• Introduction

1. Alberto Alesina and Paola Giuliano, Culture and Institutions. Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 53, 2015, pp. 898–944.

2. Facundo Alvaredo and others, The Top 1 Percent in International and Historical Perspective. Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 27, 2013, pp. 3–20.

3. Frederic L. Pryor, Determinants of the Size of the Nonprofit Sector. The European Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 9, 2012, pp. 337-348.

4. Dag Detter, Stefan Fölster, and Willem Buiter. The Public Wealth of Nations. Citi GPS: Global Perspectives & Solutions, June 2015.

5. Koen Caminada, Kees Goudswaard, and Chen Wang, Disentangling Income Inequality and the Redistributive Effect of Taxes and Transfers in 20 LIS Countries over Time. LIS Working Papers, No. 581, 2012.

6. David G. Blanchflower, International Evidence on Well-Being. NBER Working Paper No w14318, 2008.

5. James B. Davies and others, The Level and Distribution of Global Household Wealth, Economic Journal, Vol. 121, March 2010, pp. 223-254.

7. Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, The True Levels of Government and Social Expenditures in Advanced Economies. Peterson Institute for International Economics, Policy Brief 15-4, March 2015.

8. OECD, Public Spending on Health and Long-Term Care: A New Set of Projections, June 2013.

• Capitalism

9. Geoffrey Jones, Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism in Historical and Global Perspective. Harvard Business School Working Paper 14-004, 2013.

10. John Gibson and David McKenzie, The Economic Consequences of ‘Brain Drain’ of the Best and Brightest: Microeconomic Evidence from Five Countries, Economic Journal, Vol. 122, May 2012, pp. 339-375.

11. Katsushi Imai and others. Remittances, Growth, and Poverty: New Evidence from Asian Countries. Kobe University RIEB Discussion Paper DP2011-30, November 2011.

• Socialism

12. Ran Abramitzky, Lessons from the Kibbutz on the Equality-Incentives Trade-Off, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 2011, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 185–208.

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

• Economic Development

14. Esther Duflo and others, The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation. NBER Working Paper No. 18950, 2013.

15. Enrico Spolaore and Romain Wacziarg, How Deep Are the Roots of Economic Development? Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 51, 2013, pp. 325–369.

16. Orsolya Lelkes, Minimising Misery: A New Strategy for Public Policies Instead of Maximising Happiness? MPRA Paper No. 48575, 2013.

17. Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson, The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation. NBER Working Paper No. w7771, June 2000.

18. William Easterly and Ross Levine. The European Origins of Economic Development. NBER Working Paper No. 18162, June 2012.

 

19. Justin Yifu Lin. From Flying Geese to Leading Dragons: New Opportunities and Strategies for Structural Transformation in Developing Countries. World Bank, WPS5702, June 2011.

20. 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 

21. Thomas Sikor and Daniel Muller. The Limits of State-Led Land Reform: An Introduction. World Development. Vol. 37, No. 8 (2009).

• Western Hemisphere

22. John McLaren and Shushanik Hakobyan. Looking for Local Labor Market Effects of NAFTA. NBER Working Paper No. 16535, November 2010.

23. 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.

24. Lorenzo Caliendo and Fernando Parro. Estimates of the Trade and Welfare Effects of NAFTA. Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 82, 2015, pp. 82, 1–44


• United States

  25. David M. Cutler and Dan P. Ly, The (Paper)Work of Medicine: Understanding International Medical Costs, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2011, Vol. 25, No. 2, Spring 2011, pp. 3–25.

   

  26. James H. Stock and Mark W. Watson. Disentangling the Channels of the 2007-2009 Recession. NBER Working Paper No. 18094, May 2012.

   

  27. Marc Labonte. Reducing the Budget Deficit: Policy Issues. Congressional Research Service, April 22, 2011.

  28. Michael D. Bordo, An Historical Perspective on the Crisis of 2007-2008. NBER Working Paper No. 14569, December 2008.

  29. 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.

  
  

• Latin America

30. Jeffrey G. Williamson, Five Centuries of Latin American Inequality. NBER Working Paper No. 15305, 2009.

31. José García-Solanes and Fernando Torrejón-Flores, Inflation Targeting Works Well in Latin America. CEPAL Review, Vol. 106, April 2012, pp. 37-53.

32. Paul Glewwe and Ana Lucia Kassouf, The Impact of the Bolsa Escola/Familia Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Enrollment, Drop Out Rates and Grade Promotion in Brazil. U. Minnesota and U. Sao Paulo, August, 2010.

33. Laurence M. Ball, Nicolás De Roux, and Marc Hofstetter. Unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean. NBER Working Paper No. 17274, August 2011.

34. Santiago Levy and Norbert Schady, Latin America’s Social Policy Challenge: Education, Social Insurance, Redistribution. Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 27, Number 2, Spring 2013, pages 193–218.

 

35. Jeffrey G. Williamson. Latin American Inequality: Colonial Origins, Commodity Booms, or a Missed 20th Century Leveling? NBER Working Paper No. 20915, January 2015.

 

• Western Europe

  36. Patrice Muller and others, From Shadow to Formal Economy: Leveling the Playing Field in the Single Market. European Parliament, 2013.

   

  37. Philip R. Lane, The European Sovereign Debt Crisis, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2012, Vol. 26, No. 3, Summer 2012, pp. 49–68.

   

  38. Charles Wyplosz, "The Eurozone crisis: A near-perfect case of mismanagement," Journal of Applied Economics, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1, June 2014.

  39. Marthe Nyssens, European Work Integration Social Enterprises : Between Social Innovation and Isomorphism. In Jacques Defourny, Lars Hulgård and Victor Pestoff, Social Enterprise and the Third Sector : Changing European Landscapes in a Comparative Perspective, London: Routledge, 2014, p. 211-229

  40. Maria Skovager Jensen, Kim Martin Lind, and Henrik Zobbe. Enlargement of the European Union and Agricultural Policy Reform. European Integration, Vol. 31, No. 3, 329–348, May 2009.

  41. Christian Kopf. Restoring financial stability in the euro area. CEPS Policy Brief, No. 237, March 2011.

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

  43. Philip R. Lane. The Real Effects of European Monetary Union. Journal of Economic Perspectives. Volume 20, Number 4 (Fall 2006), pp. 47–66.   

• Great Britain

  44. Gregory Clark, A Review Essay on The Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain 1700–1850 by Joel Mokyr, Journal of Economic Literature 2012, 50:1, pp. 85–95.

   

  45. Bruce A. Weinberg, An Assessment of British Science Over the Twentieth Century, Economic Journal, Vol. 119, June 2009. Pp. 252-269.

   

  46. Alan Manning and Sanchari Roy, Culture Clash or Culture Club? National Identity in Britain, Economic Journal, Vol.120, February 2010, pp. 72-100.

   

  47. 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.  

  
  

• Germany

48. Franziska Boneberg, The Economic Consequences of One-Third Co-determination in German Supervisory Boards. University of Lüneburg Working Papers in Economics No. 177, 2010.

49. Holger Bonin, The Two German Labour Market Miracles: Blueprints for Tackling the Unemployment Crisis? Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 54, December 2012, pp. 787-807.

50. Michael C. Burda and Jennifer Hunt. What Explains the German Labor Market Miracle in the Great Recession? NBER Working Paper No. 17187, June 2011.

51. Christian Merkl and Dennis Snower, East German Unemployment: The Myth of the Irrelevant Labor Market. Kiel Working Papers No. 1435, 2008.

52. Uwe Blien and others. Twenty Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Regional Unemployment in Eastern Germany. ERSA Congress, 2010.

 

53. Christian Dustmann, Bernd Fitzenberger, Uta Schönberg, and Alexandra Spitz-Oener, From Sick Man of Europe to Economic Superstar: Germany’s Resurgent Economy. Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 28, Number 1, Winter 2014, pages 167–188.

54. Uwe Blien, Joachim Möller , and Phan thi Hong Van, Why are East Germans Still Lagging Behind? Regional Labor Market Differences 25 Years after Reunification? 55th ERSA Conference, August 2015.

• France

  55. Jean-Claude Barbier, The French Social Protection System in the Throes of Reform (1975-2007). Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne CNRS Working Paper, 2007.48

   

  56. 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

  57. Anders Forslund and Alan Krueger, Did Active Labor Market Policies Help Sweden Rebound from the Depression of the Early 1990s? From Reforming the Welfare State: Recovery and Beyond in Sweden, edited by Richard B. Freeman, Birgitta Swedenborg, and Robert Topel. The University of Chicago Press, 2010.

  58. Andreas Bergh, The Rise, Fall and Revival of the Swedish Welfare State: What are the Policy Lessons from Sweden? IFN Working Paper No. 873, 2011.

  59. Geoffrey E. Schneider, Sweden's Economic Recovery and the Theory of Comparative Institutional Advantage. Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. XLI, No. 2, June 2007.

  60. David Rae. How Can Scandinavians Tax So Much?. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2014, 28(4).

  Central Eurasia

  61. Barbara Czarniawska, Does Planning Belong to the Politics of the Past? Contemporary Economics, Vol. 6, No. 4, December 2012, pp. 36-48.

  62. Michael Keren, The Yugoslav Firm versus a Wardian LMF, a Socialist Firm and a LMF in a Capitalist Market. Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 56, 2014, pp. 676–695.

  63. Irina Denisova and others, Everyone Hates Privatization, But Why? Survey Evidence from 28 Post-Communist Countries. Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 40, No. 1, February 2012, pp. 44-61.

  64. Roberto Dell’Anno and Stefania Villa, Growth in Transition Countries: Big Bang versus Gradualism. University of Salerno, Department of Economics and Statistics Discussion Paper 122, 2012.

  65. J. David Brown, John S. Earle, and Almos Telegdy, Employment and Wage Effects of Privatisation: Evidence from Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine, Economic Journal, Vol. 120, June 2009, pp. 683-708.

   

  66. Nicholas Bloom, Helena Schweiger, and John Van Reenen. The Land that Lean Manufacturing Forgot? Management Practices in Transition Countries. NBER Working Paper No. 17231, July 2011.

  67. Ariel BenYishay and Pauline Grosjean, Initial endowments and economic reform in 27 post-socialist countries, Journal of Comparative Economics 42 (4) (2014).

  68. Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Yegor Grygorenko. Are Oligarchs Productive? Theory and Evidence. Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 36, 2008.

  69. OECD, Russia Modernizing the Economy, 2013.

  70. Ariel BenYishay and Pauline Grosjean. Initial endowments and economic reform in 27 post-socialist countries. Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 42, 2014, pp. 892–906.

  71. Michael Ellman. Russia’s Current Economic System: From Delusion to Glasnost. University of Amsterdam, Economics & Business.

  72. Paul Castañeda Dower Andrei Markevich. A History of Resistance to Privatization in Russia. Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 42, 2014, pp. 855–873.

• Asia

73. Michael A. Witt and Gordon Redding, Asian Business Systems: Institutional Comparison, Clusters and Implications for Varieties of Capitalism and Business Systems Theory. Socioeconomic Review, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2013, pp. pp. 265-300.

 

74. Seema Jayachandran and Rohini Pande, Why Are Indian Children So Short? NBER Working Paper No. 21036, March 2015  

 

75. Ian F. Fergusson, Mark A. McMinimy, and Brock R. Williams, The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Negotiations and Issues for Congress. Congressional Research Service, March 20, 2015.

 

76. W. Max Corden, The Asian Crisis: a Perspective after Ten Years. Australian National University Working Paper, 2007.
 

• Japan 

  77. Keith Cowling and Philip R.Tomlinson,The Japanese Model in Retrospective: Industrial Strategies, Corporate Japan and the 'Hollowing Out' of Japanese Industry. Policy Studies, Vol. 32, No. 6, November 2011, pp. 569-83.

  78. Katsuki Aoki and Thomas Lennerfors, Whither Japanese Keiretsu? The Transformation of Vertical Keiretsu in Toyota, Nissan and Honda 1991-2011. Asia Pacific Business Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, January 2013, pp. 70-84.

  79. Edward J. Lincoln, Japan's Long-Term Economic Challenges. Comparative Economic Studies, Vol 53, 2011, pp. 455-474.

  80. Uwe Vollmer and Ralf Bebenroth, The Financial Crisis in Japan: Causes and Policy Reactions by the Bank of Japan. The European Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 9, 2012, pp. 51-77.

  81. 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.

  82. Hyeong-ki Kwon. Japanese Employment Relations in Transition. Economic and Industrial Democracy, August 2004.

  83. Joshua Hausman and Johannes Wieland. Abenomics: Preliminary Analysis and Outlook, Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, March 20–21, 2014.

   

•  China

84. Richard Herd, The Evolution of China’s Social Policies. Economic Change and Restructuring, Volume 46, Issue 1, March 2013, pp. 109-141.

85. Loren Brandt, Debin Ma, and Thomas G. Rawski, From Divergence to Convergence: Re-evaluating the History Behind China’s Economic Boom. University of Warwick, Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy, Working Paper No. 117, 2013. Published in Journal of Economic Literature, March 2014.

86. Douglas Almond, Hongbin Li, and Shuang Zhang, Land Reform and Sex Selection in China. NBER Working Paper No. 19153, 2013.

87. Richard B. Freeman and Xiaoying Li, How Does China's New Labor Contract Law Affect Floating Workers? NBER Working Paper No. 19254, 2013.

88. Xiaodong Zhu, Understanding China’s Growth: Past, Present, and Future. Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 26, No. 4, Fall 2012, pp, 103–124.

89. Carsten Herrmann-Pillath, Alexander Libman, and Xiaofan Yu, Economic Integration in China: Politics and Culture. Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 42, 2014, pp. 470–492.

90. Chenggang Xu, The Fundamental Institutions of China’s Reforms and Development, Journal of Economic Literature, 2011, 49:4, pp. 1076–1151.

91. Yang Yao and Ninghua Zhong, Unions Improve Chinese Workers' Welfare; Results from 1,268 Firms. China Center for Economic Research, Working Paper 2010-04, April 2010.


92. Carlos D. Ramirez, Is Corruption in China ‘Out of Control’? A Comparison with the US in Historical Perspective. Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 42, 2014, pp. 76–91.

 

93. 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.

 

94. Shuming Bao, Örn B. Bodvarsson, Jack W. Hou, and Yaohui Zhao, The Regulation of Migration in a Transition Economy: China’s Hukou System. IZA Discussion Paper No. 4493, October 2009.

95. Richard B. Freeman and Wei Huang, China's “Great Leap Forward” in Science and Engineering. NBER Working Paper No. 21081, April 2015 

• Africa

96. Peter Boone and others, The Surprisingly Dire Situation of Children's Education in Rural West Africa. NBER Working Paper No. 18971, 2013.

97. Leander Heldring and James A. Robinson, Colonialism and Economic Development in Africa. NBER Working Paper No. 18566, 2012.

98. Jenny C. Aker and Isaac M. Mbiti, Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2010, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 207–32.

99. Miguel Nino-Zarazua, Armando Barrientos, David Hulme, and Sam Hickey, Social protection in sub-Saharan Africa: Will the green shoots blossom? MPRA Paper No. 22422, April 2010.

100. 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

 

101. Nathan Nunn and Diego Puga. Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa. NBER Working Paper 14918, April 2009.

 

102. Jean-Claude Berthélemy and Josselin Thuilliez, The Economics of Malaria in Africa, WIDER Working Paper 2014/047 February 2014.

 

103. Margaret S. McMillan and Kenneth Harttgen, What is driving the ‘African Growth Miracle’? NBER Working Paper No. 20077, April 2014.

 

104. Xinshen Diao and Margaret McMillan, “Toward an Understanding of Economic Growth in Africa: A Re-Interpretation of the Lewis Model,” NBER Working Paper No. 21018, March 2015./a> NBER Working Paper No. 20077, April 2014.

 

• Middle East

 

105. Timur Kuran, Why the Middle East Is Economically Underdeveloped: Historical Mechanisms of Institutional Stagnation.Journal of Economic Perspectives, 18 ( Summer 2004): 71-90.

 

106. Mthuli Ncube, John Anyanwu and Kjell Hausken, Inequality, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Middle East and North AfricaWorking Paper Series N° 195 African Development Bank, 2013.

 

107. Patrick Imam and Kangni Kpodar, Is Islamic Banking Good for Growth? IMF Working Paper WP/15/81, April 2015.

 

108. Laura El-Katiri and Bassam Fattouh, A Brief Political Economy of Energy Subsidies in the Middle East and North Africa, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Paper: MEP 11, February 2015.