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Working Papers

2016

1. Can the Poor Be Mobilized? Cooperation and Public Goods in Rural India
   SITE Working Paper Series, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics

2015

2. Do Philanthropic Citizens Behave Like Governments? Internet-Based Platforms and the Diffusion of International Private Aid
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences

2013

3. Collective action and community development: evidence from self-help groups in rural India
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (22)
   See also Journal Article Collective Action and Community Development: Evidence from Self-Help Groups in Rural India, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2014) View citations (21) (2014)

2012

4. Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition: SEWA: supporting village-level organization to improve rural livelihoods
   2020 vision briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2003

5. Fiscal federalism and regional growth: evidence from the Russian Federation in the 1990s
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (29)

2000

6. The vicious circles of control - regional governments and insiders in privatized Russian enterprises
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)

1998

7. The political economy of financial repression in transition economies
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (13)

Journal Articles

2014

1. Can Producer Associations Improve Rural Livelihoods? Evidence from Farmer Centres in India
   Journal of Development Studies, 2014, 50, (1), 64-80 View citations (14)
2. Collective Action and Community Development: Evidence from Self-Help Groups in Rural India
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2014, 28, (3), 492-524 View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper Collective action and community development: evidence from self-help groups in rural India, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (22) (2013)

2011

3. The Costs of Political Influence: Firm-Level Evidence From Developing Countries
   Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2011, 6, (2), 137-178 View citations (30)

2009

4. THE LOGIC OF AUTHORITARIAN BARGAINS
   Economics and Politics, 2009, 21, (1), 93-125 View citations (45)

2006

5. Constitutionalism and credibility in reforming economies1
   The Economics of Transition, 2006, 14, (3), 479-504 View citations (3)
6. Political Competition and Financial Reform in Transition Economies1
   Comparative Economic Studies, 2006, 48, (4), 563-582
7. Political Constraints and Public Support for Market Reform
   IMF Staff Papers, 2006, 53, 5 View citations (9)
8. The political advantage of soft budget constraints
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2006, 22, (2), 370-387 View citations (8)

2005

9. Fiscal federalism in rentier regions: Evidence from Russia
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33, (4), 814-834 View citations (57)
10. Inflation and inequality: does political structure matter?
    Economics Letters, 2005, 87, (1), 41-46 View citations (16)

2003

11. Democracy, Inequality, and Inflation
    American Political Science Review, 2003, 97, (3), 391-406 View citations (26)
12. Embedded Politics: Industrial Networks and Institutional Change in Postcommunism: McDermott, G.A., University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 2002, 295 pp., US$ 65 (cloth), US$ 24.95 (paper)
    Economic Systems, 2003, 27, (4), 415-418

2000

13. Financial Liberalization and Financial Repression in Formerly Socialist Economies
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2000, 50, (1), 17-39

Books

2012

1. After the Spring: Economic Transitions in the Arab World
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (25)

2011

2. Azerbaijan
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group
3. Cambodia
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group
4. Moldova
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group

2008

5. Can Russia Compete?
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (5)
   Also in World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group (2008) View citations (6)