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Working Papers

2009

1. Conflict, Settlement, and the Shadow of the Future
   Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics
2. International Trade and Transnational Insecurity: How Comparative Advantage and Power are Jointly Determined
   Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2009) View citations
3. The Costs of Organized Violence: A Review of the Evidence
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
   Also in Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics (2009)

2008

4. Globalization and Insecurity: Reviewing Some Basic Issues
   Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics
5. On The Economics oF Organized Crime
   Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics
6. Persuasion as a Contest
   Economics Series, Deakin University, Faculty of Business and Law, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2007)
   Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics (2007) View citations
7. Socio-Political Conflict and Economic Performance in Bolivia
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
   Also in Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics (2008)

2007

8. An Economic Approach to Analyzing Civil War
   Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics View citations
   See also Journal Article in Economics of Governance (2008)

2006

9. Bargaining Versus Fighting
   Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article in Defence and Peace Economics (2006)
10. Economics of Conflict: An Overview
    Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Chapter (2007)
11. Globalization and Domestic Conflict
    Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2005) View citations
    International Trade, EconWPA (2005)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2008)

2005

12. Costly Enforcement of Property Rights and the Coase Theorem
    ANUCBE School of Economics Working Papers, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2002) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economic Theory (2008)
13. Explaining Conflict in Low-Income Countries: Incomplete Contracting in the Shadow of the Future
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    Also in Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics (2005) View citations
14. Succession Rules and Leadership Rents
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2005) View citations
15. The Market for Protection and the Origin of the State
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1999) View citations

2003

16. All in the Family or Public? Law and Appropriative Costs as Determinants of Ownership Structure
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
    See also Journal Article in Economics of Governance (2005)
17. Restraining the Genuine Homo Economicus: Why the Economy Cannot be Divorced from its Governance
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economics and Politics (2003)

2001

18. Conflict Without Misperceptions or Incomplete Information: How the Future Matters
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations
    Also in Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences (2000) View citations
19. Warlord Competition
    Working Papers, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations
    Also in Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences (2000) View citations

2000

20. Comparing Bargaining Solutions in the Shadow of Conflict: How Norms Against Threats Can Have Real Effects
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2002)
21. Contract or War? On the Consequences of a Broader View of Self-Interest in Economics
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences View citations
22. Guns, Butter, and Openness: On The Relationship Between Security and Trade
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2001)
23. Investing in Confict Management
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences View citations
24. Turning 'Citizens' into 'Consumers:' Economic Growth and the Level of Public Discourse
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences

1999

25. Do Norms Against Threats have Real Effects? Comparing Bargaining Solutions in the Shadow of Conflict
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences
26. On the Political Economy of Organized Crime Is There Much That Can Be Done?
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences View citations

1998

27. Complementarity in Contests
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences View citations
    See also Journal Article in European Journal of Political Economy (1998)
28. Workshops or Barracks? Productive versus Enforcive Investment and Economic Performance
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences View citations

1996

29. Insecure Properties and the Stability of Exchange
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences View citations

1995

30. Competing for Claims to Property
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations

1993

31. Gangs as Primitive States
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences View citations
    Also in Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences (1993) View citations

1991

32. "The Shadow of the Future ": Can it Harm Cooperation?
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences
    Also in Working Papers, Pennsylvania State - Department of Economics (1991)
33. COOPERATION, CONFLICT AND POWER IN THE ABSENCE OF PROPERTY RIGHTS
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1992)
34. Coalition Formation as a Contest: Introduction and Application to the Three-Player Case
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences
35. Self-Protection and Bankruptcy
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences
36. The Distribution of Income in the Presence of Directly Unproductive
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences
37. The Distribution of Income in the Presence of Directly Unproductive Activities
    Working Papers, Pennsylvania State - Department of Economics

1990

38. CONFLICT AND ATTITUDES TOWARD RISK
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1991)

Journal Articles

2008

1. An economic approach to analyzing civil wars
   Economics of Governance, 2008, 9, (1), 25-44
   See also Working Paper (2007)
2. Costly enforcement of property rights and the Coase theorem
   Economic Theory, 2008, 36, (1), 109-128 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)
3. Globalization and domestic conflict
   Journal of International Economics, 2008, 76, (2), 296-308 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

4. BARGAINING VERSUS FIGHTING
   Defence and Peace Economics, 2006, 17, (6), 657-676
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2005

5. All in the family or public? Law and appropriative costs as determinants of ownership structure
   Economics of Governance, 2005, 6, (2), 93-104 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)

2003

6. Restraining the Genuine Homo Economicus: Why the Economy Cannot Be Divorced from Its Governance
   Economics and Politics, 2003, 15, (2), 135-162 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)

2002

7. Comparing Bargaining Solutions in the Shadow of Conflict: How Norms against Threats Can Have Real Effects
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2002, 106, (1), 1-16 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2000)
8. Insecure Property and the Efficiency of Exchange
   Economic Journal, 2002, 112, (476), 133-146 View citations

2001

9. Guns, Butter, and Openness: On the Relationship between Security and Trade
   American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 353-357 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2000)
10. The political economy of organized crime: providing protection when the state does not
    Economics of Governance, 2001, 2, (3), 173-202 View citations

1998

11. Complementarity in contests
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1998, 14, (4), 667-684 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)
12. Extortion
    Economica, 1998, 65, (260), 461-77 View citations
13. On the Formation of Alliances in Conflict and Contests
    Public Choice, 1998, 96, (1-2), 25-42 View citations

1997

14. Backing up Words with Deeds: Information and punishment in organized crime
    Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 24, 51-63 View citations
15. Credible threats in extortion
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1997, 33, (1), 23-39 View citations
16. The Distribution of Income in the Presence of Appropriative Activities
    Economica, 1997, 64, (253), 101-17 View citations

1996

17. Can the shadow of the future harm cooperation?
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1996, 29, (3), 355-372 View citations
18. Contest Success Functions
    Economic Theory, 1996, 7, (2), 283-90 View citations
    Also in Economic Theory, 1996, 7, (2), 283-290 (1996) View citations
19. On the Effects of Insecure Property
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1996, 29, (s1), 622-26

1995

20. Risk Aversion in Contests
    Economic Journal, 1995, 105, (431), 951-62 View citations

1993

21. Self-Insurance and Self-Protection: A Nonexpected Utility Analysis
    The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 1993, 18, (2), 131-146

1992

22. Cooperation, Conflict, and Power in the Absence of Property Rights
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (4), 720-39 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1991

23. Conflict and Attitudes toward Risk
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (2), 116-20 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1990)

Chapters

2007

1. Economics of Conflict: An Overview
   Elsevier View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)