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Working Papers

2002

1. Economic Reforms & Poverty Alleviation: India A Tale of two Surveys
   UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (4)
2. Financial Exuberace: Savings Deposits, Fiscal Deficits and Interest Rates In India
   UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (4)
3. Free Trade and Laissez Faire
   UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
4. Morality and Capitalism: Learning from the Past
   UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
5. The Japanese Slump
   UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics

2000

6. Asia and Western Dominance: Retrospect and Prospect
   UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
7. Globalization, Imperialism and Regulation
   UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (5)
8. The New Cultural Imperialism: The Greens and Economic Development
   UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)

1999

9. The Role of Economic Incentives and Disincentives In Effecting State Behavior
   UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics

1998

10. Culture, Democracy and Development
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)
11. Institutional Development and Economics Growth
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
12. Taxation and Regulation as Barriers to International Investment Flows
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Taxation and Regulation as Barriers to International Investment Flows, Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, De Gruyter (1999) (1999)
13. The Communication Revelution, Transactions Costs, Culture and Economics Performance
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
14. The Political Economy of Reform in Latin America
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
15. The World Economy at the end of the Millennium
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics

1997

16. Ecological Imperialism The Prospective Costs of Kyoto for the Third World
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
17. From Planning to Regulation: Towards a New Dirigisme?
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (3)
18. Social Standards and Social Dumping
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics

1996

19. Private Provision of Public Goods and Services
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics

1995

20. Arms and the Man: The Costs and Benefits of Defense Expenditure
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
21. Eco Fundamentalism
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)
22. Policies for Economic Development: Why the Wheel has come Full Circle
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Policies for Economic Development: Why the Wheel has come Full Circle, South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa (1995) View citations (1) (1995)
23. The Minimum Wage
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (3)

1994

24. From Closed to Open Economy Macroeconomics: The Real Exchange Rate and Capital Inflows India 1981-1994
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
25. From Plan to Market: Post War Evolution of thought on Economic Transformation and Development
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
26. Labor Market Insurance and Social Safety Nets in Developing Countries
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)
27. The Role of the Public and Private Sectors in Health Financing in Developing Countries
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)

1993

28. Does Openness Matter? How to Appraise the Evidence
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)
29. India and China: Contrasts in Economic Liberalization
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article India and China: Contrasts in economic liberalization?, World Development, Elsevier (1995) View citations (14) (1995)
30. Notes on Money, Debt and Alternative Monetary Regimes for Brazil
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Notes on money, debt and alternative monetary regimes for Brazil, Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy (1995) (1995)
31. Participation, Markets and Democracy
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
32. Poverty and Development
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (22)
33. Trade Blocs and Multilateral Free Trade
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Trade Blocs and Multilateral Free Trade, Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell (1993) View citations (3) (1993)

1992

34. In Praise of the Classics: The Relevance of Classical Political Economy for Development Policy and Research
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
35. Industrialization Strategies and Long Term Resource Allocation
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (3)
36. The Political Economy of Stabilization in Brazil
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics

1991

37. Social Policy After Socialism
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics
38. Why Growth Rates Differ: The Political Economy of Social Capability in 21 Developing Countries
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Chapter Why Growth Rates Differ: The Political Economy of Social Capability in 21 Developing Countries, Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan (1995) View citations (3) (1995)

1984

39. GOVERNMENT DEFICITS, THE REAL INTEREST RATE AND LDC DEBT: ON GLOBAL CROWDING OUT
    Discussion Papers, University of Warwick - Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Government deficits, the real interest rate and LDC debt: On global crowding out, European Economic Review, Elsevier (1985) View citations (2) (1985)

1974

40. Men or machines; a Philippines case study of labour-capital substitution in road construction
    ILO Working Papers, International Labour Organization

Journal Articles

2016

1. The Indian Economy: From Growth to Stagflation to Liberal Reform
   World Economics, 2016, 17, (1), 63-104

2012

2. Is the Washington Consensus Dead?
   Cato Journal, 2012, 32, (3), 493-512 View citations (1)

2011

3. India's Post-Liberalisation Blues
   World Economics, 2011, 12, (4), 1-12

2010

4. The Great Crash of 2008: Causes and Consequences
   Cato Journal, 2010, 30, (2), 265-277 View citations (7)

2009

5. Private Household Transfers and Poverty Alleviation in Rural India
   Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, 2009, 3, (2), 97-112

2008

6. An Indian Economic Miracle?
   Cato Journal, 2008, 28, (1), 11-34 View citations (2)
7. Endangering the War on Terror by the War on Drugs
   World Economics, 2008, 9, (3), 1-30 View citations (1)

2006

8. A Proposal to Privatize Chinese Enterprises and End Financial Repression
   Cato Journal, 2006, 26, (2), 275-286 View citations (3)

2005

9. THE THREAT TO ECONOMIC LIBERTY FROM INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
   Cato Journal, 2005, 25, (3), 503-520 View citations (4)

2003

10. ASIA AND WESTERN DOMINANCE
    Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 2003, 8, (3), 283-299 View citations (1)
11. Free Trade and Laissez Faire: Has the Wheel Come Full Circle?
    The World Economy, 2003, 26, (4), 471-482
12. IN DEFENCE OF EMPIRES1
    Economic Affairs, 2003, 23, (4), 14-19
13. The Welfare Effects of Tobacco Taxation: Estimates for 5 Countries/Regions
    Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 2003, 13, (1), 20

2002

14. The Economic History of India 1857–1947. By Tirthankar Roy. New Delhi: Oxford University Press India, 2001. Pp. xvi, 318. £16.99
    The Journal of Economic History, 2002, 62, (2), 611-612

2000

15. Political Habits and the Political Economy of Economic Repression and Reform
    Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos de Economía, 2000, 37, (112), 415-443

1999

16. Taxation and Regulation as Barriers to International Investment Flows
    Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 1999, 9, (1), 3-30
    See also Working Paper Taxation and Regulation as Barriers to International Investment Flows, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1998) View citations (3) (1998)

1998

17. Book Review: The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are Rich and Some So Poor by David S. Landes
    Cato Journal, 1998, 18, (2), 305-307

1995

18. India and China: Contrasts in economic liberalization?
    World Development, 1995, 23, (9), 1475-1494 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper India and China: Contrasts in Economic Liberalization, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1993) View citations (1) (1993)
19. Notes on money, debt and alternative monetary regimes for Brazil
    Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 15, (4), 563-576
    See also Working Paper Notes on Money, Debt and Alternative Monetary Regimes for Brazil, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1993) (1993)
20. Policies for Economic Development: Why the Wheel has come Full Circle
    South African Journal of Economics, 1995, 63, (4), 271-286 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Policies for Economic Development: Why the Wheel has come Full Circle, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1995) (1995)

1994

21. The New Cold War? Religious Nationalism Confronts the Secular State. By Mark Juergensmeyer. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. 292p. $25.00
    American Political Science Review, 1994, 88, (2), 516-517

1993

22. Trade Blocs and Multilateral Free Trade
    Journal of Common Market Studies, 1993, 31, (3), 349-358 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Trade Blocs and Multilateral Free Trade, UCLA Economics Working Papers (1993) View citations (3) (1993)

1992

23. Book reviews
    Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 1992, 128, (3), 595-609

1990

24. The fable of the three envelopes: The analytics and political economy of the reform of Chinese state owned enterprises
    European Economic Review, 1990, 34, (6), 1213-1231 View citations (1)

1988

25. Ajuste estructural, el enfoque de necesidades básicas y política de desarrollo
    Estudios de Economia, 1988, 15, (3 Year 1988), 397-418
26. By Land or by Sea, the Merchant shall Inherit the Earth
    The World Economy, 1988, 11, (1), 157-161
27. The Determinants of Urban Unemployment in India
    Indian Economic Review, 1988, 23, (1), 61-81

1987

28. Foreign Trade Regimes and Economic Growth in Developing Countries
    The World Bank Research Observer, 1987, 2, (2), 189-217 View citations (34)
29. Markets, Mandarins, and Mathematicians
    Cato Journal, 1987, 7, (1), 43-75 View citations (2)
30. The Political Economy of Economic Liberalization
    The World Bank Economic Review, 1987, 1, (2), 273-99 View citations (27)
31. Trojan Horse of ‘Temporary’ Protection
    The World Economy, 1987, 10, (4), 525-526

1986

32. A general theory of exploitation and class: John E. Roemer, (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1982) pp. xiii + 298, $27.50
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1986, 7, (1), 101-106
33. Stolper-Samuelson-Rybczynski in the Pacific: Real wages and real exchange rates in the Philippines, 1956-1978
    Journal of Development Economics, 1986, 21, (1), 181-204 View citations (3)

1985

34. Government deficits, the real interest rate and LDC debt: On global crowding out
    European Economic Review, 1985, 29, (2), 157-191 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper GOVERNMENT DEFICITS, THE REAL INTEREST RATE AND LDC DEBT: ON GLOBAL CROWDING OUT, Discussion Papers (1984) (1984)
35. Nationalism, socialism and planning: Influential ideas in the South
    World Development, 1985, 13, (6), 749-759 View citations (1)
36. The real exchange rate, capital inflows and inflation: Sri Lanka 1970–1982
    Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 1985, 121, (4), 682-702 View citations (3)

1984

37. Why poor people get rich: Kenya 1960-1979
    World Development, 1984, 12, (10), 1007-1018 View citations (10)

1983

38. David Morawetz, Why the Emperor's New Clothes are Not Made in Colombia, Oxford University Press for the World Bank, Boulder, Colorado (1981), p. xiii + 192
    Journal of International Economics, 1983, 15, (3-4), 393-394

1982

39. India: the Land of Unfulfilled Promise
    The World Economy, 1982, 5, (3), 325-335
40. Mr John Biffen M. P. at the Pearly Gates
    The World Economy, 1982, 5, (1), 19-28

1980

41. Politicians, Economists and Protection ‐the Deaf' Meet the Blind
    The World Economy, 1980, 3, (2), 151-160
42. The Little-Mirrlees Shadow Wage Rate: A Comment on Sjaastad and Wisecarver [The Social Cost of Public Finance]
    Journal of Political Economy, 1980, 88, (6), 1237-41

1979

43. Indian export incentives
    Journal of Development Economics, 1979, 6, (1), 103-117

1978

44. On the Multinationals
    Development Policy Review, 1978, A11, (2), 79-128 View citations (1)
45. The Wistful Mercantilism of Mr Dell
    The World Economy, 1978, 1, (3), 263-278

1977

46. Foreign trade regimes and economic development: India: Jagdish N. Bhagwati and T.N. Srinivasan (NBER, Columbia University Press, New York and London, 1975) pp. xxii+261
    Journal of Development Economics, 1977, 4, (3), 302-306

1976

47. Distribution and development: A review article
    World Development, 1976, 4, (9), 725-738 View citations (4)
48. Supply price and surplus labour: Some Indian evidence
    World Development, 1976, 4, (10-11), 889-905 View citations (1)
49. UNCTAD IV, the Commodities Problem and International Economic Reform
    Development Policy Review, 1976, A9, (2), 11-30

1973

50. Disutility of Effort, Migration, and the Shadow Wage-rate
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1973, 25, (1), 112-26 View citations (4)
51. Employment, income distribution and a poverty redressal index
    World Development, 1973, 1, (3-4), 121-125

1971

52. When is Foreign Borrowing Desirable?
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1971, 33, (3), 197-206 View citations (2)

Books

2004

1. The Hindu Equilibrium: India c.1500 B.C. - 2000 A.D
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press

2001

2. Unintended Consequences: The Impact of Factor Endowments, Culture, and Politics on Long-Run Economic Performance, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (21)

1998

3. The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: A Comparative Study
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (20)

1993

4. The Repressed Economy
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (9)

Edited books

2001

1. Trade, Development and Political Economy
   Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan

1992

2. DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, vol Four volume set
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (17)

1990

3. Public Policy and Economic Development: Essays in Honour of Ian Little
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (10)

Chapters

2008

1. Introduction to Reviving the Invisible Hand: The Case for Classical Liberalism in the Twenty-first Century
   A chapter in Reviving the Invisible Hand: The Case for Classical Liberalism in the Twenty-first Century, 2008 View citations (1)

2004

2. India
   Chapter 6 in Political Competition, Innovation and Growth in the History of Asian Civilizations, 2004 View citations (1)

2001

3. The Virtuous Circle Savings, Distribution and Growth Interactions in India
   Palgrave Macmillan

1996

4. The Limits of International Cooperation
   Palgrave Macmillan

1995

5. Why Growth Rates Differ: The Political Economy of Social Capability in 21 Developing Countries
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Why Growth Rates Differ: The Political Economy of Social Capability in 21 Developing Countries, UCLA Department of Economics (1991) View citations (3) (1991)

1994

6. In Praise of the Classics
   Palgrave Macmillan

1989

7. The Political Economy of Industrialisation in Primary Product Exporting Economies: Some Cautionary Tales
   Palgrave Macmillan