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Working Papers
2022
- Did Caselaw Foster England’s Economic Development during the Industrial Revolution? Data and Evidence
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
- 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 in Journal of Institutional Economics (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 in Journal of Institutional Economics (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 in Journal of Comparative Economics (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 (2018)
2013
- Misunderestimating corruption
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank 
See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (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 (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 in Journal of Comparative Economics (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 in The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (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 in Journal of Development Economics (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 in Journal of Comparative Economics (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 in Economic Development and Cultural Change (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 in Constitutional Political Economy (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 in Journal of Comparative Economics (2003)
- Institutions and Firms in Transition Economies
Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics View citations (4)
See also Chapter (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 in Economics Letters (2003)
2002
- Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (618)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (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 in Europe-Asia Studies (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 in Journal of Comparative Economics (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
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 (2)
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 (4)
See also Working Paper (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 (4)
See also Working Paper (2020)
- Characterizing a legal–intellectual culture: Bacon, Coke, and seventeenth-century England
Cliometrica, 2021, 15, (1), 43-88 
Also in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 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 (3)
- 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 (9)
See also Working Paper (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 (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 (9)
See also Working Paper (2009)
2016
- A Darwinian theory of institutional evolution two centuries before Darwin?
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 131, (PA), 346-372 View citations (6)
- Misunderestimating Corruption
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98, (3), 455-466 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper (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 (50)
See also Working Paper (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (2003)
2002
- Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey
Journal of Economic Literature, 2002, 40, (3), 739-792 View citations (626)
See also Working Paper (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 (22)
See also Working Paper (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 (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 (76)
1996
- How Far Has the Transition Progressed?
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1996, 10, (2), 25-44 View citations (51)
- 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 (36)
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 (31)
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 (33)
- 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 (18)
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 (116)
Chapters
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 (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 (2010)
2008
- Institutions and Firms in Transition Economies
Springer View citations (4)
Also in Springer (2005) View citations (15)
See also Working Paper (2003)
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