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Homepage:	http://www.econweb.umd.edu/~murrell/
Postal address:	Department of Economics University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-7211 USA
Workplace:	Department of Economics, University of Maryland, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. From Status to Contract? A Macrohistory from Early-Modern English Caselaw and Print Culture
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2023

2. 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

3. Did Caselaw Foster England’s Economic Development during the Industrial Revolution? Data and Evidence
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
4. Transactional Governance Structures: New Cross-Country Data and an Application to the Effect of Uncertainty
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2020

5. 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)
6. 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

7. Mapping the landscape of transactions: the governance of business relations in Latin America
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2017

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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 (17) (2016)

2010

11. 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)
12. Measuring Transaction Costs Using Survey Data on Sales Agreements
    Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics

2009

13. 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

14. 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)
15. Fostering Civil Society to Build Institutions: Why and When
    Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics

2007

16. 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 (56) (2013)

2006

17. Institutions and Transition
    Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics View citations (3)
18. The Role of Law in China's Economic Development
    Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics View citations (6)

2005

19. 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)
20. 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

21. 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

22. 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)
23. 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)
24. The Relative Levels and the Character of Institutional Development in Transition Economies
    Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics View citations (3)
25. 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

26. Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (626)
    See also Journal Article Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2002) View citations (634) (2002)

1998

27. 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)
28. 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

29. 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)
30. 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

1. Caselaw and England's economic performance during the Industrial Revolution: Data and evidence
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2024, 52, (1), 145-165
2. Quiet revolutions in early-modern England
   Public Choice, 2024, 200, (3), 357-381

2023

3. 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)
4. Of families and inheritance: law and development in England before the Industrial Revolution
   Cliometrica, 2023, 17, (3), 387-432 View citations (1)

2022

5. 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

6. 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)
7. 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)
8. 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)
9. Did the Independence of Judges Reduce Legal Development in England, 1600–1800?
   Journal of Law and Economics, 2021, 64, (3), 539 - 565 View citations (6)

2019

10. 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)
11. 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

12. 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)
13. 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

14. A Darwinian theory of institutional evolution two centuries before Darwin?
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 131, (PA), 346-372 View citations (7)
15. Misunderestimating Corruption
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98, (3), 455-466 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Misunderestimating corruption, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2013) (2013)

2015

16. Revisiting the emergence of the rule of law in Russia
    Global Crime, 2015, 16, (1), 19-33

2013

17. Spatial spillovers in the development of institutions
    Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 101, (C), 297-315 View citations (56)
    See also Working Paper Spatial Spillovers in the Development of Institutions, Electronic Working Papers (2007) View citations (13) (2007)

2011

18. The Way We Were: Reflections on the Comparative History of Comparative Economics
    Comparative Economic Studies, 2011, 53, (4), 489-505 View citations (3)

2009

19. Fostering civil society to build institutions Why and when1
    The Economics of Transition, 2009, 17, (1), 1-41 View citations (3)
20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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)
24. Glamour and value in the land of Chingis Khan
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2003, 31, (1), 34-57 View citations (1)
25. 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

26. Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2002, 40, (3), 739-792 View citations (634)
    See also Working Paper Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey, CEPR Discussion Papers (2002) View citations (626) (2002)

2000

27. Competition and Privatization Amidst Weak Institutions: Evidence from Mongolia
    Economic Inquiry, 2000, 38, (4), 527-49 View citations (38)
28. 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)
29. 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

30. Ownership, exit and voice after mass privatization
    The Economics of Transition, 1999, 7, (1), 215-243 View citations (8)
31. 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

32. How Far Has the Transition Progressed?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1996, 10, (2), 25-44 View citations (54)
33. 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

34. The Transition According to Cambridge, Mass
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1995, 33, (1), 164-178 View citations (37)

1994

35. Playing Political Economy
    International Journal of Political Economy, 1994, 24, (1), 34-51 View citations (1)

1993

36. 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

37. Evolutionary and Radical Approaches to Economic Reform
    Economic Change and Restructuring, 1992, 25, (1), 79-95 View citations (32)

1991

38. 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)
39. Can Neoclassical Economics Underpin the Reform of Centrally Planned Economies?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991, 5, (4), 59-76 View citations (36)
40. Industry Characteristics and Interest Group Formation: An Empirical Study
    Public Choice, 1991, 70, (1), 21-40 View citations (10)
41. Public choice and the transformation of socialism
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1991, 15, (2), 203-210
42. Symposium on Economic Transition in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991, 5, (4), 3-9 View citations (3)
43. 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)
44. The devolution of centrally planned economies
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1991, 15, (2), 239-265 View citations (19)

1990

45. A model of electroral competition with interest groups
    Economics Letters, 1990, 32, (4), 307-311 View citations (16)
46. Electoral Politics, Interest Groups, and the Size of Government
    Economic Inquiry, 1990, 28, (4), 682-705 View citations (45)
47. Result-oriented and process-oriented evaluations of indicative planning
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1990, 14, (4), 555-559

1988

48. How to Haggle and to Stay Firm: Barter as Hidden Price Discriminatio n
    Economic Inquiry, 1988, 26, (3), 449-59 View citations (7)

1987

49. 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

50. A note on variables and observations in factor analysis
    Journal of Development Economics, 1986, 21, (2), 319-325
51. Interest groups and the size of government
    Public Choice, 1986, 48, (2), 125-145 View citations (77)

1985

52. The size of public employment: An empirical study
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1985, 9, (4), 424-437 View citations (2)

1984

53. An examination of the factors affecting the formation of interest groups in OECD countries
    Public Choice, 1984, 43, (2), 151-171 View citations (24)
54. Incentives and income under market socialism
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1984, 8, (3), 261-276
55. The Applicability of information-revealing incentive schemes in economic organizations
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1984, 8, (3), 277-289

1983

56. 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)
57. 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

58. 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)
59. Product Quality, Market Signaling and the Development of East-West Trade
    Economic Inquiry, 1982, 20, (4), 589-603 View citations (3)

1981

60. 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)
61. Endogenous Technological Change and Optimal Growth
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1981, 7, (2), 97-109
62. Limitations on the use of information-revealing incentive schemes in economic organizations
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1981, 5, (3), 251-271
63. The Microeconomic Efficiency Argument for Socialism Revisited
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1981, 15, (1), 211-219

1980

64. Optimal Growth Models as Economic Planning Tools
    Economic Change and Restructuring, 1980, 16, (2), 92-101

1979

65. Planning and coordination of economic policy in market economies
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1979, 3, (2), 145-166
66. Representation of Choice in Long-Term Planning
    The American Economist, 1979, 23, (2), 24-30
67. The Performance of Multiperiod Managerial Incentive Schemes
    American Economic Review, 1979, 69, (5), 934-40 View citations (1)
68. 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

69. Non-Price Rationing of Intermediate Goods in Centrally Planned Economies: A Comment
    Econometrica, 1977, 45, (1), 175-81 View citations (1)

Books

2008

1. 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

1. How Machine Learning Will Change Cliometrics
   Springer

2018

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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)