Media
Popular media articles
- National Public Radio (NPR) Talk of the Nation "Despite Grim Headlines, Africa is Booming", July 11 2012
- Foreign Affairs "Africa Unleashed: Explaining the Secret of a Belated Boom", November/December 2011
- The American Magazine "The Young Economist: A Gangster Has Many Faces", November/December 2008, by Anthony Dick
- New York Post "How Fraud Becomes Contagious", October 5, 2008 (with Ray Fisman)
- Foreign Policy "How Economics Can Defeat Corruption", September/October 2008
- Boston Globe "Africa Rising", December 9, 2007, by Drake Bennett
NPR Marketplace
- Interview on "Economic Gangsters" "Inside corruption in poor countries" (Audio) 10 November 2008
- Commentary "Don't forget the already poor" (Audio) 13 October 2008
- Commentary "Political ties boost bottom lines" (Audio) 26 September 2008
- Commentary "Africa benefits from commodity costs" (Audio) 15 July 2008
- Commentary "Using foreign aid to stop conflict" (Audio) 27 May 2008
Civil War Exposure and Violence Economics and Politics, 2011, 23(1), 59-73.
- San Diego Union-Tribune "Player, civil violence linked? Study: Yellow, red cards reflect countries' conflicts", Mark Zeigler, 4 July 2010
- KCBS Radio San Francisco "Berkeley Study: Violence in the Country Translates to Violence on the Field"k (Audio) 8 July 2010
Warming increases the risk of civil war in Africa Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 8 2009, 106(49), 20670-20674
- U.C. Berkeley press release "Climate change could boost incidence of civil war in Africa, study finds", Kathleen Maclay, 23 November 2009
- Stanford University press release "FSE study finds climate change could boost incidence of civil war in Africa", 23 November 2009
- The Economics "Climate Wars: Does a warming world really mean that more conflict is inevitable?", 8 July 2010
- AllAfrica.com "Africa: Climate Change Could Increase Conflict in Continent", Cyril Mychalejko, 4 December 2009
- BBC (UK) "Climate 'is a major cause' of conflict in Africa", Richard Black (Audio) 24 November 2009
- East Bay Express "Global Warming Also Triggers Military Conflict", Madeleine Blair, 1 December 2009
- Folha de Sao Paulo (Brazil) "Aquecimento estimula guerras na África", Ricardo Bonalumeneto, 28 November 2009
- New Scientist "African conflicts spurred by warming" , 23 November 2009
- New York Times (Green Inc. blog) "Rising Temperatures and African Conflict", Peter Browne, 30 November 2009
- Publico (Spain) "El calentamiento aumentará un 54% las guerras en África", Manuel Ansede, 24 November 2009
- ScienceDaily "Climate Change Could Boost Incidence of Civil War in Africa" , 24 November 2009
- Scientific American "Can Climate Change Cause Conflict? Recent History Suggests So", David Bello, 23 November 2009
- UK Telegraph "Climate change will lead to civil wars in Africa, says research", Tom Chivers, 25 November 2009
- A sampling of other web and blog links on this article: Homeland security newswire, The Ecologist, Discover Magazine, TreeHugger, Mongabay, Periodico26, Digital Journal, Maplecroft, Mark Notaras/UNU, Chris Blattman's Blog
Spring Cleaning: Rural Water Impacts, Valuation, and Institutions
- Resources for the Future Weekly Policy Commentary "Deciphering the demand for safe drinking water", September 1, 2008
- Boston Review "Water Technologies: What works best in poor countries?", September/ October 2008
The Price of Political Opposition: Evidence from Venezuela's Maisanta
- El Nacional (Venezuela) "Ser opositor tiene su precio", 6 April 2008
Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health in the Presence of Treatment Externalities Econometrica, 2004, 72 (1), 159-217
- New York Times "In India, a Small Pill, with Positive Side Effects", April 4 2012
- New York Times "Getting Smart on Aid", 19 May 2011
- Boston Globe "Free Money: Here's an idea for foreign aid: Just hand over the cash", 16 July 2010
- Chicago Tribune "Hookworm: Shining light on a neglected disease", 4 March 2008
- New York Times "Making Economics Relevant Again", 20 February 2008
- Nature News "Field trials aim to tackle poverty", 22 October 2007
- New York Times "Attack of the Worms", 02 July 2007
- New York Times "World Bank Challenged: Are Poor Really Helped?", 28 July 2004
Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict: An Instrumental Variables Approach Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112(4), 725-753
- Forbes "How to Prevent War and Famine" (with Ray Fisman), 14 October 2008
- NPR Marketplace "Using foreign aid to stop conflict" (Audio) 27 May 2008
- New York Times "Extended Forecast: Bloodshed", Nicholas Kristof, 13 April 2008
- Wall Street Journal "New Limits to Growth Revive Malthusian Fears", March 24, 2008
- New York Times Magazine "The Price of Climate Change", November 5, 2006
- BusinessWeek "Stop Conflict Before it Starts", September 18, 2006
The Illusion of Sustainability Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 112(3), 1007-1065
- Boston Globe article "A handout, not a hand up: A popular approach to 'sustainable development' doesn't work, critics say", November 11, 2007
- Liberation (France) article "Reinventer le developpement durable", February 13, 2006
Poverty and Witch Killing Review of Economic Studies, 2005, 72(4), 1153-1172
- Financial Times (UK) "Why it's dangerous to be a witch in a recession", Tim Harford, 13 September 2008
- New York Times "Extended Forecast: Bloodshed", Nicholas Kristof, 13 April 2008
- U.C. Berkeley Press release "Study links extreme weather, poverty, and witch killings", July 2003
- Weatherwise "Weather Spawns Witch Killing", Sept/Oct 2003
Tribe or Nation? Nation-Building and Public Goods in Kenya versus Tanzania World Politics, 2004, 56 (3), 327-362
- Liberation (France) article "Le defi arc-en-ciel du Kenya", January 2003
- Boston Globe "The Culture of Corruption", July 27, 2008, by Drake Bennett
Corruption, Norms and Legal Enforcement: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 115(6), 1020-1048.
- Forbes "On My Mind: Reforming Tony Soprano's Morals", May 2006
- Folha de S. Paulo "Corrupcao e estacionamento proibido", 6/18/2006
- Sydney Morning Herald "Buick stops here for corruption", 6/23/2006
- Business Standard "Corruption as a cultural phenomenon", 6/30/2006
- Washington Post "Diplomatic Scofflaws and the Culture of Corruption", 6/30/2006
- Associated Press "Study Shows Why Diplomats Won’t Pay Up", 7/6/2006
- CNN.com "Study: Diplomats whose countries dislike U.S. less likely to pay fines", 7/6/2006
- Slate "The Case of the Unpaid Parking Ticket", 7/8/2006
- Financial Times "If the price is right", 7/8/2006
- Washington Times "Corruption is a state of mind", 7/8/2006
- Baltic News Service "Estonia's Diplomats Less Law-Abiding Than Neighboring Countries", 7/10/2006
- Toronto Star "A new way to judge the risk of investment", 7/11/2006
- Boston Herald "Taking it out on Uncle Sam", 7/16/2006
- Weekly Standard "Scrapbook: Albright in North Korea, and more", 7/17/2006
- Smart Money (Russia) "Diplomats, Cops and Corruption", 7/17/2006
- MetroWest Daily News "Friends, enemies, and parking tickets", 7/21/2006
- El Diario Vasco (Spain) "Multas Diplomaticas", 7/23/2006
- The Economist "Diplomats and parking fines: A ticket for corruption", August 12-18, 2006
- New York Times "The Culture of Nations", David Brooks , August 13, 2006
- Financial Times "Academics dish the dirt on UN's worst New York parking violators", August 15, 2006
- Gulf Daily News (Bahrain) "Envoys' parking ticket toll", August 16, 2006
- Wall Street Journal "Born Bad", August 17, 2006
- Mail & Guardian (SouthAfrica) "SA scores highly on parking-ticket corruption indicator", August 18, 2006
- El Mercurio (Chile) "Practicas Pocas Diplomaticas", August 20, 2006
- Philippine Daily Inquirer (The Philippines) "Beyond Parking Tickets", August 22, 2006
- Reason "National Parking", October 2006
- Atlantic Monthly "Primary Sources: Diplomatic Impunity", October 2006
- National Post (Canada) "Corruption and Culture", 12/12/2006
- New York Times Magazine (The Year in Ideas issue) "The Diplomat-Parking-Violation Corruption Index", 12/10/2006
- Zycie Warszawy (Poland) "Nasi dyplomaci nie oszukuja", 12/12/2006
- El Economista (Argentina) "Se trata de aplicar la ley", June 6, 2008, by Sebastian Galiani
- Boston Globe "The Culture of Corruption", July 27, 2008, by Drake Bennett
- National Public Radio, Talk of the Nation "Corruption Loves Company", August 6, 2008
- Daily News (Egypt) "Egypt diplomats worst traffic offenders, says London paper", December 10, 2008, by Yasmine Saleh
- International Herald Tribune "Finding tools to fight corruption in emerging Southeast Asian economies", December 17, 2008, by Andrew Marshall
The Long Run Impact of Bombing Vietnam
- U.C. Berkeley Press release "UC Berkeley researchers report little impact on Vietnam's economic resilience of massive bombing", April 2005
- Smart Money (Russia) "Economics Dream Team", 7/10/2006
- New York Times "Economic Scene: Count Ethnic Divisions, Not Bombs, to Tell if a Nation will Recover From War", 7/20/2006
- The Milken Institute Review "Bombing Vietnam: The Long-Term Consequences", Fourth Quarter 2006
Incentives to Learn
- The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch "Learn, then Earn", September 25, 2006
- Education Next "Incentives to Learn: Merit Scholarships that Pay Kids to Do Well", Spring 2005
- Forbes "On My Mind: Cash Talks", November 2003
Iraq War Casualties and the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election
- Chicago Tribune "The Swamp: Iraq Calculus could tip presidential race", September 22, 2008
- U.C. Berkeley Press release "Study explores Iraq impact on U.S. presidential race ", November 2004
- CNN Inside Politics piece, November 2004
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