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Workplace:	Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, (more information at EDIRC) Economics Department, Yale University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2009

1. A Dynamic Analysis of Human Welfare in a Warming Planet
   Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
   Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University (2009)
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University (2008)
2. Intergenerational Justice when Future Worlds Are Uncertain
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
3. The Ethics of Distribution in a Warming Planet
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University

2008

4. A Positive Theory of Income Taxation Where Politicians Focus upon Swing and Core Voters
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
5. Axiomatic resource allocation for heterogeneous agents
   CORE Discussion Papers, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
6. Optimal Taxation According to Equality of Opportunity: A Microeconometric Simulation Analysis
   CHILD Working Papers, CHILD - Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic economics - ITALY
   Also in ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research (2003) View citations

2007

7. The political economy of health care finance
   CORE Discussion Papers, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

2006

8. Economic Development as Opportunity Equalization
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
   Also in Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics (2006)
9. Kantian Allocations
   Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
   Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University (2006) View citations
10. Mised Oligopoly Equilibria When Firms' Objectives Are Endogenous
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006)
    IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse (2006)
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics (2006)
    See also Journal Article in International Journal of Industrial Organization (2009)

2005

11. Equalizing Opportunity for Racial and Socioeconomic Groups in the United States Through Educational Finance Reform
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego View citations
12. Impartiality and Priority. Part 1: The Veil of Ignorance
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
13. Impartiality and Priority. Part 2: A Characterization with Solidarity
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
14. Impartiality, priority, and solidarity in the theory of justice
    CORE Discussion Papers, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2006)
15. Intergenerational Justice and Sustainability under the Leximin Ethic
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
16. Objectivity, priority, and the veil of ignorance
    CORE Discussion Papers, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations
17. Racism, xenophobia, and redistribution
    Working Papers, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2006)
18. Values and Politics in the US: An Equilibrium Analysis of the 2004 Election
    Working Papers, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Economics

2004

19. Distribution and Politics: A Brief History and Prospect
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
    See also Journal Article in Social Choice and Welfare (2005)
20. Eclectic Distributional Ethics
    Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management View citations
    Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University (2003) View citations
21. Indeterminacy of Citizen-candidate Equilibrium
    Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management
    Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University (2003) View citations
22. Modeling Party Competition in General Elections
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
23. Political Equilibrium with Private or/and Public Campaign Finance: A Comparison of Institutions
    Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management View citations
    Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University (2003)
    Working Papers, HAL (2003)
24. Racism and Redistribution in the United States: A Solution to the Problem of American Exceptionalism
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2006)
25. The political economy of xenophobia and distribution: the case of Denmark
    Working Papers, HAL View citations
    See also Journal Article in Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2006)
26. Xenophobia and Distribution in France: A Politico-economic Analysis
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
    Also in Working Papers, HAL (2004) View citations

2003

27. Does Democracy Engender Equality?
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations

2001

28. Does Democracy Engender Justice?
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
29. Egalitarianism against the Veil of Ignorance
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
30. Equality of Opportunity versus Equality of Outcome in Analysing Optimal Income Taxation Empirical Evidence based on Italian Data
    Discussion Papers, Research Department of Statistics Norway View citations
31. To What Extent do Fiscal Regimes Equalise Opportunities for Income Acquisition Among Citizens?
    ISER working papers, Institute for Social and Economic Research
    Also in Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (2000)
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics
    Working Papers, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics (2000)
    EPRU Working Paper Series, Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations
    Discussion Papers, Research Department of Statistics Norway (2000) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2003)
32. Value and Politics
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
33. What We Owe Our Children, They Their Children
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University

2000

34. ENDOGENOUS PARTY FORMATION AND THE EFFECT OF INCOME DISTRIBUTION ON POLICY
    Working Papers. Serie AD, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie) View citations
35. The 'Flypaper Effect' Is Not an Anomaly
    Working Papers, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics
    Also in Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economic Theory (2002)

1997

36. The (Non-Parochial) Welfare Economics of Immigration
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations
    Also in Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics
37. The Democratic Political Economy of Progressive Income Taxation
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations
    Also in Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1999)

1995

38. Equality Versus Progress
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
    Also in Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics (1995)
    See also Journal Article in Nordic Journal of Political Economy (1996)
39. Equality or Opportunity: A Theory and Examples
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics View citations
    Also in Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs (1995)
40. Joseph Stiglitz's Whither Socialism?: An Anti-Hayekian Manifesto
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
    Also in Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics (1995)
41. The Political-Economic Effects of Distributional Skewness on Growth
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics
    Also in Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs (1995)
42. What Real Equality of Opportunity Requires
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
    Also in Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics (1995)
43. Why the Poor Do not Expropriate the Rich in Democracies: A New Argument
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations
    Also in Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics (1995) View citations

1994

44. Neighborhood Effects on Belief Formation and the Distribution of Education and Income
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations
45. Skewness, Growth and the Elimination of Poverty
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs

1993

46. Limited Privatization inn the Presence of Public Bads
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations
47. On a Mechanism for Implementing Egalitarism with Responsability
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
48. Political Cycles
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations

1992

49. A Pragmatic Theory of Responsibility for the Egalitarian Planner
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations
50. A Proposal for Denationalizing the State Sector when Pollution is an Issue
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
51. A partial Theory of the Link Between Economic Development and Political Democracy
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
52. The Emergence of Party Ideology when Voter Are Uncertain about How the Economy Works
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations
53. The Use of Campaign Finance to Influence Voter's Beliefs
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs

1991

54. A Theory of Class-Differentiated Politics in an Electoral Democracy
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations
55. Can There be Socialism After Communism?
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
56. Market Socialism: A Case for Rejuvenation
    Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (1992)
57. The Possibility of Market Socialism
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
58. Would Economic Democracy Decrease the Amount of Public Bads?
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations
    See also Journal Article in Scandinavian Journal of Economics (1993)

1990

59. APPENDIX TO "MARKET SOCIALISM"
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
60. MARKET SOCIALISM
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations
61. THE ECONOMICS OF EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY: PUBLIC AND VOUCHER REGIMES
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
62. WELFARISM AND AXIOMATIC BARGAINIG THEORY
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations

1989

63. A WELFARE COMPARISON OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC MONOPOLY
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1992)
64. DECENTRALIZATION, DUPLICITY, AND MINIMAL EQUITY
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
65. Distributing Health: The Allocationof Resources by an International Agency
    Research Paper, World Institute for Development Economics Research View citations
66. INCENTIVES AND AGENCY IN SOCIALIST ECONOMIES
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
67. SOME REMARKS ON HOMO ECONOMICUS
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
68. WHITHER SOCIALISM?
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs

1988

69. IMPLEMENTATION WITH INSPECTION
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations
70. ON PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations

1980

71. Exploitation and Class: Part II, Capitalist Economy
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
72. Inequality, Exploitation, Justice and Socialism: A Theoretical-Historical Approach
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
73. Rawlsian Justice as the Core of a Game
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1981)

Undated

74. A NOTE ON THE TRANSFER OF POWER FROM PARTIES TO CANDIDATES
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics
75. DISCRETIONARY POWER CAUSES DIVERGENT POLITICS
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics
76. DISTRIBUTIVE CLASS POLITICS AND THE POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF INTERWAR EUROPE
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics
77. DOES EGALITARIANISM HAVE A FUTURE?
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (1998)
78. Equalizing educational opportunity through educational finance reform
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics View citations
79. THE DEMOCRATIC CLASS STRUGGLE: A SURVEY OF RECENT RESULTS
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics
80. TRADE UNIONS AND TRANSFER PAYMENTS: WHEN ARE THEY REASONS TO PREFER DEMOCRACY TO DICTATORSHIP?
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2009

1. Mixed oligopoly equilibria when firms' objectives are endogenous
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2009, 27, (3), 414-423
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2008

2. Paul Gomberg (ed): How to make opportunity equal
   Social Choice and Welfare, 2008, 30, (3), 527-530
3. Socialism vs Social Democracy as Income-Equalizing Institutions
   Eastern Economic Journal, 2008, 34, (1), 14-26

2006

4. Impartiality, Priority, and Solidarity in the Theory of Justice
   Econometrica, 2006, 74, (5), 1419-1427 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)
5. Racism and redistribution in the United States: A solution to the problem of American exceptionalism
   Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (6-7), 1027-1052 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)
6. Racism, Xenophobia, and Redistribution
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2006, 4, (2-3), 446-454
   See also Working Paper (2005)
7. Review essay, “The 2006 world development report: Equity and development”
   Journal of Economic Inequality, 2006, 4, (2), 233-244 View citations
8. The Global Welfare Economics of Immigration
   Social Choice and Welfare, 2006, 27, (2), 311-325
9. The Political Economy of Xenophobia and Distribution: The Case of Denmark
   Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2006, 108, (2), 251-277 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2005

10. Kolm, S.:Macrojustice: The Political Economy of Fairness
    Journal of Economics, 2005, 86, (3), 301-304
11. Distribution and politics: a brief history and prospect
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2005, 25, (2), 507-525 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2004)
12. Games with vector-valued payoffs and their application to competition between organizations
    Economics Bulletin, 2005, 3, (16), 1-13
13. The Rise and Fall of Unionised Labour Markets: A Political Economy Approach
    Economic Journal, 2005, 115, (500), 28-67 View citations
14. Will democracy engender equality?
    Economic Theory, 2005, 25, (1), 217-234 View citations
15. Xenophobia and the Size of the Public Sector in France: A Politico-economic Analysis
    Journal of Economics, 2005, 86, (2), 95-144 View citations

2004

16. What We Owe Our Children, They Their Children, &hellip
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2004, 6, (5), 637-654

2003

17. To what extent do fiscal regimes equalize opportunities for income acquisition among citizens?
    Journal of Public Economics, 2003, 87, (3-4), 539-565 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2002

18. Equality of opportunity: A progress report
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2002, 19, (2), 455-471 View citations
19. The "Flypaper Effect" Is Not an Anomaly
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2002, 4, (1), 1-17 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2001

20. An equal-opportunity approach to the allocation of international aid
    Journal of Development Economics, 2001, 64, (1), 147-171 View citations

1999

21. Inequality and redistribution revisited
    Economics Letters, 1999, 65, (3), 339-346 View citations
22. The Democratic Political Economy of Progressive Income Taxation
    Econometrica, 1999, 67, (1), 1-20 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1998

23. Does Egalitarianism Have a Future?
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1998, 36, (2), 861-902 View citations
    See also Working Paper
24. Income Distribution, Redistributive Politics, and Economic Growth
    Journal of Economic Growth, 1998, 3, (3), 217-40 View citations
25. Why the poor do not expropriate the rich: an old argument in new garb
    Journal of Public Economics, 1998, 70, (3), 399-424 View citations

1997

26. Political-economic equilibrium when parties represent constituents: The unidimensional case
    Social Choice and Welfare, 1997, 14, (4), 479-502 View citations

1996

27. Equality versus Progress
    Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 1996, 23, 47-54 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1995)

1994

28. On the Workability of Market Socialism
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994, 8, (2), 177-81 View citations
29. On the relationship between economic development and political democracy
    Review of Economic Design, 1994, 1, (1), 15-39 View citations

1993

30. The Proportional Solution for Economies with Both Private and Public Ownership
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1993, 59, (2), 426-444 View citations
31. Would Economic Democracy Decrease the Amount of Public Bads?
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1993, 95, (2), 227-38 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1992

32. A welfare comparison of private and public monopoly
    Journal of Public Economics, 1992, 48, (1), 67-81 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1989)
33. Market Socialism: A Case for Rejuvenation
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1992, 6, (3), 101-16 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1989

34. Marxism and Contemporary Social Science
    Review of Social Economy, 1989, 47, (4), 377-91
35. Public Ownership of the External World and Private Ownership of Self
    Journal of Political Economy, 1989, 97, (2), 347-67 View citations

1988

36. Axiomatic bargaining theory on economic environments
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1988, 45, (1), 1-31 View citations

1986

37. Equality of Resources Implies Equality of Welfare
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1986, 101, (4), 751-84 View citations

1985

38. Rationalizing Revolutionary Ideology
    Econometrica, 1985, 53, (1), 85-108 View citations

1982

39. Exploitation, Alternatives and Socialism
    Economic Journal, 1982, 92, (365), 87-107 View citations
40. Origins of Exploitation and Class: Value Theory of Pre-Capitalist Economy
    Econometrica, 1982, 50, (1), 163-92 View citations

1981

41. Marxism, socialism, freedom:. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979. viii + 237 pp., index, $22.50
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1981, 5, (1), 113-115
42. Rawlsian Justice as the Core of a Game
    American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (5), 880-95 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1980)

1980

43. A General Equilibrium Approach to Marxian Economics
    Econometrica, 1980, 48, (2), 505-30 View citations
44. Innovation, rates of profit, and uniqueness of von Neumann prices
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1980, 22, (3), 451-464

1979

45. Continuing Controversy on the Falling Rate of Profit: Fixed Capital and Other Issues
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1979, 3, (4), 379-98
46. Divide and Conquer: Microfoundations of a Marxian Theory of Wage Discrimination
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1979, 10, (2), 695-705 View citations

1978

47. A bias in growth-rate comparisons of capitalist and socialist economies
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1978, 2, (3), 266-276
48. Marxian Models of Reproduction and Accumulation
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1978, 2, (1), 37-53
49. The Effect of Technological Change on the Real Wage and Marx's Falling Rate of Profit
    Australian Economic Papers, 1978, 17, (30), 152-66 View citations

1977

50. Technical change and the "tendency of the rate of profit to fall"
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1977, 16, (2), 403-424 View citations
51. The Effect of Sphere of Influence and Economic Distance on the Commodity Composition of Trade in Manufactures
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1977, 59, (3), 318-27 View citations

1970

52. A Cournot Duopoly Problem
    International Economic Review, 1970, 11, (3), 548-52 View citations