Reading Groups
International Political Economy Reading Group
The International Political Economy Reading Group gives UCLA faculty the opportunity to discuss new directions for research using work in progress by leading scholars from around the world to stimulate debate.
- An Empirical Analysis of Street-Level Prostitution
by Steven D. Levitt and Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh. Reading for Tuesday, 22 January 2008. - Genetically Capitalist? The Malthusian Era, Institutions and the Formation of Modern Preferences
by Gregory Clark. Reading for Tuesday, 15 January 2008. - Routes of Infection: Exports and HIV Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Emily Oster. Reading for Tuesday, 8 January 2008. - Sick of Local Government Corruption? Vote Islamic.
by J. Vernon Henderson and Ari Kuncoro. Reading for Tuesday, 27 November. - Slavery, Inequality, and Economic Development in the Americas: An Examination of the Engerman-Sokoloff Hypothesis
by Nathan Nunn. Reading for Tuesday, 20 November. - HATRED AND PROFITS: GETTING UNDER THE HOOD OF THE KU KLUX KLAN
by Roland G. Fryer, Jr. and Steven D. Levitt. Reading for Tuesday, 13 November. - The Price of Political Opposition: Evidence from Venezuelas Maisanta
by Chang-Tai Hsieh, Edward Miguel, Daniel Ortega, and Francisco Rodrguez. Reading for Tuesday, 6 November. - Lobbying and Taxes
by Brian Kelleher Richtera, Krislert Samphantharak, and Jeffrey F. Timmons. Reading for Tuesday, 30 October. - The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India
by Robert Jensen and Emily Oster. Reading for Tuesday, 23 October. - Culture and institutions: economic development in the regions of Europe?
by Guido Tabellini. Reading for Tuesday, 16 October. - Long Term Persistence
by Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza, and Luigi Zingales. Reading for Tuesday, 9 October. - Detecting Illegal Arms Trade
by Stefano DellaVigna and Eliana La Ferrara. Reading for Tuesday, 2 October. - Alcohol and Russia’s mortality crisis: Policy, prices, and self-destructive drinking
by Daniel Treisman. Reading for Tuesday, 25 September. - COHESION, INSURANCE AND REDISTRIBUTION
by Federico Echenique and Jon X. Eguia. Reading for Tuesday, 18 September. - Incumbents and Protectionism: The Political Economy of Foreign Entry Liberalization
by Anusha Chari and Nandini Gupta. Reading for Tuesday, 11 September. - Law and Finance: Why Does Legal Origin Matter?
Reading for Tuesday, 4 September. By Thorsten Beck, Ash Demirgiic-Kunt, and Ross Levine. - Beyond Gaussian Averages: Redirecting Organization Science Toward Extreme Events and Power Laws
by Pierpaolo Andriani and Bill McKelvey. Reading for Tuesday, 28 August. - Economic Interests and the Origins of Electoral Systems
by Thomas R. Cusack, Torben Iversen, and David Soskice. Reading for Tuesday, 21 August. - The Politics of Investment: Partisanship and the Sectoral Allocation of Foreign Direct Investment
by Pablo M. Pinto and Santiago M. Pinto. Reading for Tuesday, 14 August. - Institutional Determinants of Unemployment in OECD Countries: Does the Deregulatory View Hold Water?
by Lucio Baccaro and Diego Rei. Reading for Tuesday, 7 August. - Superstar Cities
by Joseph Gyourko, Christopher Mayer, and Todd Sinai. Reading for Tuesday, 31 July. - Political Dynasties
by Ernesto Dal Bo, Pedro Dal Bo, and Jason Snyder. Reading for Tuesday, 24 July. - Guard Labor
by Arjun Jayadev and Samuel Bowles. Reading for Tuesday, 17 July. - Exchange Rate Fundamentals and Order Flow
by Martin D. D. Evans and Richard K. Lyons. Reading for Tuesday, 10 July. - Housing and the Business Cycle
by Edward Leamer. Reading for Tuesday, 3 July.