Department of Economics
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Government
Revenues and Economic Growth in Weakly Institutionalized States (2010). Economic Journal,
120(June), 631–650. |
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Market Imperfections,
Wealth Inequality, and the Distribution of Trade Gains (2010). Journal of International Economics,
81(1), 15-25 (with Reto Foellmi). |
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Creditor
Protection and the Dynamics of the Distribution in Oligarchic Societies
(2009). Journal of Economic Growth,14(4), 313-344. |
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Why
Progressive Redistribution Can Hurt the Poor (2008). Journal of Public Economics, 92(3-4), 738-747 (with Reto Foellmi). |
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Who
Gains from Non-Collusive Corruption? (2007). Journal of Development Economics, 82(1), 95-119 (with Reto Foellmi). |
Working
papers
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Income
Shocks and Social Unrest: Theory and Evidence (2011). Unpublished manuscript
(with Christian Almer and Jérémy Laurent-Lucchetti). |
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Targeting Autocrats: International Economic Sanctions
and Regime Change (2011). Unpublished manuscript. |
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Inequality
and Growth: The Neglected Time Dimension (2010). Unpublished manuscript
(with Daniel Halter and Josef Zweimüller). |
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Foreign
Aid, Political Instability, and Economic Growth (2006). Unpublished manuscript. |
Work
in progress
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Globalization
and Productivity in the Developing World (with Reto
Foellmi, |
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Learning
about Development Strategies (with Johannes Binswanger, |
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Inequality
and Growth: Relying on Quantile Shares (with Reto Foellmi, University of
St. Gallen, and Marc Zahner, University of Bern) |
Articles
and interviews in newspapers and magazines
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Euro-Gezänk mit hohem Risiko. Neue Luzerner Zeitung, 11.01.2011. |
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G20 weiss, was auf dem Spiel steht. Neue Luzerner Zeitung,
12.11.2010 (with |
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Arm trotz Finanzhilfe. UniPress – Forschung und Wissenschaft, 146/2010. |
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Es wird nur ein kleines Strohfeuer entfachen. Schaffhauser
Nachrichten, 12.02.2009. |
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Destabilisierende Entwicklungshilfe. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2006, No. 284. |
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Mehr Hilfe hilft
nicht. Die Weltwoche, 2005, No. 9 (with Reto
Foellmi). |