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Working Papers

2018

1. Can Competition Extend the Golden Age of Antibiotics?
   Microeconomics.ca working papers, Vancouver School of Economics
   Also in Microeconomics.ca working papers, Vancouver School of Economics (2017) View citations (1)
2. Decentralized Terrorism and Social Identity
   Microeconomics.ca working papers, Vancouver School of Economics
3. On the Resolution of Conflicts Over Sacred Goods
   Microeconomics.ca working papers, Vancouver School of Economics

2016

4. Rescuing the Golden Age of Antibiotics: Can Economics Help Avert the Looming Crisis?
   Economics working papers, Vancouver School of Economics View citations (1)

2013

5. A Gender-Based Theory of the Origin of the Caste System of India
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article A gender-based theory of the origin of the caste system of India, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (26) (2015)

2011

6. Status, caste, and the time allocation of women in rural India
   Discussion Papers, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Status, Caste, and the Time Allocation of Women in Rural India, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2013) View citations (66) (2013)

2007

7. How does poverty decline? Evidence from India, 1983-1999
   Discussion Papers, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi View citations (5)

1995

8. Know-How Sharing as a Stochastic Prisoners Dilemma
   Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University
   Also in Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University (1995)

1991

9. Supporting Collusion by Choice of Inferior Technologies
   Working Papers, Tasmania - Department of Economics

1983

10. Collusive Behavior in Finite Repeated Games with Bonding
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article Collusive behaviour in finite repeated games with bonding, Economics Letters, Elsevier (1986) (1986)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Decentralised Terrorism, Religion, and Social Identity
   Journal of Economics, Management and Religion (JEMAR), 2022, 03, (01), 1-41 View citations (1)

2021

2. Ethnic Identity in American History and America’s Exceptional Religiosity: Theory and Some Evidence
   Journal of Economics, Management and Religion (JEMAR), 2021, 02, (01), 1-40
3. On Reducing the Sexual Assault of Women: What Can Economists Contribute to the Debate?
   Canadian Public Policy, 2021, 47, (1), 117-129

2016

4. THE EVOLUTIONARY LOGIC OF HONORING SUNK COSTS
   Economic Inquiry, 2016, 54, (2), 835-846 View citations (2)

2015

5. A gender-based theory of the origin of the caste system of India
   Journal of Development Economics, 2015, 114, (C), 142-158 View citations (26)
   See also Working Paper A Gender-Based Theory of the Origin of the Caste System of India, Working Papers (2013) View citations (3) (2013)

2014

6. An Economic Theory of the Evolutionary Emergence of Property Rights
   American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2014, 6, (3), 203-26 View citations (18)

2013

7. Status, Caste, and the Time Allocation of Women in Rural India
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2013, 61, (2), 311 - 333 View citations (66)
   See also Working Paper Status, caste, and the time allocation of women in rural India, Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (2) (2011)

2011

8. Competition and Performance in the Marketplace for Religion: A Theoretical Perspective
   The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2011, 11, (1), 36 View citations (13)
9. Domestic violence and women's autonomy in developing countries: theory and evidence
   Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2011, 44, (4), 1222-1263 View citations (50)
   Also in Canadian Journal of Economics, 2011, 44, (4), 1222-1263 (2011) View citations (100)
10. Us and `Them': the origin of identity, and its economic implications
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2011, 44, (3), 719-748 View citations (30)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2011, 44, (3), 719-748 (2011) View citations (4)

2009

11. Well-being and Affluence in the Presence of a Veblen Good
    Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (539), 1088-1104 View citations (9)
    Also in Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (539), 1088-1104 (2009) View citations (2)
12. What determines female autonomy? Evidence from Bangladesh
    Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 90, (2), 179-191 View citations (264)

2008

13. Differential Grading Standards and Student Incentives
    Canadian Public Policy, 2008, 34, (2), 215-236 View citations (2)

2007

14. Quality-enhancing trade liberalization
    Journal of Development Economics, 2007, 83, (2), 549-561 View citations (3)

2004

15. A theory of gender differences in parental altruism
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2004, 37, (4), 918-950 View citations (26)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2004, 37, (4), 918-950 (2004) View citations (20)

2003

16. The evolution of preferences and competition: a rationalization of Veblen's theory of invidious comparisons
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2003, 36, (4), 832-859 View citations (41)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2003, 36, (4), 832-859 (2003) View citations (17)

2002

17. The Dynamics of Asian Manufacturing: a comparative perspective in the late twentieth century
    Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 2002, 16, (1), 52-53
18. The empowerment of women, fertility, and child mortality: Towards a theoretical analysis
    Journal of Population Economics, 2002, 15, (3), 433-454 View citations (60)
19. The role of the service sector in the process of industrialization
    Journal of Development Economics, 2002, 68, (2), 401-420 View citations (33)

2001

20. Agriculture, innovational ability, and dynamic comparative advantage of LDCs
    The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2001, 10, (3), 275-289
21. Know-how sharing with stochastic innovations
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2001, 34, (2), 525-548 View citations (9)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2001, 34, (2), 525-548 (2001) View citations (2)

1998

22. Endogenous Cartel Formation
    Australian Economic Papers, 1998, 37, (1), 1-13 View citations (7)
23. One Explanation for the Demographic Transition in Developing Countries
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1998, 50, (2), 237-65 View citations (5)

1997

24. Cartel Unity over the Business Cycle
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1997, 30, (3), 644-72 View citations (14)
25. Technology-Traditing Coalitions in Supergames
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1997, 28, (1), 135-149 View citations (19)

1996

26. Patent Policy and the Direction of Technological Change
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1996, 27, (4), 722-746 View citations (43)

1994

27. Cross-Licensing of Competing Patents as a Facilitating Device
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1994, 27, (3), 689-708 View citations (36)
28. Licensees as Entry Barriers
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1994, 27, (3), 673-88 View citations (26)

1993

29. A theory of real wage growth in LDCs
    Journal of Development Economics, 1993, 42, (2), 243-269 View citations (50)
30. Export led development Primary vs. industrial exports
    Journal of Development Economics, 1993, 41, (1), 163-172 View citations (7)

1990

31. Implications of Credit Constraints for Risk Behaviour in Less Developed Economies
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1990, 42, (2), 473-82 View citations (103)

1989

32. Credit as insurance in agrarian economies
    Journal of Development Economics, 1989, 31, (1), 37-53 View citations (89)
33. Why Are Capitalists the Bosses?
    Economic Journal, 1989, 99, (394), 162-76 View citations (12)

1986

34. Access to Capital and Agrarian Production Organisation
    Economic Journal, 1986, 96, (382), 482-98 View citations (235)
35. Collusive behaviour in finite repeated games with bonding
    Economics Letters, 1986, 20, (3), 213-216
    See also Working Paper Collusive Behavior in Finite Repeated Games with Bonding, Working Papers (1983) (1983)

1985

36. A Theory of Contractual Structure in Agriculture
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (3), 352-67 View citations (225)
37. A Theory of Two-Tier Labor Markets in Agrarian Economies
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (1), 162-77 View citations (45)
38. Exhaustible Resources and Alternative Equilibrium Concepts
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1985, 18, (3), 459-73 View citations (23)

1984

39. The Moral Hazard of Budget-Breaking
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1984, 15, (4), 578-581 View citations (60)
40. Ultimate recovery of an exhaustible resource under different market structures
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1984, 11, (1), 55-69 View citations (7)

1983

41. On the Nonexistence of Market Equilibria in Exhaustible Resource Markets with Decreasing Costs
    Journal of Political Economy, 1983, 91, (1), 154-67 View citations (26)
42. The length of optimal extraction programs when depletion affects extraction costs
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1983, 31, (2), 364-374 View citations (26)

1980

43. A note on market structure and the search for exhaustible resources
    Economics Letters, 1980, 6, (1), 75-80

Books

2014

1. Why Gender Matters in Economics
   Economics Books, Princeton University Press View citations (30)

1994

2. Why Poverty Persists in India: A Framework for Understanding the Indian Economy
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (14)

Chapters

2014

1. Introduction
   A chapter in Why Gender Matters in Economics, 2014

2001

2. Japanese Technological Development: The Technological Gap Hypothesis and Its Implications
   Palgrave Macmillan