(updated April 3 2018)

Books

• DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS Pearson 2013.
• DEMOCRATIC POLITICS IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT with S. Hix and A. Noury,Cambridge University Press 2007. Awarded the Richard F. Fenno Prize for the Best Book Published in the Field of Legislative Studies during 2007.
• BUILT TO LAST: A Political Architecture for Europe, with Erik Berglöf, Barry Eichengreen, Guido Tabellini, and Charles Wyplosz, CEPR series, Monitoring European Integration, No. 12, London, 2003.
• TRANSITION AND ECONOMICS: Politics, Markets and Firms, The MIT Press, 2000, paperback edition 2004.

Edited Books

• INSTITUTIONS AND COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT(edited with Masahiko Aoki and Timur Kuran) Palgrave McMillan 2012.
• ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION: THE LONG RUN VIEW. Palgrave McMillan, UNU-WIDER Studies in Development Economic and Policy 2012 Introduction.
• CORRUPTION, DEVELOPMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN. (edited with Janos Kornai and Laszlo Matyas) Palgrave McMillan 2009. Introduction.
• POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NORTHEAST ASIAN REGIONALISM. (edited with Jehoon Park and T.J. Pempel), Edward Elgar, 2008.
• PRIVATIZATION (foreword by Joseph Stiglitz) Columbia University Press, 2008. Introduction.
• INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR (edited with Janos Kornai and Laszlo Matyas), Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Introduction .
• THE ECONOMICS OF TRANSITION. THE FIFTH NOBEL SYMPOSIUM IN ECONOMICS edited with Erik Berglof, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Introduction.

Working Papers, articles and book chapters

Institutions and culture

• NEW The Deep Historical Roots of Modern Culture: A comparative Perspective. Keynote lecture given at the 2d World Congress for Comparative Economics, St Petersburg, June 2017.
• NEW China's Lost Generation: Changes in Beliefs and their Intergenerational Transmission" joint with David Yang, revised September 2017.
• NEW Culture, Institutions and Development , revised May 2017.
• NEW Culture and Global Sourcing with Y. Gorodnichenko and Bohdan Kukharskyy, revised March 2018.
• NEW Culture, Institutions and Democratization with Y. Gorodnichenko, revised March 2018.
• Understanding the Individualism-Collectivism Cleavage and its Effects: Lessons from Cultural Psychology with Y. Gorodnichenko, invited paper at the XVIth Congress of the International Economic Association 2011.
• Which Dimensions of Culture Matter for Long Run Growth? with Y. Gorodnichenko, forthcoming American Economic Review. Papers and Proceedings, 2011.
• Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of Nations. with Y. Gorodnichenko, Review of Economics and Statistics .
• Institutional Clusters and Economic Performance. with Jon Jellema. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 2011.
• The Long run Weight of Communism or the Weight of Long Run History? , in Economies in Transition. The Long Run View, Palgrave McMillan 2012.
• The Design of Corporate Debt and Bankruptcy, with E. Berglöf and E.-Lu. von Thadden, Review of Financial Studies 2010.
• Civil Society, Institutional Change and the Politics of Reform: The Great Transition. with L. Bruszt, N. Campos and J. Fidrmuc, in Economies in Transition. The Long Run View, Palgrave McMillan 2012.
• Coordination and Experimentation in M-form and U-form Organizations, with Y.Qian and C. Xu, Journal of Political Economy, 2006.
• Understanding Institutional Change: Fast-Moving and Slow-Moving Institutions, Studies in Comparative International Development, 2004.
• Understanding the Soft Budget Constraint, with J. Kornai and E. Maskin, Journal of Economic Literature, 2003.

• NEW Crony Capitalism, the Party-State and Political Boundaries of Corruption (with Weijia Li and Yang Xie), revised March 2018.
• NEW Thinking Capitalism with Janos Kornai Paper presented at the January 18 2018 Budapest workshop for Janos Kornai's 90th birthday.
• NEW Thinking Capitalism with Janos Kornai <
• NEW The New International Disorder and the North Korean crisis. Keynote lecture at the Asian Economic Community Forum, November 2017.
• NEW The Evolution of Postcommunist Systems: Eastern Europe versus China forthcoming Economics of Transition 2018.
• Transition in Historical Perspective Paper presented at the May 6-7 2014 conference Transition in Perspective in Budapest.
• Scenarios for a Transition to a Prosperous Market Economy in North Korea. with B-Y Kim, International Economic Journal 2012.
• How Credible is the North Korean Threat? with B-Y Kim, Economics of Transition 2014.
• What makes a Successful Entrepreneur? Evidence from Brazil. with S. Djankov, Y.Qian and E. Zhuravskaya, January 2008.
• The Long Run Impact of Bombing Vietnam with E. Miguel, Journal of Development Economics 2011.
• Banking Passivity and Regulatory Failure in Emerging Markets: Theory and Evidence from the Czech Republic, with J. Hanousek, revised November 2007.
• Economic Theory and Transition: What Lessons from North Korea? Keynote lecture NAIS conference February 21, 2008, published in Seoul Journal of Economics, 21(2) 2008.
• Who are China's Entrepreneurs ? , with S. Djankov, Y. Qian and E. Zhuravskaya, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings 2006.
• The Russian economy in the year 2005 Post-Soviet Affairs 2006.
• Entrepreneurship in China and Russia Compared with S. Djankov, Y. Qian and E. Zhuravskaya, Journal of the European Economic Association 2006.
• Who are Russia's Entrepreneurs? with S. Djankov, E. Miguel, Y. Qian and E. Zhuravskaya, Journal of the European Economic Association 2005.
• Law Enforcement and Transition, with Thierry Verdier, European Economic Review, 2003.
• The Political Economy of Transition, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002.
• Corporate Governance and Restructuring: Lessons from Transition Economies, World Bank Conference, 2001.
• Soft Budget Constraints, Transition and Financial Systems, with M. Dewatripont, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2000.
• Reform without Losers: An Interpretation of China's Dual-Track Approach to Transition, with L. Lau and Y. Qian, Journal of Political Economy, 2000.
• Managerial Career Concerns, Privatization and Restructuring in Transition Economies, with K. Sekkat, European Economic Review, 2000.
• "Soft Budget Constraints and Transition", with M. Dewatripont and E. Maskin, in E. Maskin and A. Simonovits (eds.), Planning, Shortage and Transformation, MIT Press, 2000.
• "Coordination and Innovation in M-Form and U-Form Organizations", with Y. Qian and C. Xu, in E. Maskin and A. Simonovits (eds.), Planning Shortage and Transformation, MIT Press, 2000.
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• Electoral Rules and Government Spending in Parliamentary Democracies with T. Persson and G. Tabellini, Quartely Journal of Political Science 2007.
• Colombia's Electoral and Party System: Proposals for Reform with J. Gonzalo Zapata, in Institutional Reforms in Colombia edited by A. Alesina, MIT Press 2004.
• Comparative Politics and Public Finance, with T. Persson and G. Tabellini, Journal of Political Economy, 2000.

• NEW Is there a Selection Bias in Roll Call Votes? Evidence from the European Parliament. joint with S. Hix and A. Noury, forthcoming Public Choice 2018.
• Europe's Constitutional Imbroglio in The European Economy in an American Mirror, edited by B. Eichengreen, M. Landesmann and D. Stiefel, Routledge New York, 445-457 2008.
• Dimensions of Politics in the European Parliament with S. Hix and A. Noury, American Journal of Political Science 2006.[Web appendix].
• After Enlargement: Institutional Achievements and Prospects in the New Member States Proceedings of The third ECB conference "The New EU Member States: Convergence and Stability", forthcoming 2005.
• A 'Normal' Parliament? Party Cohesion and Competition in the European Parliament, 1979-2001, with S. Hix and A. Noury, British Journal of Political Science 2005.
• In Praise of the European Constitution ,in Designing the New EUropean Union edited by H. Berger and T. Moutos, MIT Press forthcoming 2005.
• How to Choose the European Executive: A Counterfactual Analysis, 1979-1999, with S. Hix and A. Noury, in in Blankart, C. and D.C. Mueller A Constitution for the European Union, MIT Press 2004.
• Enlargement and the European Parliament, with A. Noury, in N. Campos and J. Fidrmuc (eds.), Political Economy of Transition: Institutions, Politics and Policies, Kluwer, 2003.
• More Power to the European Parliament?, with Abdul Noury, Economic Policy, 2002.

• Solving the Greek crisis with Syriza (slides for February 6 2015 presentation)
• What is really at stake in Crimea? (With Yury Gorodnichenko, March 2014)
• Ukraine: What Emergency Measures and what Long Term Changes Needed? (With Yury Gorodnichenko, February 2014)
• Is China Preparing to Withdraw Support to North Korea? (March 2013).
• The North Korean Military Threats are not Feared (Vox column) (April 2009).
• Currency wars:China Should Impose Green Taxes on its Exports (October 2010).

Courses

• Economics 215A, Political Economy Fall 2017
• Economics 260A, Comparative Economics Fall 2017
• Economics 162, The Chinese Economy Fall 2017
• Economics 172, Development Economics Fall 2015