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.
- Cities, Constitutions, and Sovereign - Borrowing in Europe 1274-1785
by David Stasavage. Reading for week of January 31, 2006. - Democratic Transitions
by David L. Epstein, Robert Bates, Jack Goldstone & Sharyn O'Halloran. Reading for week of January 24, 2006. - Politically Connected Firms
by Mara Faccio. Reading for week of January 17, 2006 - Do Women Shy Away from Competition? Do Men Compete too Much?
by Muriel Niederle and Lise Vesterlund. Reading for week of December 13, 2005. - The Elusive Curse of Oil
by Michael Alexeev and Robert Conrad. Reading for week of December 6, 2005. - An Empirical Analysis of 'Acting White'
by Roland G. Fryer and Paul Torelli. Reading for week of November 29, 2005. - Why Is Manhattan So Expensive? Regulation and the Rise In Housing Prices
by Edward L. Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko and Raven Saks. Reading for week of November 22, 2005. - Measuring Risk: Political Risk Insurance Premiums and Domestic Political Institutions
by Nathan Jensen. Reading for week of November 15, 2005. - When Can History Be Our Guide? The Pitfalls of Counterfactual Inference
by Gary King and Langche Zeng. Reading for week of November 8, 2005. - Minimum-Winning Coalitions and Personalization in Authoritarian Regimes
by Barbara Geddes. Reading for week of November 1, 2005 - Why We Learn Nothing from Regressing Economic Growth on Policies
by Dani Rodrik. Reading for week of October 25, 2005. - Voting for Autocracy: Hegemonic Party Survival and its Demise in Mexico
by Beatriz Magaloni. Reading for week of October 18, 2005. - The Killing Game: Reputation and Knowledge in Non-Democratic Succession
by Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin. Reading for week of October 11, 2005 - Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effect of Brazil's Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes
by Frederico Finan, UC Berkeley and Claudio Ferraz, UC Berkeley and IPEA. Reading for October 4, 2005 - Global Crises, Global Solutions
edited by Bjørn Lomborg. Reading for week of June 14, 2005. - The Long Run Impact of Bombing Vietnam
by Edward Miguel and Gérard Roland. Reading for week of June 7, 2005. - The Demand for Sons: Evidence from Divorce, Fertility, and Shotgun Marriage
by Gordon B. Dahl and Enrico Moretti. Reading for week of May 24, 2005. - Growing Public: Is the Welfare State Mortal or Exportable?
by Peter H. Lindert. Reading for week of May 17, 2005. - What Does the Public Know About Economic Policy, and How Does It Know It?
by Alan S. Blinder and Alan B. Krueger. Reading for week of May 10, 2005. - On The Process of Growth and Economic Policy in Developing Countries
by Aznold C. Harberger. Reading for week of May 3, 2005. - World Development Report 2006 - Equity and Development
Executive Summary from the World Bank. Reading for week of April 26, 2005. - The Natural State: The Political Economy of Non-Development
by Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis and Barry R. Weingast. Reading for week of April 19, 2004. - The Papal Conclave: How Do Cardinals Divine the Will of God?
By J.T. Toman. Reading for week of April 12, 2005. - Income and Democracy
by Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson and Pierre Yared. Reading for week of March 29, 2005. - Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. Reading for week of March 22, 2005.