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Published journal articles, book chapters and books.

Oxford Review of Economic Policy: Special Issue

A special issue of the Political Economy of Economic Development commissioned by the Oxford Review of Economic Policy. Published in 2009 by Oxford University Press. Includes eight articles

The Origins of Voluntary Compliance: Attitudes toward Taxation in Urban Nigeria

Cristina Bodea and Adrienne Lebas

British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press Sep 2014

An Inquiry into the Use of Illegal Electoral Practices and Effects of Political Violence and Vote-Buying

Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 58 (8), pp. 1500-27, 2014

Offering rainfall insurance to informal insurance groups: Evidence from a field experiment in Ethiopia

Stefan Dercon, Ruth Vargas Hill, Daniel Clarke, Ingo Outes-Leon and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse

Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 106, pp. 132-43, 2014

Can Free Provision Reduce Demand for Public Services? Evidence from Kenyan Education

Tessa Bold, Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu and Justin Sandefur

World Bank Economic Review, first published online January 12, 2014

Is Vote-Buying Effective? Evidence from a Field Experiment in West Africa

Pedro C. Vicente

Economic Journal, Vol. 124, Issue 574, pages F356–F387, Wiley 2014

Violence and Urban Order in Nairobi, Kenya, and Lagos, Nigeria

Adrienne LeBas

Studies in Comparative and International Development  48:3, July 2013

To What Extent Did Ethnicity and Economic Issues Matter in the 2007 Kenyan Elections

Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero

Development Policy Review, 31:3, 2013

Ethnopopulism in Africa: opposition mobilization in diverse and unequal societies

Nic Cheeseman and Miles Larmer

Democratization, Vol. 22 (1), pp. 22-50, 2013

Political violence and social networks: Experimental evidence from a Nigerian election

Marcel Fafchamps and Pedro C. Vicente

Journal of Development Economics, Volume 101, March 2013, pp27-48

Violence, bribery, and fraud: the political economy of elections in Sub-Saharan Africa

Paul Collier and Pedro C. Vicente

Public Choice, Volume 153, Issue 1-2, pp 117-147, October 2012

Commodity Prices and Growth: An Empirical Investigation

Paul Collier and Benedikt Goderis

European Economic Review, 56(6), 2012

Decentralization, Accountability and the 2007 MPs Elections in Kenya

Gutiérrez-Romero, R.

Journal of Development Studies, Volume 49, Issue 1, pages 72-94, January 2013

Triggers and Characteristics of the 2007 Kenyan Electoral Violence

Dercon, S. and Gutiérrez-Romero, R.

World Development, 40:4, April 2012

Pillars of Prosperity: The Political Economics of Development Clusters

Timothy Besley and Torsten Persson

The Yrjo Jahnsson Lectures series. Princeton University Press. August, 2011

The Logic of Political Violence

Timothy Besley and Torsten Persson

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 126 (3) August 2011, pp 1411-1445

The Cost of State Failure and the Limits to Sovereignty

Lisa Chauvet, Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler

in Naudé, W.A., Santos-Paulino, A. and McGillivray, M. (eds), Fragile States: Causes, Costs, and Responses, Oxford University Press, 2011

Implementing Health Insurance: The Rollout of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana in Karnataka

Erlend Berg, Maitreesh Ghatak, R Manjula, D Rajasekhar and Sanchari Roy

 Economic and Political Weekly, XLVI(20) 2011

Natural Resource Booms and Inequality: Theory and Evidence

Benedikt Goderis and Samuel Malone

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 113(2), May 2011

Need, Merit or Self-Interest – What Determines the Allocation of Aid?

Anke Hoeffler and Verity Outram

Review of Development Economics Volume 15, Issue 2, pages 237–250, May 2011

Power-sharing in comparative perspective: the dynamics of 'unity government' in Kenya and Zimbabwe

Nic Cheeseman and Blessing-Miles Tendi

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 48 (02), pp. 203-29, 2010

Liberalization meets investment climate

Robin Burgess

in Timothy Besley and Rajshri Jayaraman (eds), Institutional Microeconomics of Development, CESifo Seminar Series, MIT Press 2010

Paradise Lost: The Cost of State Failure in the Pacific

Lisa Chauvet, Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler

Special Issue of the Journal of Development Studies 46(5) May 2010 (Amelia Santos-Paulino, Mark McGillivray and Wim Naudé, eds.)

Can openness mitigate the effects of weather shocks? Evidence from India's Famine Era

Robin Burgess and Dave Donaldson

American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings 100 (May 2010): 449–453

Property rights in a very poor country: tenure insecurity and investment in Ethiopia

Ali, D. A., Dercon, S. and Gautam, M. 

Agricultural Economics Volume 42, Issue 1, pages 75–86, January 2011

Wars, Guns and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places

Paul Collier

Vintage, London 2009/2011

Intentions to participate in adolescent training programs: Evidence from Uganda

Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Markus Goldstein, Selim Gulesci, Imran Rasul and Munshi Sulaiman

Journal of the European Economic Association, vol. 8, Issue 2-3, pages 548-560, April/May, 2010

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes: civilian control over the military

Timothy Besley and James A Robinson

Journal of the European Economic Association, vol 8 (2-3): pp 655-663, April-May 2010

State Capacity, Conflict, and Development

Timothy Besley & Torsten Persson

Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 78(1), pages 1-34, 01. Jan 2010

The Origins of State Capacity: Property Rights, Taxation and Politics

Tim Besley and Torsten Persson

American Economic Review, 99(4): 1218–44. Sep 2009

Trade and economic performance: does Africa's fragmentation matter?

Paul Collier and Tony Venables

in Lin and Pleskovic (eds) Annual World Bank conference on Development Economics 2009, Global: People, Politics, and Gloablization

Elections and Economic Policy in Developing Countries

Lisa Chauvet and Paul Collier

Economic Policy, 24 (59):509-50, July 2009

Primary school enrolment and achievement under FPE

Tessa Bold, Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu and Justin Sandefur

EMIS Booklet 2003-2007, Nairobi: Kenyan Ministry of Education, 2009

Repression or Civil War?

Timothy Besley and Torsten Persson

American Economic Review, 99(2): 292–97. May 2009

Rural Poverty: Old Challenges in new Contexts

Stefan Dercon

The World Bank Research Observer 2009 24(1):1-28

Elections and Institutions in Kenya

R. Gutiérrez Romero, M. Kimenyi, P. Collier

in C. Adam and P. Collier (eds.) Kenya Policies for Prosperity, Oxford University Press, Nov 2010

Determinants of Educational Achievement in Kenya since the Introduction of FPE

Tessa Bold, Justin Sandefur, Germano Mwabu and Mwangi Kimenyi

in Kenya: Policies for Prosperity, eds. Adam, Collier and Ndung'u, OUP 2010

Land Rights Revisited

Stefan Dercon and Pramila Krishnan

in Tim Besley and Raji Jayaraman (eds.), The Microeconomics of Institutions, MIT Press

Monetary Policy and Oil Price Surges in Nigeria

Benedikt Goderis and Christopher Adam

In Paul Collier, Catherine Pattillo and Charles Soludo (eds.), Economic Policy Options for a Prosperous Nigeria, Palgrave Macmillan, April 2008

Rethinking trade preferences: How Africa can diversify its exports

Paul Collier and Tony Venables

in David Greenaway (ed.) The World Economy, Global Trade Policy 2007, Wiley-Blackwell, Feb 2008

What are the preconditions for turnarounds in failing states?

L. Chauvet and P. Collier

Conflict Management and Peace Science 25(4):332 - 348, 2008

The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India

Philippe Aghion, Robin Burgess, Stephen Redding, and Fabrizio Zilibotti

American Economic Review, 98(4): 1397–1412

The Bottom Billion: why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it

Paul Collier

Oxford University Press, Oxford 2009

 

Does Aid Mitigate External Shocks

Paul Collier and Benedikt Goderis

Review of Development Economics, Volume 13 Issue 3, pp.429-451, March 2009

Testing the Neocon Agenda: Democracy in Resource-Rich Societies

Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler

European Economic Review.Volume 53 (3), 293-308, 2009
 

Voting in Kenya:Putting Ethnicity in Perspective

Michael Bratton and Mwangi Kimenyi

Journals of Eastern African Studies, 2 (2): 272-82, 2008

Prospects for Commodity Exporters: Hunky Dory or Humpty Dumpty?

Paul Collier and Benedikt Goderis

World Economics, 8(2), 2007