These articles, from current news publications to economicsrelated publications, help show students the relevance of economics in todays world. Research economist, department of economics, university of osloat prio. The project is part of the research activities at the esop center at the department of economics, university of oslo. Halvor mehlum, kalle moene, and ragnar torvik, crime induced poverty traps, journal of development economics 77, 2005, 325340. Features include extensive coverage of linear algebra, emphasizing its links with calculus and differential equations. Endogenous presidentialism, journal of the european economic association, 2016, 907942, with james a. Marketbased extortion by halvor mehlum, karl moene and ragnar torvik apsacp. The empirical determinants of corruption in developing. Cathrine thorleifsson holds a phd in anthropology from the london school of economics and political science 2012. Popular history of economic thought books goodreads. Macroeconomic and structural adjustment policies in zimbabwe international political economy series mumbengegwi, clever on. Costas azariadis the persistence of poverty in the americas. Fighting against the odds by halvor mehlum and karl moene economics of governance, 2006 7. A theoretical perspective bengt holmstrom 1996, industrial and corporate change, 5 2.
Comprehensive and completely uptodate, this edition is the ideal introduction for students studying economics for the first time. Slomans economics has proven to be an extremely popular text, with consistently positive feedback from students. Warlord politics and african states, boulder, colorado. Free memo version mehlum, halvor, gry ostenstad 2016 the political economy of migration policies in oilrich gulf countries oxford economic papers, 684, 10621083. This shows that countries with abundant resources have lower rates of economic growth. Poverty traps 2006, hardcover for sale online ebay.
Halvor mehlum, department of economics, university of oslo. However, if we look at countries with good institutions then there appears to be no tradeoff for the resource curse. Halvor mehlum, karl moene, and ragnar torvik, cursed by resources or institutions. The oxford handbook of the economics of peace and conflict. Nonlinear relationships are common in economic theory, and such relationships are also frequently tested empirically. A global approach to economic life is therefore needed and with it a dynamic analysis of the economic process. Buy university economics 3rd revised edition by alchian, armen a. No child left behind universal child care and childrens long. Poverty and crime in 19th century germany sciencedirect. Halvor mehlum, a closed form ramsey saddle path, contributions to macroeconomics 51, 2005. On this basis we assert that the variance of growth performance among resource rich countries is primarily due to how resource rents are distributed via the institutional arrangement. Trust and cooperation in the shadow of conflict, in skaperdas, stergios, ed.
Alberto alesina is a leader in the field of political economics and has published extensively in all major academic journals in economics. Do the dynamics of financial development spur economic growth in nigerias contemporal growth struggle. Norwegian university of science and technology ntnu department of economics. Supply chains and the protection of foreign investment. Sokoloff parasites halvor mehlum, karl moene, ragnar torvik the kin system as a poverty trap. Course evaluation econ 1910 spring 2019 halvor mehlum syllabus. Social conflict and economic relations in lukes gospel moxnes, halvor on. Jan 11, 2017 several authors have explored the phenomenon of rentseeking. Mineral rents and social development in norway springerlink. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin gravida dolor sit amet lacus accumsan et viverra justo commodo. Social conflict and economic relations in lukes gospel.
Halvor mehlum, the collins case again, the mathematical scientist 282, 2003, 121124. We estimate the impact of poverty on crime in 19th century bavaria, germany. Rainfall is used as an instrumental variable for grain rye prices to address econometric identification problems in the existing literature. Institutions and the resource curse by halvor mehlum, karl moene and ragnar torvik the economic journal, 116 january, 120, royal economic society 2006. This text for undergraduates provides a thorough and selfcontained treatment of all the mathematics commonly taught in honours degree economics. Mehlum, halvor, ragnar torvik and simone valente 2016 the savings multiplier journal of monetary economics. She used the dynamics at play along the border to develop wider c. Table of contents for journal of peace research, 47, 2, mar 01, 2010. Social scientists and policy makers have long been interested in the causes and consequences of peace and conflict. This paper examines whether there is a threshold above which financial depth no longer has a positive effect on economic growth. Internet exercises new internet resources are added every two weeks by a team of economics professors to provide both the student and the instructor with the most current, uptodate resources. Halvor mehlum, kalle moene, mari rege, terje skjerpen, kjetil storesletten, kjetil telle, mark votruba, and a number of seminar and conference participants for useful comments and suggestions. Boschini, jan pettersson and jesper roine 2007, resource curse or not.
Journal of peace research volume 47, number 2, mar 01, 2010. The two books are wide in scope and provide excellent background and detail to the many topics in development. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise cambridge core to connect with your account. The market for extortions wider discussion paper halvor mehlum on. Cathrines doctoral research was based on twoyears fieldwork in the israeli border town of kiryat shemona 20072009 amongst mizrahim jews decending from arab and muslim lands. Understanding economics by heather, ken and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. First, accumulation raises wages and leads to redistribution from the consuming old to the saving young. Poverty and crime in 19 th century germany, journal of urban economics, 2006, 370388 with halvor mehlum, university of oslo, and edward miguel, university of california, berkeley. Jo lind and halvor mehlum statistical software components from boston college department of economics abstract. Institutions and the resource curse, the economic journal, 2006, 120 with halvor mehlum and karl ove moene, university of oslo. Macroeconomic and structural adjustment policies in. Growth with agedependent preferences, working papers no 142018, centre for applied macro and petroleum economics camp, bi norwegian business school. Our results are consistent with the vanishing effect of financial depth and that.
He is also affiliated with the international peace research institute, oslo. Andrew harvey faculty of economics the dynamic locationscale model. Macroeconomic and structural adjustment policies in zimbabwe. Our results are consistent with the vanishing effect of. Institutions and the resource curse mehlum 2006 the. The effect of small intervention costs on the optimal. Parasites by halvor mehlum, karl moene, and ragnar torvik 79. Macroeconomic and structural adjustment policies in zimbabwe international political economy series. A riskneutral agent optimizes extraction of dividends or renewable natural resources modelled by a jumpdiffusion stock process, where the optimal strategy is characterized as the minimal intervention required to keep the stock process inside a given region. Local economic impacts of coal mining in the united states 1870 to 1970. Marketbased extortion halvor mehlum, karl moene, and ragnar. Reform or decline, published by mit press, and fighting poverty in the us and europe.
Part of the social policy in a development context book series spdc. The savings multiplier, journal of monetary economics, 2016, 90105 with halvor mehlum, university of oslo and simone valente, university of east anglia. Halvor mehlum, karl moene and ragnar torvik 2006, institutions and the resource curse, economic journal, 116 508, january, 120 12. Journal of international trade and economic development. Since 2001, hundreds of academic studies have examined the resource curse, meaning the claim that natural resource wealth tends to perversely affect a countrys governance. An introduction to modern economic thought by todd g. A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report. The persistence of poverty in the americas the role of institutions by stanley l. Todays economic reality is that of a single global economy that has long ceased to comprise separate national areas.
Shaped relationship jo lind and halvor mehlum oxford bulletin of economics and statistics, 2010, vol. His two most recent books are the future of europe. Several authors have explored the phenomenon of rentseeking. Bengt holmstrom and jean tirole 1997, quarterly journal of economics, 112 3. Newsletter of the organized section in comparative politics of the american political science association. Institutions and resource curse halvor mehlum, karl moene, ragnar torvik, economic journal 23 january 2006 online. Second, higher wages raise the price of oldage care and, in anticipation of this, the young save more. Halvor mehlum is profesor of economics at the university of oslo and deputy director of esop centre for the study of equality, social organization andd performance. A question of appropriability, scandinavian journal of economics, 109 3, september, 593617. The political economy of migration policies in oilrich gulf countries.
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