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Working Papers
2024
- From Status to Contract? A Macrohistory from Early-Modern English Caselaw and Print Culture
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
2023
- A Macroscope of English Print Culture, 1530-1700, Applied to the Coevolution of Ideas on Religion, Science, and Institutions
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
2022
- Did Caselaw Foster England’s Economic Development during the Industrial Revolution? Data and Evidence
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
- Transactional Governance Structures: New Cross-Country Data and an Application to the Effect of Uncertainty
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
2020
- A Machine-Learning History of English Caselaw and Legal Ideas Prior to the Industrial Revolution I: Generating and Interpreting the Estimates
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
See also Journal Article A machine-learning history of English caselaw and legal ideas prior to the Industrial Revolution I: generating and interpreting the estimates, Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press (2021) View citations (7) (2021)
- A Machine-Learning History of English Caselaw and Legal Ideas Prior to the Industrial Revolution II: Applications
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo 
See also Journal Article A machine-learning history of English caselaw and legal ideas prior to the Industrial Revolution II: applications, Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press (2021) View citations (7) (2021)
2018
- Mapping the landscape of transactions: the governance of business relations in Latin America
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
2017
- Toward Understanding 17th Century English Culture: A Structural Topic Model of Francis Bacon's Ideas
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
See also Journal Article Toward understanding 17th century English culture: A structural topic model of Francis Bacon's ideas, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (11) (2019)
2015
- Doing the survey two-step: the effects of reticence on estimates of corruption in two-stage survey questions
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
See also Chapter Doing the Survey Two-Step: The Effects of Reticence on Estimates of Corruption in Two-Stage Survey Questions, International Economic Association Series, Palgrave Macmillan (2018) View citations (4) (2018)
2013
- Misunderestimating corruption
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank 
See also Journal Article Misunderestimating Corruption, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2016) View citations (15) (2016)
2010
- Does respondent reticence affect the results of corruption surveys ? evidence from the world bank enterprise survey for Nigeria
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (20)
See also Chapter Does Respondent Reticence Affect the Results of Corruption Surveys? Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for Nigeria, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2011) View citations (1) (2011)
- Measuring Transaction Costs Using Survey Data on Sales Agreements
Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics
2009
- Design and Evolution in Institutional Development: The Insignificance of the English Bill of Rights
Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics View citations (10)
See also Journal Article Design and evolution in institutional development: The insignificance of the English Bill of Rights, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2017) View citations (10) (2017)
2008
- Caveat venditor: The conditional effect of relationship-specific investment on contractual behavior
Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics 
See also Journal Article Caveat Venditor: The Conditional Effect of Relationship-Specific Investment on Contractual Behavior, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (2017) (2017)
- Fostering Civil Society to Build Institutions: Why and When
Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics
2007
- Spatial Spillovers in the Development of Institutions
Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics View citations (13)
See also Journal Article Spatial spillovers in the development of institutions, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (55) (2013)
2006
- Institutions and Transition
Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics View citations (3)
- The Role of Law in China's Economic Development
Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics View citations (6)
2005
- Allocating Law-Making Powers: Self-Regulation vs. Government Regulation
Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics 
See also Journal Article Allocating lawmaking powers: Self-regulation vs government regulation, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (12) (2007)
- Identifying Reticent Respondents: Assessing the Quality of Survey Data on Corruption and Values
Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics View citations (11)
See also Journal Article Identifying Reticent Respondents: Assessing the Quality of Survey Data on Corruption and Values, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2009) View citations (36) (2009)
2004
- Lawyers and Politicians: The Impact of Organized Legal Professions on Institutional Reforms
Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics 
See also Journal Article Lawyers and politicians: the impact of organized legal professions on institutional reforms, Constitutional Political Economy, Springer (2006) View citations (2) (2006)
2003
- Firms Facing New Institutions: Transactional Governance in Romania
Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics View citations (8)
See also Journal Article Firms facing new institutions: transactional governance in Romania, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2003) View citations (8) (2003)
- Institutions and Firms in Transition Economies
Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics View citations (4)
See also Chapter Institutions and Firms in Transition Economies, Springer Books, Springer (2008) View citations (4) (2008)
- The Relative Levels and the Character of Institutional Development in Transition Economies
Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics View citations (3)
- Which mechanisms support the fulfillment of sales agreements? Asking decision-makers in firm
Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics View citations (13)
See also Journal Article Which mechanisms support the fulfillment of sales agreements?: Asking decision-makers in firms, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2003) View citations (19) (2003)
2002
- Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (625)
See also Journal Article Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2002) View citations (633) (2002)
1998
- Law, Relationship, and Private Enforcement: Transactional Strategies of Russian Enterprise
William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (8)
Also in Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics (1998) View citations (12)
See also Journal Article Law, Relationships and Private Enforcement: Transactional Strategies of Russian Enterprises, Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2000) View citations (23) (2000)
- Which Enterprises (Believe They) Have Soft Budgets? Evidence on the Effects of Ownership and Decentralization in Mongolia
Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics View citations (7)
See also Journal Article Which Enterprises (Believe They) Have Soft Budgets? Evidence on the Effects of Ownership and Decentralization in Mongolia, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2000) View citations (21) (2000)
1997
- End of the Tunnel? The Effects of Financial Stabilization in Russia
William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (10)
- Which Enterprises (Believe They) Have Soft budgets after Mass Privatization? Evidence from Mongolia
William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (3)
Journal Articles
2024
- Caselaw and England's economic performance during the Industrial Revolution: Data and evidence
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2024, 52, (1), 145-165
- Quiet revolutions in early-modern England
Public Choice, 2024, 200, (3), 357-381
2023
- A macrohistory of legal evolution and coevolution: Property, procedure, and contract in early-modern English caselaw
International Review of Law and Economics, 2023, 73, (C) View citations (3)
- Of families and inheritance: law and development in England before the Industrial Revolution
Cliometrica, 2023, 17, (3), 387-432 View citations (1)
2022
- Lasting Legal Legacies: Early English Legal Ideas and Later Caselaw Development During the Industrial Revolution
Review of Law & Economics, 2022, 18, (1), 85-141 View citations (4)
2021
- A machine-learning history of English caselaw and legal ideas prior to the Industrial Revolution I: generating and interpreting the estimates
Journal of Institutional Economics, 2021, 17, (1), 1-19 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper A Machine-Learning History of English Caselaw and Legal Ideas Prior to the Industrial Revolution I: Generating and Interpreting the Estimates, CESifo Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
- A machine-learning history of English caselaw and legal ideas prior to the Industrial Revolution II: applications
Journal of Institutional Economics, 2021, 17, (2), 201-216 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper A Machine-Learning History of English Caselaw and Legal Ideas Prior to the Industrial Revolution II: Applications, CESifo Working Paper Series (2020) (2020)
- Characterizing a legal–intellectual culture: Bacon, Coke, and seventeenth-century England
Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2021, 15, (1), 43–88 
Also in Cliometrica, 2021, 15, (1), 43-88 (2021)
- Did the Independence of Judges Reduce Legal Development in England, 1600–1800?
Journal of Law and Economics, 2021, 64, (3), 539 - 565 View citations (5)
2019
- Memories of colonial law: The inheritance of human capital and the location of joint ventures in early-reform China
China Economic Review, 2019, 58, (C) View citations (5)
- Toward understanding 17th century English culture: A structural topic model of Francis Bacon's ideas
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2019, 47, (1), 111-135 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper Toward Understanding 17th Century English Culture: A Structural Topic Model of Francis Bacon's Ideas, CESifo Working Paper Series (2017) View citations (1) (2017)
2017
- Caveat Venditor: The Conditional Effect of Relationship-Specific Investment on Contractual Behavior
The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2017, 33, (1), 105-138 
See also Working Paper Caveat venditor: The conditional effect of relationship-specific investment on contractual behavior, Electronic Working Papers (2008) (2008)
- Design and evolution in institutional development: The insignificance of the English Bill of Rights
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, 45, (1), 36-55 View citations (10)
See also Working Paper Design and Evolution in Institutional Development: The Insignificance of the English Bill of Rights, Electronic Working Papers (2009) View citations (10) (2009)
2016
- A Darwinian theory of institutional evolution two centuries before Darwin?
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 131, (PA), 346-372 View citations (7)
- Misunderestimating Corruption
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98, (3), 455-466 View citations (15)
See also Working Paper Misunderestimating corruption, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2013) (2013)
2015
- Revisiting the emergence of the rule of law in Russia
Global Crime, 2015, 16, (1), 19-33
2013
- Spatial spillovers in the development of institutions
Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 101, (C), 297-315 View citations (55)
See also Working Paper Spatial Spillovers in the Development of Institutions, Electronic Working Papers (2007) View citations (13) (2007)
2011
- The Way We Were: Reflections on the Comparative History of Comparative Economics
Comparative Economic Studies, 2011, 53, (4), 489-505 View citations (3)
2009
- Fostering civil society to build institutions Why and when1
The Economics of Transition, 2009, 17, (1), 1-41 View citations (3)
- Identifying Reticent Respondents: Assessing the Quality of Survey Data on Corruption and Values
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2009, 57, (2), 387-411 View citations (36)
See also Working Paper Identifying Reticent Respondents: Assessing the Quality of Survey Data on Corruption and Values, Electronic Working Papers (2005) View citations (11) (2005)
2007
- Allocating lawmaking powers: Self-regulation vs government regulation
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2007, 35, (3), 520-545 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper Allocating Law-Making Powers: Self-Regulation vs. Government Regulation, Electronic Working Papers (2005) (2005)
2006
- Lawyers and politicians: the impact of organized legal professions on institutional reforms
Constitutional Political Economy, 2006, 17, (4), 251-276 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper Lawyers and Politicians: The Impact of Organized Legal Professions on Institutional Reforms, Electronic Working Papers (2004) (2004)
2003
- Firms facing new institutions: transactional governance in Romania
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2003, 31, (4), 695-714 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper Firms Facing New Institutions: Transactional Governance in Romania, Electronic Working Papers (2003) View citations (8) (2003)
- Glamour and value in the land of Chingis Khan
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2003, 31, (1), 34-57 View citations (1)
- Which mechanisms support the fulfillment of sales agreements?: Asking decision-makers in firms
Economics Letters, 2003, 78, (1), 49-54 View citations (19)
See also Working Paper Which mechanisms support the fulfillment of sales agreements? Asking decision-makers in firm, Electronic Working Papers (2003) View citations (13) (2003)
2002
- Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey
Journal of Economic Literature, 2002, 40, (3), 739-792 View citations (633)
See also Working Paper Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey, CEPR Discussion Papers (2002) View citations (625) (2002)
2000
- Competition and Privatization Amidst Weak Institutions: Evidence from Mongolia
Economic Inquiry, 2000, 38, (4), 527-49 View citations (38)
- Law, Relationships and Private Enforcement: Transactional Strategies of Russian Enterprises
Europe-Asia Studies, 2000, 52, (4), 627-656 View citations (23)
See also Working Paper Law, Relationship, and Private Enforcement: Transactional Strategies of Russian Enterprise, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series (1998) View citations (8) (1998)
- Which Enterprises (Believe They) Have Soft Budgets? Evidence on the Effects of Ownership and Decentralization in Mongolia
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2000, 28, (2), 219-246 View citations (21)
See also Working Paper Which Enterprises (Believe They) Have Soft Budgets? Evidence on the Effects of Ownership and Decentralization in Mongolia, Electronic Working Papers (1998) View citations (7) (1998)
1999
- Ownership, exit and voice after mass privatization
The Economics of Transition, 1999, 7, (1), 215-243 View citations (8)
- The relationship between economic growth and the speed of liberalization during transition
Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 1999, 3, (2), 121-137 View citations (78)
1996
- How Far Has the Transition Progressed?
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1996, 10, (2), 25-44 View citations (54)
- The Culture of Policy-Making in the Transition from Socialism: Price Policy in Mongolia
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1996, 45, (1), 175-94 View citations (10)
1995
- The Transition According to Cambridge, Mass
Journal of Economic Literature, 1995, 33, (1), 164-178 View citations (37)
1994
- Playing Political Economy
International Journal of Political Economy, 1994, 24, (1), 34-51 View citations (1)
1993
- When Privatization Should Be Delayed: The Effect of Communist Legacies on Organizational and Institutional Reforms
Journal of Comparative Economics, 1993, 17, (2), 385-406 View citations (26)
1992
- Evolutionary and Radical Approaches to Economic Reform
Economic Change and Restructuring, 1992, 25, (1), 79-95 View citations (32)
1991
- A methodology for testing comparative economic theories: Theory and application to East-West environmental policies
Journal of Comparative Economics, 1991, 15, (4), 582-601 View citations (4)
- Can Neoclassical Economics Underpin the Reform of Centrally Planned Economies?
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991, 5, (4), 59-76 View citations (36)
- Industry Characteristics and Interest Group Formation: An Empirical Study
Public Choice, 1991, 70, (1), 21-40 View citations (10)
- Public choice and the transformation of socialism
Journal of Comparative Economics, 1991, 15, (2), 203-210
- Symposium on Economic Transition in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991, 5, (4), 3-9 View citations (3)
- The Effect of (the Absence of) Multinationals' Foreign Direct Investment on the Level of Eastern European Trade
Economic Change and Restructuring, 1991, 24, (3), 151-60 View citations (1)
- The devolution of centrally planned economies
Journal of Comparative Economics, 1991, 15, (2), 239-265 View citations (19)
1990
- A model of electroral competition with interest groups
Economics Letters, 1990, 32, (4), 307-311 View citations (16)
- Electoral Politics, Interest Groups, and the Size of Government
Economic Inquiry, 1990, 28, (4), 682-705 View citations (45)
- Result-oriented and process-oriented evaluations of indicative planning
Journal of Comparative Economics, 1990, 14, (4), 555-559
1988
- How to Haggle and to Stay Firm: Barter as Hidden Price Discriminatio n
Economic Inquiry, 1988, 26, (3), 449-59 View citations (7)
1987
- Rivalry and Central Planning: The Socialist Calculation Debate Reconsidered. By Don Lavoie (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. 192p. $34.50)
American Political Science Review, 1987, 81, (1), 337-338
1986
- A note on variables and observations in factor analysis
Journal of Development Economics, 1986, 21, (2), 319-325
- Interest groups and the size of government
Public Choice, 1986, 48, (2), 125-145 View citations (77)
1985
- The size of public employment: An empirical study
Journal of Comparative Economics, 1985, 9, (4), 424-437 View citations (2)
1984
- An examination of the factors affecting the formation of interest groups in OECD countries
Public Choice, 1984, 43, (2), 151-171 View citations (24)
- Incentives and income under market socialism
Journal of Comparative Economics, 1984, 8, (3), 261-276
- The Applicability of information-revealing incentive schemes in economic organizations
Journal of Comparative Economics, 1984, 8, (3), 277-289
1983
- Did the theory of market socialism answer the challenge of Ludwig von Mises? A reinterpretation of the socialist controversy
History of Political Economy, 1983, 15, (1), 92-105 View citations (12)
- The Economics of Sharing: A Transactions Costs Analysis of Contractual Choice in Farming
Bell Journal of Economics, 1983, 14, (1), 283-293 View citations (11)
1982
- Comparative growth and comparative advantage: Tests of the effects of interest group behavior on foreign trade patterns
Public Choice, 1982, 38, (1), 35-53 View citations (1)
- Product Quality, Market Signaling and the Development of East-West Trade
Economic Inquiry, 1982, 20, (4), 589-603 View citations (3)
1981
- An evaluation of the success of the hungarian economic reform: An analysis using international-trade data
Journal of Comparative Economics, 1981, 5, (4), 352-366 View citations (1)
- Endogenous Technological Change and Optimal Growth
Eastern Economic Journal, 1981, 7, (2), 97-109
- Limitations on the use of information-revealing incentive schemes in economic organizations
Journal of Comparative Economics, 1981, 5, (3), 251-271
- The Microeconomic Efficiency Argument for Socialism Revisited
Journal of Economic Issues, 1981, 15, (1), 211-219
1980
- Optimal Growth Models as Economic Planning Tools
Economic Change and Restructuring, 1980, 16, (2), 92-101
1979
- Planning and coordination of economic policy in market economies
Journal of Comparative Economics, 1979, 3, (2), 145-166
- Representation of Choice in Long-Term Planning
The American Economist, 1979, 23, (2), 24-30
- The Performance of Multiperiod Managerial Incentive Schemes
American Economic Review, 1979, 69, (5), 934-40 View citations (1)
- The problem of equity in determining managerial rewards in public enterprises: A comment on A. Bergson, "Managerial risks and rewards in public enterprises"
Journal of Comparative Economics, 1979, 3, (4), 407-415
1977
- Non-Price Rationing of Intermediate Goods in Centrally Planned Economies: A Comment
Econometrica, 1977, 45, (1), 175-81 View citations (1)
Books
2008
- The Institutional Economics of Foreign Aid
Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (16)
Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2002) View citations (120)
Chapters
2024
- How Machine Learning Will Change Cliometrics
Springer
2018
- Doing the Survey Two-Step: The Effects of Reticence on Estimates of Corruption in Two-Stage Survey Questions
Palgrave Macmillan View citations (4)
See also Working Paper Doing the survey two-step: the effects of reticence on estimates of corruption in two-stage survey questions, The World Bank (2015) View citations (2) (2015)
2011
- Does Respondent Reticence Affect the Results of Corruption Surveys? Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for Nigeria
Chapter 15 in International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, Volume Two, 2011 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Does respondent reticence affect the results of corruption surveys ? evidence from the world bank enterprise survey for Nigeria, The World Bank (2010) View citations (20) (2010)
2008
- Institutions and Firms in Transition Economies
Springer View citations (4)
Also in Springer (2005) View citations (15)
See also Working Paper Institutions and Firms in Transition Economies, University of Maryland, Department of Economics (2003) View citations (4) (2003)
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