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.
- Local Determinants of African Civil Wars, 1970-2001
by Halvard Buhang and Jan Ketil Rød. Reading for week of March 15, 2005. - The Political Economy of Hatred
by Edward Glaeser. Reading for week of March 8, 2005. - Cultural Biases in Economic Exchange
by Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales. Reading for week of March 1, 2005. - Psychology and the Market
by Edward L. Glaeser. Reading for week of February 22, 2005. - Collapse - How Societies Choose to Fail or Suceed
By Jared Diamond. Reading for week of February 15, 2005. - Political Polarization and Income Inequality
By Nolan McCarty, Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal. Reading for week of February 8, 2005. - Endogenous Democratization
By Carles Boix and Susan C. Stokes. Reading for week of February 1, 2005. - Economic Growth and Judicial Independence: Cross Country Evidence Using a New Set of Indicators
By Lars P. Feld and Stefan Voigt. Reading for week of January 25, 2005. - The Mysterious Case of Female Protectionism: Gender Bias in Attitudes Toward International Trade
By Brian A. Burgoon and Michael J. Hiscox. Reading for week of January 18, 2005. - 'Terrorism, Gay Marriage, and Incumbency' + 'Kansas Politics in the Bigger Picture'
"Terrorism, Gay Marriage, and Incumbency: Explaining the Republican Victory in the 2004 Presidential Election" by Alan Abramowitz + "Kansas Politics in the Bigger Picture: A Review Essay of What's the Matter with Kansas?" by Brian J. Glenn. Readings for week of January 11,2005. - What Makes Humans Economically Distinctive?
by Christopher Boehm. Reading for week of December 14, 2004. - Religion and Economic Growth
by Robert J. Barro and Rachel M. McCleary. Reading for week of December 7, 2004. - Introduction to the Economics of Religion
By Laurence R. Iannaccone. Reading for week of November 30, 2004. - The Political Economy of Corporate Governance
by Marco Pagano and Paolo Volpin. Reading for November 23, 2004. - The Role of the State in Economic Development
By Guido Tabellini. Reading for week of November 16, 2004. - The Historical Roots of Inequality in Latin America
by Ken Sokoloff and James Robinson. Reading for week of November 9, 2004. - Democracy and Redistribution
by Carles Boix. Reading for week of November 2, 2004. - Inequality Does Cause Underdevelopment
By William Easterly. Reading for week of October 25, 2004. - Blind Retrospection - Electoral Responses to Drought, Flu and Shark Attacks
by Christopher H. Achen and Larry M. Bartels. Reading for week of October 18, 2004. - Geography vs. Institutions Revisited: Were Fortunes Reversed?
by Adam Przeworksi. Reading for week of October 11, 2004 - Growth Accelerations
by Ricardo Hausmann, Lant Pritchett and Dani Rodrik. Reading for week of October 4, 2004. - Income and Decmocracy
by Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson and Pierre Yared. Reading for week of September 21, 2004 - Do Institutions Cause Growth?
By Edward L. Glaeser, Rafael la Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes and Andrew Shleifer. Reading for week of August 3, 2004 - Science, Sulloway, and Birth Order: An Ordeal and an Assessment
Gary R. Johnson, Editor. Reading for week of July 27, 2004 - How to Subvert Democracy: Montesinos in Peru
by John McMillan and Pablo Zoido. Reading for week of July 20, 2004.