Journal of Economic Perspectives. Volume 20, Number 4 (Fall 2006), pp. 47–66.
22. Brigid Laffan, The Future of Europe Debate, The Institute of European Affairs, 2002.
23. Peter Brennan,
Enlargement:
An Economic Assessment, The Institute
of
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Great Britain
24. Richard Green and Jonathan Haskel,
Seeking
a Premier League Economy: the Role of Privatisation. CEP/IFS/NBER conference,
Seeking a Premier
League Economy, London, 2000.
25.
John Pencavel,
The
Surprising Retreat of Union Britain. Stanford
26.
John Van Reenen,
No
More Skivvy Schemes? Active Labour Market Policies and the British New
Deal for the Young Unemployed in Context.
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27. Gary
Gorton, Frank Schmid,
Class
Struggle Inside the Firm: A Study of German Codetermination. NBER Working Paper No. w7945, 2000.
28. Christian Merkl and Dennis J. Snower, Escaping the Unemployment Trap - The Case of East Germany. Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Working Paper 1309, January 2007.
29. Michael Whittall. Modell Deutschland under Pressure: The Growing Tensions between Works Councils and Trade Unions. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2005.
France
31. Jonah D. Levy, The State After Statism: French Economic and Social Policy in the Age of Globalization. Thirteenth International Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, 2002.
Sweden
32.
Peter Högfeldt.
The History and Politics of Corporate Ownership in Sweden. NBER
Working Paper No. 10641, July 2004.
33. Martin Lundin and Per Skedinger.
Decentralisation of Active Labour Market Policy: The Case of Swedish
Local Employment Service Committees. Journal of Public
Economics. Vol. 90 (2006), pp. 775–798.
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34. Tony Huzzard and Peter Docherty. Between Global and Local: Eight European Works Councils in Retrospect and Prospect. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2005.
35. F. Mikael Sandström and Fredrik Bergström,
School
Vouchers in Practice: Competition Won't Hurt You! Research
36. David Rae. Getting Better Value for Money from Sweden’s Healthcare System. OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 443, 2005.
Central Eurasia
37. Irina Denisova and Others, Who Wants to Revise Privatization and Why? Evidence from 28 Post-Communist Countries. CEFIR / NES Working Paper No 105, November, 2007.
38. Sergio Godoy and Joseph E. Stiglitz. Growth, Initial Conditions, Law and Speed of Privatization in Transition Countries: 11 Years Later. NBER Working Paper No. 11992, January 2006.
39.
Rudiger Ahrend and William Tompson. Fifteen Years of Economic Reform in Russia. OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 430, 2005.
40. Swati Basu, Saul Estrin and Jan Svejnar. Wage Determination Under Communism and In Transition: Evidence from Central Europe. William Davidson Institute WP No. 717, 2004.
41. Angus Deaton and Jean Drèze,
Poverty and Inequality in India: A Reexamination,
42. David Clingingsmith and Jeffrey G. Williamson. India’s De-Industrialization Under British Rule: New Ideas, New Evidence. Harvard Institute of Economic Research, Discussion Paper No. 2039, June 2004.
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43. Adam McCarty,
Economy of Vietnam.
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44. Kwame S. Jomo,
Lessons From The East Asian Crisis of 1997-98. World Bank Annual
Bank Conference on Development Economics, Oslo, 2002.
Japan
45. Randall Morck and Masao Nakamura, Business Groups and the Big Push: Meiji Japan's Mass Privatization and Subsequent Growth. NBER Working Paper No. 13171, June 2007.
46. Hiroshi Ono and Marcus E Rebick, Constraints On The Level and Efficient Use of Labor in Japan. NBER-CEPR-EIJS conference, 2002.
47. Hyeong-ki Kwon. Japanese Employment Relations in Transition. Economic and Industrial Democracy, August 2004.
48. Anil Kashyap, Sorting Out Japan's Financial Crisis. NBER Working Paper 9384, 2002.
China
50. Wei Li and Dennis Tao Yang. The Great Leap Forward: Anatomy of a Central Planning Disaster. Journal of Political Economy. Vol. 113 (2005), pp. 840-877.
51. Bai, Chong-En, Lu, Jiangyong and Tao, Zhigang, How Does Privatization Work in China? Munich Personal RePEc Archive no. 6599, August 2007.
52. Meng, Xin. Economic Restructuring and Income Inequality in Urban China. Review of Income and Wealth, Series 50, Number 3, September 2004.
53. Lee Branstetter and Nicholas Lardy. China’s Embrace of Globalization. NBER Working Paper 12373, July 2006.
54. Guo, Sujian. The Ownership Reform in China. Journal of Contemporary China, August 2003, 553–573.
55. Margaret Maurer-Fazio, James W. Hughes, and Dandan Zhang. Economic Reform and Changing Patterns of Labor Force Participation in Urban and Rural China. William Davidson Institute WP No. 787, 2005.
56. Yanlai Wang, Nicholas Rees, and Bernadette
Andreosso-O’Callaghan.
Economic Change and Political Development in China: Findings From a
Public Opinion Survey. Journal of Contemporary China.
Vol. 13 (May, 2004), pp. 203–222.
57. Daniel Ayalew Ali, Stefan Dercon, and Madhur Gautam, Property Rights in a Very Poor Country: Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4363, September 2007
58. Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa,
Globalisation,
Growth and Income Inequality: The African Experience. OECD Development
Centre Technical Paper No. 186, 2001.
59. Yvonne M. Tsikata,
Globalisation,
Poverty and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Political Economy Appraisal.
OECD Development Centre Technical Paper No. 183, 2001.
60. David E. Sahn and David C. Stifel, Progress Toward the Millennium Development Goals in Africa. World Development Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 23–52, 2003
61. Robert H. Bates, Avner Greif, Macartan Humphreys, and Smita Singh. Institutions and Development. CID Working Paper No. 107, September 2004.
62. Robert H. Bates. Political Reform. Harvard Center for International Development
Working Paper No. 114, 2005.
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