Completed Research Papers

Refereed Publications

Dual Economies and International Total Factor Productivity Differences: Channelling the Impact from Institutions, Trade, and Geography (with Carl Johan Dalgaard) Economica, forthcoming.

Convergence and Divergence in the Biological Standard of Living in the United States, 1820-1900, (with Lee Craig and Julianne Tremme), Cliometrica, Volume 2, Number 1 / April, 2008, Pages 19-48.

The Rise in Returns to Education and the Decline in Household Savings, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Volume 32, Issue 2, February 2008, Pages 436-469

Early Starts, Reversals and Catchup in the Process of Economic Development (with Louis Putterman), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Volume 109, Issue 2, June 2007, Pages: 387-413
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Education, Redistribution and Growth in the Presence of Capital Flight (with Debajyoti Chakraborty and Chetan Ghate) BE Journals in Macroeconomics, Topics in Macroeconomics, Vol. 6 : Iss. 2, Article 14

''The Influence of Capital Controls on Long Run Growth.'' Journal of Development Economics, 77 (2005) 441– 466 Data File

''States and Markets: The Advantages of an Early Start.'' Journal of Economic Growth, 7, 4, December 2002: 347-370. Valerie Bockstette and Louis Putterman. State Antiquity Data.

''FDI and Economic Growth: The Role of Local Financial Markets.'' Journal of International Economics, 64, 2004: 89-112. Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Selin Sayek. Data File

Other Publications

  “The Quest For Development: What Role does History Play?” (With L. Putterman), World Economics, 5(2), April-June 2004, 1-31.

“State Effectiveness, Economic Growth, and the Age of States” (With L Putterman) forthcoming in conference volume on States and Development edited by Matthew Lange and Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Palgrave Macmillan