• Introduction

1. Simeon Djankov, Edward Glaeser, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer.  The New Comparative Economics. Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 31, Issue 4 (December 2003), pp. 595-619.

2. Douglass C. North.  Institutions. The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 5, No. 1. (Winter, 1991), pp. 97-112.

• Capitalism
3. Jeffrey G. Williamson, Winners and Losers over Two Centuries of Globalization. NBER Working Paper No. 9161, 2002.

4. James Gwartney and Robert Lawson. The Concept and Measurement of Economic Freedom. European Journal of Political Economy. Vol. 19, Issue 3, (September 2003), pp. 405-430.

• Socialism
5. Andrei Shleifer, State versus Private Ownership. The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 12, No. 4. (Autumn, 1998), pp. 133-150.

• Economic Development
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.

 

8. Drusilla K. Brown, Alan V. Deardorff. and Robert M. Stern.  The Determinants of Child Labour: Theory and Evidence. OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, No. 2, April 2003.

 

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.

 

• Western Hemisphere

10. Mary Jane Bolle, NAFTA Labor Side Agreement: Lessons for the Worker Rights and Fast-Track Debate. Congressional Research Service, 2002.  

11. Gordon H. Hanson. What Has Happened to Wages in Mexico since NAFTA? Implications for Hemispheric Free Trade. NBER Working Paper No. 9563 , March 2003.

12. 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

  13. William G. Gale and Peter R. Orszag, The Economic Effects of Long-Term Fiscal Discipline. Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center Discussion Paper, December 17, 2002 .  

   

  14. 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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• Latin America

15. 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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16. Norman Hicks and Quentin Wodon, Social Protection for the Poor in Latin America, CEPAL Review 73, pp. 93-113, April 2001.  

 

17. Martin Feldstein, Argentina's Fall; Lessons from the Latest Financial Crisis. Foreign Affairs, March/April, 2002  


 

• Western Europe

  18. Alberto Alesina, Rafael Di Tella, and Robert MacCulloch, Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different? NBER Working Paper No. w8198, 2001.  

  19. Philip Arestis, Kevin McCauley, and Malcolm Sawyer. The Future of the Euro: Is There an Alternative to the Stability and Growth Pact? Levy Economics Institute, Public Policy Brief No. 63, 2001.   

  20. Brigid Laffan, The Future of Europe Debate, The Institute of European Affairs, 2002.

   

  21. Peter Brennan, Enlargement: An Economic Assessment, The Institute of European Affairs, 2002.
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• Great Britain

  22. 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.  

  23. John Pencavel, The Surprising Retreat of Union Britain. Stanford University, 2001.

  24. John Van Reenen, No More Skivvy Schemes? Active Labour Market Policies and the British New Deal for the Young Unemployed in Context. University College London and Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2001.
  

• Germany
25. Gary Gorton, Frank Schmid, Class Struggle Inside the Firm: A Study of German Codetermination. NBER Working Paper No. w7945, 2000.   

26. Eckhard Wurzel, The Economic Integration of Germany's New Länder. OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 307, 2001.

27. Willem Adema, Donald Gray and Sigrun Kahl. Social Assistance in Germany. Labour Market And Social Policy Occasional Papers, No.58, January 2003.

 

28. Carola M. Frege. Transforming German Workplace Relations: Quo Vadis Cooperation? Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2003.
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• France

  29. Robert Boyer, The French Welfare: An institutional and historical analysis in European perspective. Conference on the role of private and Public sector in the Social Security System”, Tokyo, 2000.  

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  30. Jonah D. Levy, The State After Statism: French Economic and Social Policy in the Age of Globalization. Thirteenth International Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, 2002.   

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  31. Eve Caroli, Philippe Askenazy, and Vincent Marcus, New Organizational Practices and Working Conditions: Evidence from France in the 1990s. CEPREMAP Working Paper No. 0106, 2001.  

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• Sweden

  32. Steven J. Davis, Magnus Henrekson, Wage-Setting Institutions as Industrial Policy. NBER Working Paper No. w7502, 2000.  

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  33. Deborah Roseveare, Enhancing the Effectiveness of Public Expenditure in Sweden. OECD Economics Department Working Paper no. 345, 2002.

  34. F. Mikael Sandström and Fredrik Bergström, School Vouchers in Practice: Competition Won't Hurt You! Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Working Paper No. 578, 2002.  

  35. Magnus Henrekson and Ulf Jakobsson. The Transformation of Ownership Policy and Structure in Sweden: Convergence towards the Anglo-Saxon Model? SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance No. 469, 2002.

• Central Eurasia

  36. Gary Krueger and Susan J. Linz, Virtual Reality: Barter and Restructuring in Russian Industry. William Davidson Working Paper Number 465, April 2002.

  37. Anders Åslund, The Myth of Output Collapse after Communism. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2001.  

  38. Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Transforming the Socialist Economies: the Role of Structural and Institutional Factors, Working Paper No. 124, Dept. of Economics, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, October 2001.

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• Asia

39. Angus Deaton and Jean Drèze, Poverty and Inequality in India: A Reexamination, Delhi School of Economics, Centre for Development Economics, Working Paper No. 107, 2002.  

 

40. 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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41. Adam McCarty, Economy of Vietnam. Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 2001.

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42. Kwame S. Jomo, Lessons From The East Asian Crisis of 1997-98. World Bank Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, Oslo, 2002.
 

• Japan 

  43. Hiroshi Ono and Marcus E Rebick, Constraints On The Level and Efficient Use of Labor in Japan. NBER-CEPR-EIJS conference, 2002. 

  44. Hyeong-ki Kwon. Japanese Employment Relations in Transition. Economic and Industrial Democracy, August 2004.
  
  45. Anil Kashyap, Sorting Out Japan's Financial Crisis. NBER Working Paper 9384, 2002.  
  
  46. Kathryn L. Dewenter. The Risk-Sharing Role of Japanese Keiretsu Business Groups: Evidence from Restructuring in the 1990s. Japan and the World Economy. Vol. 15, Issue 3 (August 2003), pp. 261-274.

•  China

  47. Wayne M. Morrison, China’s Economic Conditions. Congressional Research Service, 2002.   

  48. Yingyi Qian, How Reform Worked in China. William Davidson Working Paper Number 473a, June 2002.

  49. Mary Comerford Cooper, Implementing the "Modern Enterprise System" in Chinese SOEs: Case Studies from Shanghai. Conference on Comparative Political Economy of Developed and Less Developed Countries, Yale U., 2001.

• Africa

50. Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Globalisation, Growth and Income Inequality: The African Experience. OECD Development Centre Technical Paper No. 186, 2001.  

 

51. Yvonne M. Tsikata, Globalisation, Poverty and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Political Economy Appraisal. OECD Development Centre Technical Paper No. 183, 2001.  

 

52. 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

 

53. Robert H. Bates, Avner Greif, Macartan Humphreys, and Smita Singh. Institutions and Development. CID Working Paper No. 107, September 2004.