18 mars 2014
Research
Publications
- Institutional Quality, Culture, and Norms of Cooperation: Evidence from a Behavioral Field Experiment, Journal of Law and Economics, forth. (August 2014) with Alessandra Cassar and Giovanna d’Adda. Link to paper Link to Appendix
- A History of Violence: The Culture of Honor and Homicide in the US South, Journal of the European Economic Association, forth. Link to paper Link to Appendix
- Initial Endowments and Economic Reform in 27 Post-Socialist Countries, Journal of Comparative Economics, forth. (May 2014), with Ariel BenYishay. Link coming soon!
- Conflict and Social and Political Preferences: Evidence from World War II and Civil Conflict in 35 European Countries", Comparative Economic Studies, forth. http://www.palgrave-journals.com/doifinder/10.1057/ces.2014.2
- Legacies of Violence: Trust and Market Development, with Alessandra Cassar and Sam Whitt, Journal of Economic Growth, September 2013, Vol. 18(3): 285-318. Link to paper
- Social Preferences of Ex-Combatants: Survey and Experimental Evidence from Post-War Tajikistan, with Alessandra Cassar and Sam Whitt. Forthcoming in: The Economics of Conflict, edited by Karl Wärneryd MIT Press Link to experimental instructions
- Learning, Political Attitudes and Crises: Lessons from Transition Countries, with Frantisek Ricka and Claudia Senik, Journal of Comparative Economics, May 2013, Vol. 41(2): 490–505. Link to paper (link to LITS data)
- The Weight of History on European Cultural Integration: A Gravity Approach, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, May 2011, Vol.101 (3): 1-7. Link to paper Click here for replication data and code
- Long Term Institutional Persistence: Ottoman Rule and Financial Development in the Regions of Europe, Journal of Comparative Economics, March 2011, Vol. 39:1-16 (lead article). Link to paper
- Democracy, Market Liberalization and Political Preferences, with Claudia Senik, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Feb. 2011, Vol. 93(1): 365-381 Link to paper
- Land Tenure Arrangements and Rural Urban migration in China, with Andreas Kontoleon and Katrina Mullan, World Development, 2011, Vol. 39(1): 123-133 Link to paper
- Maintenance Cost, Outside Options and Optimal Ownership of a Public Project, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2010, Vol. 10(1) Link to paper
- Relaxing Rural Constraints: a Win-Win Policy for Poverty and Environment in China?, with Ben Groom, Andreas Kontoleon, Tim Swanson, and Shiqiu Zhang, Oxford Economic Papers, 2010, Vol. 62(1): 132-156 Link to paper
- Assessing the Sustainability of the Sloping Land Conversion Program: a Choice Experiment Approach, with Andreas Kontoleon. In: Choice Experiments in Developing Countries: Implementation, Challenges and Policy Implications, edited by Jeff Bennett and Ekin Birol, Edward Elgar 2010
- How Sustainable are Sustainable Development Programmes? The Case of the Sloping Land Conversion Program in China, with Andreas Kontoleon, World Development, 2009, Vol. 37(1): 268-285 Link to paper
Recent Working Papers
- The Wild West is Wild: The Homicide Resource Curse, with Mathieu Couttenier and Marc Sangnier: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2406707
Work in Progress
- It's Raining Men! Hallelujah?, with Rose Khattar
- Geographic Endowments Predict Inheritance Patterns: Evidence from Small-Scale Matrilineal and Patrilineal Societies, with Joe Vecci
- Empowerment and CDD Performance: Experimental Evidence from the Solomon Islands", with Ariel BenYishay and Giovanna d'Adda
- Corporate Gender Culture and Firm Performance, with Renee Adams and Ali Akyol