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Workplace:	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC) Department of Economics, Indiana University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

1. New Institutional Economics and Cliometrics
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Chapter The New Institutional Economics and Cliometrics, Springer Books, Springer (2024) (2024)

2022

2. Property Rights in Historical Political Economy: When do Wedges Wither?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. The Spanish Mission Legacy on Native American Reservations
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article The Spanish Mission Legacy on Native American Reservations, Journal of Historical Political Economy, now publishers (2023) (2023)

2021

4. Leadership and Organizations
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2016

5. A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Critical Transitions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
6. Economic Backwardness and Catching Up: Brazilian Agriculture, 1964–2014
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2014

7. CHANGING SOCIAL CONTRACTS: BELIEFS ANDDISSIPATIVE INCLUSION IN BRAZIL
   Anais do XL Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 40th Brazilian Economics Meeting], ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics]
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Changing social contracts: Beliefs and dissipative inclusion in Brazil, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (7) (2013)

2013

8. Payment for Environmental Services: Hypotheses and Evidence
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
   See also Journal Article Payment for Environmental Services: Hypotheses and Evidence, Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews (2013) View citations (17) (2013)

2011

9. DE FACTO AND DE JURE PROPERTY RIGHTS:LAND SETTLEMENT AND LAND CONFLICT ON THE BRAZILIAN FRONTIER IN THE 19THCENTURY
   Anais do XXXVIII Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 38th Brazilian Economics Meeting], ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics]
10. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Forest Protection: The Transaction Costs of REDD
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)

2010

11. Interest Groups, Information Manipulation in the Media, and Public Policy: The Case of the Landless Peasants Movement in Brazil
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
12. Property Rights, Land Conflict and Tenancy in Brazil
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
13. The Political Economy of Productivity in Brazil
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (6)

2009

14. De Facto and De Jure Property Rights: Land Settlement and Land Conflict on the Australian, Brazilian and U.S. Frontiers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2009) View citations (16)
15. Electoral Fraud, the Rise of Peron and Demise of Checks and Balances in Argentina
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Electoral fraud, the rise of Peron and demise of checks and balances in Argentina, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2010) View citations (12) (2010)

2008

16. Coercion, Culture and Debt Contracts: The Henequen Industry in Yucatan, Mexico, 1870-1915
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
17. The Choices Governors Make: The Roles of Checks and Balances and Political Competition
    Anais do XXXVI Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 36th Brazilian Economics Meeting], ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics]

2007

18. LEGAL RESERVE REQUIREMENTS IN BRAZILIAN FORESTS: PATH DEPENDENT EVOLUTION OF DE FACTO LEGISLATION
    Anais do XXXV Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 35th Brazilian Economics Meeting], ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics] View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Legal Reserve Requirements in Brazilian Forests: Path Dependent Evolution of De Facto Legislation, Economia, ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics] (2007) View citations (14) (2007)

2006

19. Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes and Policy Outcomes in Brazil
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank
    Also in Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department (2006) View citations (8)

2005

20. How Interest Groups with Limited Resources can Influence Political Outcomes: Information Control and the Landless Peasant Movement in Brazil
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research View citations (1)
21. Pork for Policy: Executive and Legislative Exchange in Brazil
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Pork for Policy: Executive and Legislative Exchange in Brazil, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (2006) View citations (26) (2006)
22. Time on the Ladder: Career Mobility in Agriculture, 1890-1938
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Time on the Ladder: Career Mobility in Agriculture, 1890–1938, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2005) View citations (16) (2005)
23. Who Should Govern Congress? Access to Power and the Salary Grab of 1873
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article Who Should Govern Congress? Access to Power and the Salary Grab of 1873, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2006) View citations (1) (2006)

2001

24. Coalitional Stability and the Gains From Trade Between the Executive and the Legislature in Brazil
    Anais do XXIX Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 29th Brazilian Economics Meeting], ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics] View citations (1)

2000

25. Evolution and Revolution in the Argentine Banking System under Convertibility: The Roles of Crises and Path Dependence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
26. Social Reformers and Regulation: The Prohibition of Cigarettes in the U.S. and Canada
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1996

27. The Determinants and Impact of Property Rights: Land Titles on the Brazilian Frontier
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (163)
    See also Journal Article The Determinants and Impact of Property Rights: Land Titles on the Brazilian Frontier, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (1996) View citations (167) (1996)

1992

28. Wages and the Intensity of Labor Effort: Efficiency Wages Versus Compensating Payments
    The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management, The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management. University of California Riverside
    Also in Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College (1990) View citations (7)

1986

29. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES TO ALLEVIATE AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS: A CASE STUDY OF THE 1930's
    Department of Economics and Business - Archive, North Carolina State University, Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2023

1. The Spanish Mission Legacy on Native American Reservations
   Journal of Historical Political Economy, 2023, 2, (4), 527-551
   See also Working Paper The Spanish Mission Legacy on Native American Reservations, NBER Working Papers (2022) (2022)

2018

2. Priests, Conflicts and Property Rights: the Impacts on Tenancy and Land Use in Brazil
   Man and the Economy, 2018, 5, (1), 26
3. Wealth and the distribution of benefits from tropical forests: Implications for REDD+
   Land Use Policy, 2018, 72, (C), 510-522 View citations (14)

2017

4. Beyond Institutions: Beliefs and Leadership
   The Journal of Economic History, 2017, 77, (2), 353-372 View citations (3)

2016

5. Why Countries Transition? The Case of Brazil, 1964–2016
   Atlantic Economic Journal, 2016, 44, (2), 197-224

2013

6. Changing social contracts: Beliefs and dissipative inclusion in Brazil
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2013, 41, (1), 48-65 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper CHANGING SOCIAL CONTRACTS: BELIEFS ANDDISSIPATIVE INCLUSION IN BRAZIL, Anais do XL Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 40th Brazilian Economics Meeting] (2014) (2014)
7. Payment for Environmental Services: Hypotheses and Evidence
   Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2013, 5, (1), 139-159 View citations (17)
   See also Working Paper Payment for Environmental Services: Hypotheses and Evidence, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (19) (2013)

2012

8. The Development of Property Rights on Frontiers: Endowments, Norms, and Politics
   The Journal of Economic History, 2012, 72, (3), 741-770 View citations (29)

2011

9. Brazilian Development: This Time for Real?
   CESifo Forum, 2011, 12, (01), 37-46 View citations (4)

2010

10. Electoral fraud, the rise of Peron and demise of checks and balances in Argentina
    Explorations in Economic History, 2010, 47, (2), 179-197 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Electoral Fraud, the Rise of Peron and Demise of Checks and Balances in Argentina, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (6) (2009)

2009

11. Coercion, Culture, and Contracts: Labor and Debt on Henequen Haciendas in Yucatán, Mexico, 1870–1915
    The Journal of Economic History, 2009, 69, (1), 104-137 View citations (4)

2007

12. Legal Reserve Requirements in Brazilian Forests: Path Dependent Evolution of De Facto Legislation
    Economia, 2007, 8, (4), 25_53 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper LEGAL RESERVE REQUIREMENTS IN BRAZILIAN FORESTS: PATH DEPENDENT EVOLUTION OF DE FACTO LEGISLATION, Anais do XXXV Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 35th Brazilian Economics Meeting] (2007) View citations (13) (2007)

2006

13. Pork for Policy: Executive and Legislative Exchange in Brazil
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2006, 22, (1), 87-114 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper Pork for Policy: Executive and Legislative Exchange in Brazil, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (3) (2005)
14. Who Should Govern Congress? Access to Power and the Salary Grab of 1873
    The Journal of Economic History, 2006, 66, (3), 674-706 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Who Should Govern Congress? Access to Power and the Salary Grab of 1873, NBER Working Papers (2005) (2005)

2005

15. Time on the Ladder: Career Mobility in Agriculture, 1890–1938
    The Journal of Economic History, 2005, 65, (4), 1058-1081 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Time on the Ladder: Career Mobility in Agriculture, 1890-1938, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (16) (2005)

2003

16. Access to land, rural poverty and public action: Edited by Alain de Janvry, Gustavo Gordillo, Jean-Philippe Platteau, and Elisabeth Sadoulet. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. pp. xiii, 451
    Journal of Development Economics, 2003, 70, (1), 235-238

2002

17. Social reformers and regulation: the prohibition of cigarettes in the United States and Canada
    Explorations in Economic History, 2002, 39, (4), 425-445 View citations (4)
18. The Political Economy of Bank Reform in Argentina Under Convertibility
    Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2002, 5, (1), 1-16 View citations (8)

2001

19. Competition and the Compensation of Sharecroppers by Race: A View from Plantations in the Early Twentieth Century
    Explorations in Economic History, 2001, 38, (1), 181-194 View citations (7)

2000

20. Land Reform Policies, the Sources of Violent Conflict, and Implications for Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2000, 39, (2), 162-188 View citations (120)

1999

21. A model of rural conflict: violence and land reform policy in Brazil
    Environment and Development Economics, 1999, 4, (2), 135-160 View citations (34)

1998

22. Advances in economics and econometrics: theory and applications. Seventh World Congress. Volume 2. Edited by David M. Kreps and Kenneth F. Wallis. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. ix, 356. $59.95, cloth; $19.95, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (4), 1175-1176
23. General and Miscellaneous - On the Search for Well-Being. By Henry J. Bruton. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1997. Pp. x, 227. $37.50, cloth
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (3), 914-916

1996

24. Institutions in Economics: The old and new institutionalism, by Malcolm Rutherford. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York and Melbourne, 1994. Pp. xi, 225. $54.95. ISBN 0-521-45189-2
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1996, 18, (1), 154-156
25. The Determinants and Impact of Property Rights: Land Titles on the Brazilian Frontier
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1996, 12, (1), 25-61 View citations (167)
    See also Working Paper The Determinants and Impact of Property Rights: Land Titles on the Brazilian Frontier, NBER Working Papers (1996) View citations (163) (1996)

1995

26. The economics of rural organization: Theory, practice and policy: Karla Hoff, Avishay Braverman, and Joseph E. Stiglitz, eds., (Oxford University Press, New York, 1993)
    Journal of Development Economics, 1995, 47, (2), 502-504 View citations (1)

1994

27. Land, property rights and privatization in Brazil
    The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 1994, 34, (Supplement 1), 261-280 View citations (6)
28. Why Do Banks Fail? Evidence from the 1920s
    Explorations in Economic History, 1994, 31, (4), 409-431 View citations (63)

1993

29. Paternalism in Agricultural Labor Contracts in the U.S. South: Implications for the Growth of the Welfare State
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (4), 852-76 View citations (39)
30. The Strategy and Consistency of Federal Reserve Monetary Policy, 1924–1933. ByDavid C. Wheelock · New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991. xiv + 126 pp. Tables, charts, appendix, notes, bibliography, and index. $39.95. ISBN 0-521-39155-5
    Business History Review, 1993, 67, (2), 323-324

1992

31. Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance: Douglass C. North, (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1990) pp. viii+152, hardcover $32.50, paper $10.95
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1992, 18, (1), 142-144 View citations (2)
32. Technological choice and the organization of work in capitalist firms
    Economic History Review, 1992, 45, (2), 330-349 View citations (5)

1991

33. Contracting for Property Rights. By Gary D. Libecap. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. ix, 132. $39.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1991, 51, (2), 517-518
34. The Earnings Gap Between Agricultural and Manufacturing Laborers, 1925–1941
    The Journal of Economic History, 1991, 51, (1), 83-99 View citations (18)

1990

35. The Material Basis of the Postbellum Tenant Plantation: Historical Archaeology in the South Carolina Piedmont. By Charles E. OrserJr, Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1988. Pp. xvii, 322. $35.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1990, 50, (1), 219-220

1989

36. Resource coordination and transaction costs: A framework for analyzing the firm/market boundary
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1989, 11, (2), 191-212 View citations (13)

1987

37. Farm Failures and Government Intervention: A Case Study of the 1930' s
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (4), 724-30 View citations (21)
38. The economic institutions of capitalism: Firms markets, relational contracting: Oliver E. Williamson, (The Free Press, New York, 1985) pp. xiv + 450, $25.00
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1987, 8, (2), 316-318

1985

39. Cotton Fields No More: Southern Agriculture 1865–1980. By Gilbert C. Fite. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 1984. Pp. xiii, 273. $28.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1985, 45, (4), 1003-1005
40. Labor Costs, Paternalism, and Loyalty in Southern Agriculture: A Constraint on the Growth of the Welfare State
    The Journal of Economic History, 1985, 45, (1), 95-117 View citations (22)

1984

41. Farm Foreclosure Moratorium Legislation: A Lesson from the Past
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (3), 445-57 View citations (62)
42. Inheritance Laws Across Colonies: Causes and Consequences
    The Journal of Economic History, 1984, 44, (2), 277-287 View citations (16)
43. Tenancy Choice in a Competitive Framework with Transactions Costs
    Journal of Political Economy, 1984, 92, (6), 1121-33 View citations (32)

1983

44. Farm Foreclosures in the United States During the Interwar Period
    The Journal of Economic History, 1983, 43, (4), 885-903 View citations (46)
45. Good and Faithful Labor: From Slavery to Sharecropping in the Natchez District, 1860–1890. By Ronald L. F. Davis. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1982. Pp. xx, 225. $25.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1983, 43, (2), 531-532

1982

46. Contractual Mix in Southern Agriculture since the Civil War: Facts, Hypotheses, and Tests
    The Journal of Economic History, 1982, 42, (2), 327-353 View citations (44)

1981

47. Tenure choice in Southern agriculture, 1930-1960
    Explorations in Economic History, 1981, 18, (3), 211-232 View citations (7)

1979

48. Costs of Contracting and the Decline of Tenancy in the South, 1930–1960
    The Journal of Economic History, 1979, 39, (1), 324-326
49. Research in Economic History: An Annual Compilation of Research. Vol. 3. Edited by Paul Uselding. Greenwich, Connecticut, JAI Press, 1978. Pp. viii + 378. $28.50, institutions; $14.50, individuals
    Business History Review, 1979, 53, (4), 544-546

Books

2018

1. Institutional and Organizational Analysis
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (12)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2018) View citations (12)

2016

2. Brazil in Transition: Beliefs, Leadership, and Institutional Change
   Economics Books, Princeton University Press View citations (15)

2011

3. El juego político en América Latina: ¿Cómo se deciden las políticas públicas?
   IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (2)

2009

4. Who Decides the Budget? A Political Economy Analysis of the Budget Process in Latin America
   IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (4)

2008

5. Policymaking in Latin America: How Politics Shapes Policies
   IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (33)

Edited books

1996

1. Empirical Studies in Institutional Change
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (2)
2. Empirical Studies in Institutional Change
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (2)

Chapters

2024

1. The New Institutional Economics and Cliometrics
   Springer
   See also Working Paper New Institutional Economics and Cliometrics, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023) (2023)

2016

2. Introduction
   A chapter in Brazil in Transition: Beliefs, Leadership, and Institutional Change, 2016 View citations (2)

2011

3. Property Rights, Land Settlement and Land Conflict on Frontiers: Evidence from Australia, Brazil and the US
   Chapter 1 in Research Handbook on the Economics of Property Law, 2011 View citations (2)

2008

4. Property Rights and the State
   Springer View citations (6)
   Also in Springer (2005) View citations (4)

2000

5. Institutions and property rights across time and space: lessons from Eastern Europe and Latin America
   Chapter 13 in Liberalization and its Consequences, 2000
6. The impact of paternalism on racial land rental differences in the USA
   Chapter 14 in Institutions, Contracts and Organizations, 2000