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Working Papers

2012

1. Risk as Impediment to Privatization? The Role of Collective Fields in Extended Agricultural Households
   Working Papers, University of Namur, Department of Economics View citations (7)

2011

2. Elite Capture Through Information Distortion: A Theoretical Essay
   Working Papers, University of Namur, Department of Economics View citations (2)
3. The Effect of Land Scarcity on Farm Structure: Empirical Evidence from Mali
   Working Papers, University of Namur, Department of Economics View citations (1)
4. Transformation of the Family under Rising Land Pressure: A Theoretical Essay
   Working Papers, University of Namur, Department of Economics View citations (4)

2010

5. On the Feasibility of Power and Status Ranking in Traditional Setups
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2010)
6. Political Instrumentalisation of Islam, Persistent Autocracies, and Obscurantist Deadlock
   EUI-RSCAS Working Papers, European University Institute (EUI), Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (RSCAS)
   Also in RSCAS Working Papers, European University Institute (2010)
7. Using the Law to Change the Custom
   Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2012)

2009

8. Elite Capture Through Information Distortion: Uniformly Distributed Signal
   Working Papers, University of Namur, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2008

9. Religion, Politics, and Development: Lessons from the Lands of Islam
   Working Papers, Economic Research Forum View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2008)

2002

10. The Gradual Erosion of the Social Security Function of Customary Land Tenure Arrangements in Lineage-Based Societies
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (11)

2001

11. Collective Action for Local-Level Effort Regulation: an Assessment of Recent Experiences in Senegalese Small-Scale Fisheries
    Development Working Papers, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales (1999)

1999

12. Poverty, Tenure Security and Access to Land in Central Uganda: The Role of Market and Non-Market Processes
    Working Papers, Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales View citations (11)

1998

13. Coordination and Pooling Arrangements in Japanese Coastal Fisheries
    Working Papers, Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales View citations (5)
14. Impartible Inheritance Versus Equal Division: a Comparative Perspective C entered on Europe and Subsaharan Africa
    Working Papers, Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales View citations (4)

1997

15. Participation in the Construction of a Local Public Good: A Case Study of Watershed Management in the Ethiopian Highlands
    Working Papers, Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales View citations (2)
16. Resource Endowments and Agricultural Development: Africa vs. Asia
    Working Papers, Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales View citations (8)
17. Wealth Inequality and Efficiency in the Commons
    Working Papers, Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales View citations (34)

1996

18. Traditional Sharing Norms as an Obstacle to Economic Growth in Tribal Societies
    Working Papers, Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales View citations (18)

1995

19. Food Market Liberalization Against Public Opinion: Some Bitter Lessons from the Physiocratic Experiment in Eighteenth-Century France
    Working Papers, Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales

1994

20. A Framework for the Analysis of Evolving Patron-Client Ties In Agrarian Economies
    Working Papers, Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in World Development (1995)
21. Coordination Problems in Resource Conservation Programs
    Working Papers, Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales
22. Does Hiterogeneity Hinder Collective Action
    Working Papers, Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales View citations (4)
23. Mutual Insurance as Problematic Concept in Traditional Risk-Prone Societies: Towards Resolving the Paradox
    Working Papers, Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales

1993

24. Sub-Saharan Afraica as a Special Case: The Crucial Role of (Infra)Structural Constraints
    Working Papers, Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales View citations (3)

1990

25. THE EVOLUTIONIST THEORY OF INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND FISHING SECTOR
    Working Papers, Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales

Journal Articles

2012

1. Formal Law as a Magnet to Reform Custom
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2012, 60, (4), 795 - 828 View citations (15)
2. Using the law to change the custom
   Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97, (2), 182-200 View citations (36)
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2011

3. Political Instrumentalization of Islam and the Risk of Obscurantist Deadlock
   World Development, 2011, 39, (2), 243-260 View citations (11)

2010

4. Inheritance patterns in migration-prone communities of the Peruvian Highlands
   Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 93, (1), 71-87 View citations (11)
5. On the feasibility of power and status ranking in traditional setups
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2010, 38, (3), 267-282 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2010)
6. Strategic Behavior and Marriage Payments: Theory and Evidence from Senegal
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2010, 59, (1), 149-185 View citations (6)

2009

7. Institutional obstacles to African economic development: State, ethnicity, and custom
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2009, 71, (3), 669-689 View citations (30)
8. Political Instrumentalization of Religion: The Case of Islam
   Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 35, 3

2008

9. Religion, politics, and development: Lessons from the lands of Islam
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, 68, (2), 329-351 View citations (29)
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2007

10. Heterogeneity, social esteem and feasibility of collective action
    Journal of Development Economics, 2007, 83, (2), 302-325 View citations (10)
11. The Distributive Impact of Land Markets in Uganda
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 55, (2), 283-311 View citations (41)
12. The Perverse Effects of High Brideprices
    World Development, 2007, 35, (7), 1221-1236 View citations (5)

2004

13. Collective Action, Heterogeneous Loyalties and Path Dependence: Micro-evidence from Senegal
    Journal of African Economies, 2004, 13, (3), 417-445 View citations (1)

2003

14. Efficacité de l'aide et développement décentralisé
    Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique, 2003, XLII, (2), 21-27
15. The Risk of Resource Misappropriation in Community-Driven Development
    World Development, 2003, 31, (10), 1687-1703 View citations (87)

2002

16. Land tenure security and investment incentives: puzzling evidence from Burkina Faso
    Journal of Development Economics, 2002, 67, (2), 373-418 View citations (233)
17. Participatory Development in the Presence of Endogenous Community Imperfections
    Journal of Development Studies, 2002, 39, (2), 104-136 View citations (65)

2000

18. Allocating and Enforcing Property Rights in Land: Informal versus Formal Mechanisms in Subsaharan Africa
    Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 26, 55-81 View citations (9)

1999

19. The Ambiguous Impact of Inequality on Local Resource Management
    World Development, 1999, 27, (5), 773-788 View citations (79)

1998

20. Division of the Commons: A Partial Assessment of the New Institutional Economics of Land Rights
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1998, 80, (3), 644-650 View citations (26)
21. Land relations under unbearable stress: Rwanda caught in the Malthusian trap
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1998, 34, (1), 1-47 View citations (190)
22. Wealth Inequality and Efficiency in the Commons, Part II: The Regulated Case
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1998, 50, (1), 1-22 View citations (38)
    Also in Oxford Economic Papers, 1997, 49, (4), 451-82 (1997) View citations (86)

1997

23. Coordination problems in local-level resource management
    Journal of Development Economics, 1997, 53, (1), 197-210 View citations (26)
24. Mutual insurance as an elusive concept in traditional rural communities
    Journal of Development Studies, 1997, 33, (6), 764-796 View citations (57)
25. The social conditions of the market: A rejoinder
    Journal of Development Studies, 1997, 33, (5), 714-717

1995

26. A framework for the analysis of evolving patron-client ties in agrarian economies
    World Development, 1995, 23, (5), 767-786 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper (1994)
27. An Indian Model of Aristocratic Patronage
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1995, 47, (4), 636-62 View citations (22)

1984

28. Malthus et le sous-développement ou le problème de la cohérence d'une théorie
    Revue Économique, 1984, 35, (4), 635-666

Books

2000

1. Halting Degradation of Natural Resources: Is There a Role for Rural Communities?
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (104)

Edited books

2001

1. Access to Land, Rural Poverty, and Public Action
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (24)

Chapters

2006

1. Solidarity Norms and Institutions in Village Societies: Static and Dynamic Considerations
   Elsevier View citations (11)

2003

2. Economics of common property management regimes
   Chapter 04 in Handbook of Environmental Economics, 2003, vol. 1, pp 127-190 View citations (27)