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Workplace:	Økonomisk institutt (Department of Economics), Universitetet i Oslo (University of Oslo), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2022

1. Facts and Fantasies about Wage Setting and Collective Bargaining
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (39)
   See also Journal Article Facts and Fantasies about Wage Setting and Collective Bargaining, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (40) (2022)
2. On the Political Economy of Autocratic Land Reform
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2021

3. Does the Rise of China Lead to the Fall of European Welfare States?
   Working Papers, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo Business School
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021)
   Working Papers, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo Business School (2021) View citations (3)

2020

4. Egalitarian redistribution in the era of hyper-globalization
   Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel) View citations (6)
   Also in Post-Print, HAL (2020) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Egalitarian redistribution in the era of hyper-globalization, Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) View citations (6) (2020)
5. Hit by the Silk Road: How Wage Coordination in Europe Mitigates the China Shock
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Hit by the Silk Road: how wage coordination in Europe mitigates the China shock, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2023) View citations (3) (2023)
6. The Political Competition over Life and Death - Evidence from Infant Mortality in India
   IHEID Working Papers, Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies

2018

7. Social justice, well being, and economic organization, Chapter 8
   Post-Print, HAL

2017

8. The Merit Primacy Effect
   Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article The Merit Primacy Effect, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2023) View citations (11) (2023)

2016

9. Unequal power and the dynamics of rivalry
   Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (2)

2015

10. Good Governance Facades
    CMI Working Papers, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway

2012

11. The Equality Multiplier: How Wage Setting and Welfare Spending Make Similar Countries Diverge
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2011

12. Aggressive elites and vulnerable entrepreneurs - trust and cooperation in the shadow of conflict
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
13. Mineral Rents and Social Development in Norway
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2010

14. Sustainability and organizational design in informal groups, with some evidence from Kenyan Roscas
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (2)

2009

15. Governance and Development
    Working Papers, University of Namur, Department of Economics View citations (15)
    See also Chapter Governance and Development, Handbook of Development Economics, Elsevier (2010) View citations (27) (2010)
16. Miserly Developments
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Miserly Developments, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2011) View citations (3) (2011)
17. Opium for the Masses? Conflict-Induced Narcotics Production in Afghanistan
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2009) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Opium for the Masses? Conflict-Induced Narcotics Production in Afghanistan, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2014) View citations (17) (2014)
18. The Equality Multiplier
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

2008

19. King of the Hill Positional Dynamics in Contests
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2008) View citations (4)
20. Rich Meets Poor - an International Fairness Experiment
    CMI Working Papers, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway View citations (4)
    Also in Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (2008) View citations (4)

2005

21. Cursed by resources or institutions?
    Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article Cursed by Resources or Institutions?, The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell (2006) View citations (582) (2006)
22. Fighting against the odds
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Fighting against the odds, Economics of Governance, Springer (2006) View citations (25) (2006)

2004

23. Institutions and the Resource Curse
    DEGIT Conference Papers, DEGIT, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade View citations (60)
    Also in GE, Growth, Math methods, University Library of Munich, Germany (2002) View citations (32)
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2003) View citations (5)
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany (2002) View citations (38)
    See also Journal Article Institutions and the Resource Curse, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2006) View citations (1257) (2006)
24. Parasites
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2003)

2003

25. Battlefields and Marketplaces
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
    Also in Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany (2002) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Battlefields and marketplaces, Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2002) View citations (8) (2002)
26. Income Inequality and Welfare spending: A disaggregated Analysis
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (11)
27. Plunder & Protections Inc
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    Also in Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany (2002) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Plunder & Protection Inc, Journal of Peace Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo (2002) View citations (17) (2002)

2002

28. Does the Logic of Collective Action Explain the Logic of Corporatism?
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Does the Logic of Collective Action Explain the Logic of Corporatism?, Journal of Theoretical Politics (2003) View citations (1) (2003)
29. Social Democracy as a Development Strategy
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (2)

2001

30. The Market for Extortions
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

2000

31. Predator or prey?: parasitic enterprises in economic development
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Predator or prey?: Parasitic enterprises in economic development, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2003) View citations (63) (2003)

1999

32. Crime induced poverty traps
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Crime induced poverty traps, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2005) View citations (27) (2005)

1998

33. Inequality and Redistribution
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
34. Measures to Improve Wage Formation in Sweden
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (1)

1997

35. Controlling Fiscal Corruption
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article Controlling Fiscal Corruption, World Development, Elsevier (1999) View citations (60) (1999)
36. Political Support for Targeted versus Universalistic Welfare Policies
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University View citations (2)

1996

37. Addiction and Social Interaction
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
38. Pay Inequality and Job Creation
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
39. Redistribution of Asset Versus Redistribution of Income: Comments on Efficient Redistribution by Bowles and Gintis
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics

1995

40. How Social Democracy Worked: Labour Market Institutions
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article How Social Democracy Worked: Labor-Market Institutions, Politics & Society (1995) View citations (16) (1995)
41. The Cost of Filling Vacacies and the Persistence of Slack and Tight labor Markets
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics

1992

42. Bargaining Structure and Economic Performance
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (47)
43. Collective Bargaining Versus Workers' Ownership
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Collective Bargaining Versus Workers' Ownership, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (1993) (1993)
44. Contested Power
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
45. The Decline of Social Democracy
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
46. The Process of Creative Destruction and the Scope of Collective Bargaining
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (4)

1990

47. POVERTY AND LANDOWNERSHIP
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Poverty and Landownership, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1992) View citations (28) (1992)
48. UNIONS VERSUS COOPERATIVES
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics

1988

49. HOW CORRUPTION MAY CORRUPT
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article How corruption may corrupt, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (1990) View citations (243) (1990)
50. IS PROFIT SHARING A CURE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES?
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Is profit sharing a cure for unemployment in less developed countries?, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (1990) View citations (3) (1990)
51. LANDOWNERSHIP, MALNUTRITION AND URBAN-RURAL WAGE GAPS
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
52. PROFIT SHARING, UNIONS AND INVESTMENTS
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (6)
53. UNION MILITANCY AND PLANT DESIGNS
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (2)

Undated

54. Job Creation and Job Destruction with Local and Centralized Wage-Setting
    IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University View citations (3)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Hit by the Silk Road: how wage coordination in Europe mitigates the China shock
   Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2023, 125, (1), 32-72 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Hit by the Silk Road: How Wage Coordination in Europe Mitigates the China Shock, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
2. Openness and the welfare state: risk and income effects in protection without protectionism
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 79, (C) View citations (2)
3. The Merit Primacy Effect
   The Economic Journal, 2023, 133, (651), 951-970 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper The Merit Primacy Effect, Working Papers (2017) View citations (10) (2017)
4. The world’s most egalitarian country? ‘Världens jämlikaste land?’
   Scandinavian Economic History Review, 2023, 71, (2), 223-225

2022

5. Facts and Fantasies about Wage Setting and Collective Bargaining
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2022, 36, (4), 29-52 View citations (40)
   See also Working Paper Facts and Fantasies about Wage Setting and Collective Bargaining, NBER Working Papers (2022) View citations (39) (2022)

2020

6. Egalitarian redistribution in the era of hyper-globalization
   Review of Social Economy, 2020, 78, (2), 151-184 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Egalitarian redistribution in the era of hyper-globalization, Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy (2020) View citations (6) (2020)

2016

7. THE EQUALITY MULTIPLIER: HOW WAGE COMPRESSION AND WELFARE EMPOWERMENT INTERACT
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2016, 14, (5), 1011-1037 View citations (13)
   Also in Journal of the European Economic Association, 2016, 14, (5), 1011-1037 (2016) View citations (14)
8. The Preference for Belief Consonance
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2016, 30, (3), 165-88 View citations (39)

2015

9. Political Reinforcement: How Rising Inequality Curbs Manifested Welfare Generosity
   American Journal of Political Science, 2015, 59, (3), 565-577 View citations (12)
10. Reprint of "The Scandinavian model—An interpretation"
    Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 127, (C), 17-29 View citations (2)
11. The Bargaining Society: An essay in memory of LJ
    Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 40, 4 View citations (2)

2014

12. Opium for the Masses? Conflict-Induced Narcotics Production in Afghanistan
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96, (5), 949-966 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Opium for the Masses? Conflict-Induced Narcotics Production in Afghanistan, CESifo Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (1) (2009)
13. The Scandinavian model—An interpretation
    Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 117, (C), 60-72 View citations (30)

2013

14. NEEDS VERSUS ENTITLEMENTS—AN INTERNATIONAL FAIRNESS EXPERIMENT
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11, (3), 574-598 View citations (62)

2012

15. Dissimilarities in Economic Evolution
    Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 37, 4
16. The tyranny of international index rankings
    Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97, (1), 1-14 View citations (41)

2011

17. Miserly Developments
    Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 47, (9), 1332-1352 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Miserly Developments, Memorandum (2009) (2009)

2009

18. Enforcement in informal saving groups
    Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 90, (1), 14-23 View citations (41)

2006

19. Cursed by Resources or Institutions?
    The World Economy, 2006, 29, (8), 1117-1131 View citations (582)
    See also Working Paper Cursed by resources or institutions?, Working Paper Series (2005) View citations (25) (2005)
20. Fighting against the odds
    Economics of Governance, 2006, 7, (1), 75-87 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper Fighting against the odds, Memorandum (2005) View citations (7) (2005)
21. Institutions and the Resource Curse
    Economic Journal, 2006, 116, (508), 1-20 View citations (1257)
    See also Working Paper Institutions and the Resource Curse, DEGIT Conference Papers (2004) View citations (60) (2004)

2005

22. Crime induced poverty traps
    Journal of Development Economics, 2005, 77, (2), 325-340 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Crime induced poverty traps, Memorandum (1999) View citations (1) (1999)
23. Editors’ Preface
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2005, 107, (4), 601-601

2003

24. "Fiscal Corruption: A Vice or a Virtue?"--A Comment
    World Development, 2003, 31, (8), 1469-1472
25. Destructive Creativity
    Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 2003, 29, 77-84 View citations (5)
26. Does the Logic of Collective Action Explain the Logic of Corporatism?
    Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2003, 15, (3), 271-297 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Does the Logic of Collective Action Explain the Logic of Corporatism?, Memorandum (2002) View citations (1) (2002)
27. Predator or prey?: Parasitic enterprises in economic development
    European Economic Review, 2003, 47, (2), 275-294 View citations (63)
    See also Working Paper Predator or prey?: parasitic enterprises in economic development, Memorandum (2000) View citations (14) (2000)

2002

28. Battlefields and marketplaces
    Defence and Peace Economics, 2002, 13, (6), 485-496 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Battlefields and Marketplaces, Memorandum (2003) (2003)
29. Plunder & Protection Inc
    Journal of Peace Research, 2002, 39, (4), 447-459 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Plunder & Protections Inc, Memorandum (2003) View citations (3) (2003)

2001

30. Inequality, Social Insurance, and Redistribution
    American Political Science Review, 2001, 95, (4), 859-874 View citations (195)
31. Targeting and political support for welfare spending
    Economics of Governance, 2001, 2, (1), 3-24 View citations (22)

1999

32. Controlling Fiscal Corruption
    World Development, 1999, 27, (7), 1129-1140 View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper Controlling Fiscal Corruption, IMF Working Papers (1997) View citations (27) (1997)

1998

33. Editors' Preface
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1998, 100, (1), iii-iii

1997

34. Breaking the Vicious Circle of the Predatory State
    Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 24, 21-29
35. Incentives and Organization
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1997, 99, (4), iii-iii
36. Pay Inequality
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1997, 15, (3), 403-30 View citations (64)

1996

37. Growth and Rent Dissipation: The Case of Kenya
    Journal of African Economies, 1996, 5, (2), 177-98 View citations (22)
38. Redistribution of Assets Versus Redistribution of Income: Comments on “Efficient Redistribution†by Bowles and Gintis
    Politics & Society, 1996, 24, (4), 369-381

1995

39. How Social Democracy Worked: Labor-Market Institutions
    Politics & Society, 1995, 23, (2), 185-211 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper How Social Democracy Worked: Labour Market Institutions, Memorandum (1995) View citations (20) (1995)
40. Solidaristic Wage Bargaining
    Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 22, 79-94 View citations (2)

1993

41. Collective Bargaining Versus Workers' Ownership
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1993, 17, (3), 628-645
    See also Working Paper Collective Bargaining Versus Workers' Ownership, Memorandum (1992) (1992)
42. The Economic Performance of Different Bargaining Institutions
    Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft - WuG, 1993, 19, (4), 423-450 View citations (2)

1992

43. Poverty and Landownership
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (1), 52-64 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper POVERTY AND LANDOWNERSHIP, Memorandum (1990) (1990)

1991

44. Nobel Laureate: Trygve Haavelmo
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991, 5, (3), 175-192 View citations (11)

1990

45. How corruption may corrupt
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1990, 13, (1), 63-76 View citations (243)
    See also Working Paper HOW CORRUPTION MAY CORRUPT, Memorandum (1988) View citations (5) (1988)
46. Is profit sharing a cure for unemployment in less developed countries?
    Journal of Development Economics, 1990, 33, (1), 89-99 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper IS PROFIT SHARING A CURE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES?, Memorandum (1988) (1988)

1989

47. A note on mechanization and wage bargaining
    Economics Letters, 1989, 29, (4), 379-381

1988

48. A reformulation of the Harris-Todaro mechanism with endogenous wages
    Economics Letters, 1988, 27, (4), 387-390 View citations (32)
49. Unions' Threats and Wage Determination
    Economic Journal, 1988, 98, (391), 471-83 View citations (36)

1987

50. Keynesian Unemployment and Overmanning
    Economic Journal, 1987, 97, (387), 740-45

1986

51. Types of bureaucratic interaction
    Journal of Public Economics, 1986, 29, (3), 333-345 View citations (29)

1985

52. A note on Keynesian unemployment as a worker discipline device
    Economics Letters, 1985, 18, (1), 17-19
53. On Weitzman's 'recession resistant' employee compensation arrangements
    Economics Letters, 1985, 19, (4), 307-309
54. Shopping for an Investment Good
    International Economic Review, 1985, 26, (2), 351-63

Edited books

2008

1. Selected Works of Michael Wallerstein
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (8)
2. Selected Works of Michael Wallerstein
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (8)

1989

3. Alternatives to Capitalism
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (16)

Chapters

2010

1. Governance and Development
   Elsevier View citations (27)
   See also Working Paper Governance and Development, University of Namur, Department of Economics (2009) View citations (15) (2009)

1997

2. Full Employment as a Worker-Discipline Device
   Palgrave Macmillan