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.
- Political Jurisdictions in Heterogeneous Communities
By Alberto Alesina, Reza Baqir, and Caroline Hoxby. Reading for week of May 4, 2004. - Graphics for Wealth Concentration in a Developing Economy : Paris and France, 1807-1994
This pdf document contains the graphics associated with the reading for the week of April 27, 2004. - Wealth Concentration in a Developing Economy : Paris and France, 1807-1994
By Thomas Piketty, Gilles Postel-Vinay and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal. Reading for week of April 27, 2004. - Why Do Third Parties Form Against Duverger's Law? The Case from the Post-Civil War U.S.
By Hiroshi Okayama. Reading for the week of April 20th 2004. - How to Subvert Democracy: Montesinos in Peru
By John McMillan and Pablo Zoido. Reading for week of April 13, 2004. - Democracy, Dictatorship and Economic Performance in Latin America
By William R. Keech. Reading for week of April 6, 2004. - Gold into Base Metals: Productivity Growth in the People's Republic of China during the Reform Period
By Alwyn Young. Reading for week of March 16, 2004. - Follow the Leader: Theory and Evidence on Political Participation
By Ron Shachar and Barry Nalebuff. Reading for week of March 9, 2004. - Issue Unbundling Via Citizens' Initiatives
By Timothy Besley and Stephen Coate. Reading for week of March 2, 2004. - The political economy of institutions and corruption in American states
By Alt and Lassen. Reading for week of Feburary 24, 2004. - Authoritarian Breakdown
By Barbara Geddes. Reading for week of February 17, 2004. - Who's Afraid of Global Trade?
By Edward Leamer. Reading for week of February 10, 2004. - Winning Isn't Everything: Corruption in Sumo Wrestling
By Mark Duggan and Steven D. Levitt. Reading for February 3rd, 2004. - Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule
By Daron Acemoglu, James Robinson, and Thierry Verdier. Reading for week of January 27, 2004. - The Golden Period for Growth in Chile: Explanations and Forecasts
By Francisco Gallego and Norman Loayza. Reading for week of January 20, 2004. - Are You Being Served? Political Accountability and Quality of Government
By Alicia Adasera et al. Reading for week of January 13, 2004. - A Normal Country
By Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman. Reading for week of January 6, 2004. - The Political Foundations of Modern Economic Growth: England, 1540-1800
By Gregory Clark. Reading for December 16th, 2003. - Constitutions and Commitment: Evidence on the Relation between Institutions and the Cost of Capital
By Nathan Sussman and Yishay Yafeh. Reading for week of December 9, 2003. - Political Polarization and Income Inequality
By Nolan McCarty, Keith T. Poole, and Howard Rosenthal. Reading for week of December 2, 2003 - The Economic Significance of National Border Effects
By Carolyn L. Evans. Reading for November 18th, 2003. - Boom and Bust: Seeds of Destruction
By Joseph Stiglitz. Reading for week of November 4, 2003. - The Assessment: The Twentieth Century-Achievements, Failures, Lessons
By Andrea Boltho and Gianni Toniolo. Reading for October 28, 2003. - Does Globalization Make the World More Unequal?
By Peter H. Lindert and Jeffrey G. Williamson. Reading for October 21st, 2003. - The New Comparative Economics
By Simeon Djankov, Edward L. Glaeser, Rafael La Porta, Florenci Lopez-de-Silanes, Andrei Shleifer. Reading for week of October 14, 2003.