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Jeffrey B. Nugent
Work Address
Department of Economics
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0253
Telephone: (213) 740-2197
Fax: (213) 740-8543
Home Address
2401 Washington Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Telephone: (310) 828-1649

Email:
nugent@rcf.usc.edu

Personal Information

Birth Date: March 8, 1936.
Marital Status: Married to Patricia Cameron Nugent.
Children: Two (Daphne Dorian Nugent, Nikaela Nugent Lyon).

Education

Amherst College, Massachusetts
B.A. (Honors), American Studies, 1957.

New School for Social Research, New York
M.A., Economics, 1961.
Ph.D., Economics, 1965.

Maxwell Graduate School, Syracuse University, New York
Diploma, Center for Overseas Operations, 1961.

Professional Experience

University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Professor of Economics, 1976-Present; Chairman, Fall 1986 & 1989-1991.
Associate Professor of Economics, 1969-1976; Chairman, 1969-1970.
Assistant Professor of Economics, 1964-1969.

Pacific Economic Outlook, U.S. Representative to the Structural Issues Committee, 1994-Present.

CERGE-EI, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Visiting Scholar, May-June 1998.

Fulbright Scholar Selection Committee for Mediterranean Countries, San Francisco, Member, 1997-Present.

Kuwait University, Visiting Scholar, Department Evaluator, December 1996.

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Castanet, Toulouse, IDEI, Universite de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, Visiting Research Scholar, Fall 1995.

University of Southern California & Rural Economy Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, Linkage Coordinator, 1990-Present.

Korea Development Institute, Seoul, Korea, Visiting Research Fellow, 1989.

Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Visiting Research Fellow, 1992.

World Bank, Washington, D.C.
"Informal Systems of Old Age Support," Consultant, 1993.
"The Conditions for Success of Small and Medium Manufacturing Firms in Exports for Korea," 1991-1993, 1998.
"The Role of the State in Development," for Vietnam's State Planning Committee, Hanoi, Vietnam, Spring 1990.

University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Visiting Research Scholar, 1988-89 (on grant from the Ministry of Science and Education, Government of Spain).

Employment and Development Programme, International Labor Office, Geneva, Old Age Security and Fertility, 1989-1992.

Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Visiting Research Scholar, "Concentration of Industry in Greater Cairo," 1988.

Graduate School of the People's Bank of China, Beijing, China, Visiting Professor, 1988.

Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, Visiting Research Scholar, November 1986-January 1987.

Regional and Country Studies, Industry Studies, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna, Austria, Consultant, Summer 1971, 1983-1984 & 1988.

Development Economics Research Center, University of Warwick, Coventry, England, Visiting Fellow, Summer 1986.

Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Consultant, Summer 1988.

U.S. Information Agency, Principal Investigator, Linkage Grant Agreement, USC-University of Tunis, 1982-1986.

Institute of World Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, Visitor, 1982.

Population Research Laboratory, Department of Sociology, University of Southern California, Faculty Research Associate, 1982-Present.

International Communications Agency, Saudia Arabia, Lecturer, 1981.

U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
Principal Investigator (with Robin Walther), "Old Age Pensions and Human Fertility in Rural Areas of Developing Countries," 1980-1984.
Consultant, "Foreign Assistance Planning Models," February 1978.

Agency for International Development, AID/SOD/IIA-C-0003, Principal Investigator, "Prototype Macroeconomic Model for Resource Allocation Analysis," 1978-1980.

World Energy Model, OPEC, Investigator, 1978-1980.

Omicron Delta Epsilon, International Honor Society in Economics, Regional Director, Far West Region, 1978-1980.

Economic Commission for Western Asia, Development Planning Division, United Nations, Consultant, Economic Cooperation and Integration, Summers of 1980 and 1983.

USC and Pan American Health Organization, Co-Principal Investigator & Seminar Leader, "Dynamics of a Developing Project: The Case of the Aleman Dam on Mexico's Rio Papaloapan," 1977-1978.

United Nations Development Programme, Consultant, Economics of Agriculture Marketing, Cairo, Egypt, October-November 1977.

USC-Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Tultec, Mexico, Lecturer, Project Evaluator, June 1976.

Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., Consultant, 1976.

Asian Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C., Consultant, Summer 1975.

United Nations, Economic and Social Office in Beirut, Lebanon, Economic Affairs Officer, "Investment Criteria and Regional Coordination of Industrial Development," 1971-1973.

Regional Office for Central America and Panama, Agency for International Development. Guatemala City, Guatemala
Consultant, 1969-1970.
Economist, Summer 1967.

Economic Growth Center, Yale University, Research Associate, September 1968-August 1969.

Department of Economics, University of California at Los Angeles, Lecturer, 1968.

Junta Nacional de Planificacion, Quito, Ecuador, Technical Assistance Consultant (under AID contract), Summer 1969.

McCone Commission, Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots, Consultant (services offered free of charge), Fall 1965.

Agency for International Development, Buenos Aires and Washington, Consutlant, Summer 1965.

Center for Economic Research, Athens, Greece, Research Associate and Lecturer on Linear Programming, 1962-1964.

Agency for International Development, Agricultural Division, Lagos, Nigeria, Internship Program with Syracuse University (Director of two Economic Research Projects), 1961.

Foundation Library Center, New York, Research Assistant for a book on Philanthrophic Foundations in the U.S., September 1957-July 1958.

Academic and Professional Honors

Faculty Fellowship, "Sustainable Development in the Los Angeles Basin," John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation, 1999.

Research Grant, Comparing Methods for Evaluating the Effects of Community Health Programs in Indonesia, USC Asian Initiative.

Research Grant (with Victor Gomez), "Desired and Actual Fertility and Various Dimensions of Labor Force Participation in Rural Costa Rica: The Effects of Social Security Participation," Mellon Foundation - RAND Corporation: Small Grant for Research on Central America 1996.

Research Grant, Research on the Use of Export Support Systems by California-Based Small and Medium Sized Exporters, CIBEAR, University of Southern California.

Teaching and Service Award, Omicron Delta Epsilon, 1995.

Grant for continuing institutional research on the Tunisian and the Sudanese Economy, IRIS Foundation, University of Maryland, 1991-1993.

Research Grant, Work in the Spanish Royal Archives, Madrid, Spain, Del Amo Foundation, 1988-89.

Research Grant, "New Institutional Economics and Economic Development," Science in Developing Countries Program, National Science Foundation, 1987-1989.

Indo-American Research Fellowship, Research on the Effect of Old-Age Security on Tea Estate Workers in Rural India, November 1986-January 1987.

Raubenheimer Award for Scholarship, Teaching and Service, University of Southern California, Spring 1986.

Research Grant (with Gerald Nickelsburg), "Gold and Silver Standards: An Economic Evaluation of the Late Nineteenth Century Experience," USC Research and Innovation Fund 1985-1986.

Research Grant (with Samar K. Datta) "Agrarian Institutions in Developing Countries: A Comparative Static Analysis" USC Research and Innovation Fund 1983-1984.

Contract, Agency for International Development, 1979-1983.

Linkage Grant, United States Information Agency, 1982-1986.

Research Grant, Agency for International Development, 1978-1979.

Research Contract Grant, Center for Human Health and Ecology, Pan American Health Organization, Mexico City, Mexico, 1977-1978.

Research Contract Grant, Regional Office for Central America and Panama, Agency for International Development, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1968-1971.

Research Grant, Harvard Development Advisory Service, Harvard University, June 1967.

Valedictory Award, New School of Social Research, New York, June 1965.

Graduate Faculty Award for the Outstanding PhD Dissertation, New School for Social Research, June 1965.

Research and Publication Awards, University of Southern California, 1964-1968.

Travel, Research, and Completion of the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Social Science Research Council, New York, 1963-1964.

Travel Grant and Research Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1962-1964.

Award for the Best M.A. Thesis submitted in 1961, New School for Social Research, 1961.

Fellowship, National Defense Education Act, New School for Social Research, 1960-1962.

Travel Grant and Training Fellowship, Maxwell Graduate School, Syracuse University, Summer 1961.

Scholarship, Amherst College, Honors Program.

Scholarship, Lakeland Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, 1953-1957.

Courses Taught

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Books and Monographs

Fulfilling the Export Potential of Small and Medium Firms
with Brian Levy and Albert Berry
Boston, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publisher, 1999.

Theory of Development and Transitions to Market Economies (in Vietnamese)
Hanoi: Central Plan Committee, 1991.

Nueva Economia Institucional
Special Issue V 19, No 56, September-December 1991, Cuadernos de Economia
with Samar Datta and Others
Barcelona: University of Barcelona.

New Institutional Economics and Development: Theory and Applications to Tunisia
with Mustapha K. Nabli and Others
Amsterdam: North-Holland, Contributions to Economic Analysis Series, 1989.

Bahrain and the Gulf: Past Perspectives and Alternative Futures
with Theodore Thomas, ed.
London: Croom Helm, New York: MacMillan, 1985.

Economics of Development: Empirical Investigations
with P.A. Yotopoulos
New York: Harper and Row, 1976.
Spanish edition, 1981. Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Economica.
Japanese edition (translation by Yasuhiko Torii) Tokyo: University Press and Japan University, 1984.

Economic Integration in Central America: Empirical Investigations
Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1974.

Programming the Optimal Development of the Greek Economy 1954-1961
Two Volumes
Athens: Center of Planning and Economic Research, 1966.
Greek translation published in 1970.

Articles

Aid, Non-Traded Goods and the Transfer Paradox in Small Countries
with Makoto Yano
American Economic Review, Vol 89, No 3 (June 1999), pp. 431-449.
Abstract | Full Article

Factor Endowments, Trade Liberalization and the Future of APEC Trade Patterns
with Kity Chan
Contemporary Economic Policy, forthcoming.

A Censored Switching Regression Approach to Evaluating the Effects of Sunk Costs and Firm Level Disequilibrium on Export Performance
with Seung-Jae Yhee and Cheng Hsiao
Nonlinear Statistical Inference, C. Hsiao, M. Morimune and James Powell eds.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.

Unraveling the Paradox in Egypt’s Trend of Inequality and Poverty
with Ayman Kandeel
Earnings Inequality, Unemployment and Poverty in the Middle-East and North Africa, Ghassan Diba and Wassim Shahin, eds.
Greenwood Press, forthcoming.

Development Performance and the Institutions of Governance: Evidence from East Asia and Latin America
World Development, 27, March 1999, pp. 439-452.

Domestic Savings in the United States: Trends and Prospects
with Caroline Betts
Pacific Economic Outlook: Structure Project: Domestic Savings in the Pacific Region: Trends and Prospects, A. Kohsaka
Japan Committee for the PECC, Osaka, pp. 377-429.

The Local Variability of Rainfall and Tribal Institutions: The Case of Sudan
with Nicolas Sanchez
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, forthcoming.

Socio-Political Instability, Policy Distortions and Growth in MENA Countries
with Nauro Campos and James Robinson
Institutions and Development in the Middle East and North Africa, I. Limam, ed., forthcoming.

Institutions, Markets and Development Outcomes
Evaluation and Development: The Institutional Dimension, Robert Picciotto and Eduardo Wiesner, eds.,
New Brunswick: Transaction Books, 1998, pp. 7-23.

Analysis of Food Demand in Peru: Implications for Food-Feed Competition
with Sumon Bhaumik
Review of Development Economics, forthcoming.

Host Country Reforms and FDI Flows: How Much Difference Do They Make?
with Victor Gastanaga and Bistra Pashamova
World Development, 26, (7) July 1998, pp. 1299-1314.

Exchange Rate Fluctuations and Macroeconomic Management in the United States
with Caroline Betts
Exchange Rate Fluctuations and Macroeconomic Management in PECC Countries, A. Kohsaka, ed.
Osaka: PECC, 1997, pp. 447-485.

Competition, Incentives and Productivity in Chinese Township and Village Enterprises
with Isabelle M. Perrigne and Jicheng Qiu
Pacific Economic Review, forthcoming

APEC's Impact on Patterns of Trade and Investment Flows in the Region
Joint-US-Korea Academic Studies, 8, (1998), pp. 145-182.

Economic Development and Income Distribution
Proceedings of the EDAP Conference
Seoul: Korea Development Institute, International Development Exchange Program for the United Nations Development Programme.

Common Property Rights as an Endogenous Response to Risk
with Nicolas Sanchez
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 80 (August 1998), pp. 651-657.

Wealth Accumulation, Fertility and Transfers to Elderly Heads in Peru
with Sumon Bhaumik
Sharing the Wealth: Demographic Change and Economic Transfers between Generations, edited by Andrew Mason and Liege
Honolulu: IUSSP-East-West Center, forthcoming.

Institutions and Growth in Latin America: Can Human Capital Be the Link?
with Nauro Campos
CEPAL Review, 64, April 1998, pp. 7-27 (also in Spanish).

Institutions and Capabilities: Revisiting the Miracle That Is versus the Miracle That Was Controversy
with Nauro Campos
Rethinking Development in East Asia and Latin America, James Maguire, ed.
Pacific Council on International Policy, 1998, pp. 86-95.

Shares vs. Residual Claimant Contracts: The Case of Chinese TVEs
with Cheng Hsiao, Isabelle Perrigne and Jicheng Qiu
Journal of Comparative Economics, 26, 1998, pp. 317-337.

Determinants of Fiscal Adjustments to Falling Oil Prices: Evidence from the Middle East
with Constantine Glezakos
The Journal of Energy and Development, 22, (1) Autumn 1996, pp. 17-44.

Barter Trade in Egypt: Trade Creation or Rent-Seeking?
with Abla Abdel-Latif
Research in Middle East Economics, V 1, JAI Press, 1996, pp. 109-126.

What Explains the Trend Reversal in the Size Distribution of Korean Manufacturing Establishments?
Journal of Development Economics, 48, 1996, pp. 225-251.

Relative Price Variability, Inflation Rate Uncertainty and Postwar Investment in the United States
with Constantine Glezakos
Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics, forthcoming.

Transaction Costs and Export Channel Evaluations by Korean SMEs
with Linsu Kim and Seung-Jae Yhee
Contemporary Economic Policy, 15, January 1997, pp. 104-120.

Capital Flows to and from the United States: Past Trends and Future Prospects
Capital Flows in the Pacific Region: Past Trends and Future Prospects
Osaka: Japan Committee for Pacific Economic Outlook. 1996, pp. 489-544.

Export Promotion Policies: Transaction Costs and Export Channel Choices in Egypt
with Abla Abdel-Latif
Contemporary Economic Policy, 14 (April, 1996), pp. 1-14.

Old Age Security: Families vs. Governments or Families and Governments?
with M. Chowdhury
Social Change, Special Issue on The Family: Past, Present and Future, 26, No 2, pp. 87-97.

Korean SMEs and Their Support Mechanisms
with Linsu Kim
World Bank Working Paper, 1994.

The Role of Local Organizations: An Institutional Analysis
State, Market and Civil Organizations, A. de Janvry and E. Sadoulet, eds.
New York: Macmillan Press, 1995, pp. 202-219.

Informal Arrangements
with M. Chowdhury
Chapter 2 in World Bank, Averting the Old Age Crisis
Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 49-71. 1994.

Countertrade, Licencing and Direct Foreign Investment - Comparative Effects on LDCs and MNEs
with Abla AbdelLatif
Asian Journal of Economics and Social Studies, (April 1993), pp. 81-96.

Countertrade as Trade Creation and Trade Diversion: Theory and Case Study Illustration
with Abla AbdelLatif
Contemporary Economic Policy, 12 (January 1994), pp. 1-11.

On the Determination of Net Factor Income in Selected Countries of the Middle East: A Preliminary Assessment
with Constantine Glezakos
Middle East Business and Economics Review, Vol 5 (July, 1994).

Institutions and Economic Development
with Justin Yifu Lin
Handbook of Development Economics, J. Behrman and T.N. Srinivasan, eds., Vol 3 (Chapter 38)
Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1995, pp. 2302-2369.

Economic Development
with Timur Kuran
Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, John L. Esposito, ed.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1995, pp. 393-397.

After NAFTA: Environmental Implications for Mexico
Praxis: The Fletcher Journal of Development Studies, Environment and Development Vol. XI 1995, pp. 3-18.

Macroeconomic Perspective and Policy Recommendations
with Fadle M. Naqib
UNCTAD Macro Perspectives on the Sustained Development of the Palestinian Economy of the West Bank and Gaza.

Share Contracts and their Rationale: Lessons from Marine Fishing
with Jean-Philippe Platteau
Journal of Development Studies, 28 (April 1992), pp. 386-422.

Tribes, Chiefs and Transhumance: A Comparative Institutional Analysis
with Nicolas Sanchez
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 42 (1) Oct. 1993.

When Common Property Rights can be Optimal: The Case of Cattle Grazing in the Semi-Arid Portions of the American West in the Nineteenth Century
with Nicholas Sanchez
Property Rights of the American West, Terry L. Anderson and P.J. Hill
Lanhem, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1994.

Development of Financial Markets and the Size Distribution of Manufacturing Establishments: International Comparisons
with M.K. Nabli
World Development, 20 (October 1992), pp. 1489-1500.

Between State, Markets and Households: A Neoinstitutional Analysis of Local Organizations and Institutions
World Development, 21 (April 1993), pp. 623-632.

From Import Substitution to Export Led Development: Some Institutional and Political Economy Conditions for Success
Economic Transition in the Middle East: Global Challenges and Adjustment Strategies, Heba Handoussa, ed.
Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 1997, pp. 89-105.

Inflation Uncertainty, Relative Price Variability and Short Run Changes in Income: A Case Study of Argentina
with Constantine Glezakos
Asian Journal of Economics and Social Studies, forthcoming.

The Demise of Economic Development in Latin America and its Implications for Other Developing Countries
Journal of Economic Development, 16 (1), (June 1991), pp. 7-35.

On the Allocative Efficiency of Counter Trade
with Abla Abel Latif
Foreign Direct Investments, R. Tandon, ed., forthcoming.

The Measure of Inflation Rate Unpredictability and its Relation to the Rate of Inflation
with C. Glezakos
Journal of International Development, forthcoming.

The North's Demand for Southern Exports and Immiserization of the South
with A. Mahbob
North-South Trade in Manufactures, H. Singer, N.Hatti and R. Tandon, eds.
New Delhi: India, pp. 461-473, 1991.

Variations in the Size Distribution of Korean Manufacturing Establishment across Sectors and over Time
Seoul: KDI Working Paper No. 8932.

The New Institutional Economics and its Applicability to Development
with M.K. Nabli
World Development, 17, No. 9 (Sept.1989), pp. 1333-1347.

Inflation and its Short-run Effects on Income Growth in The East Asian Countries
with C. Glezakos
Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, 26 (December 1989), pp. 27-33.

Contractual Choice in Tax Collection Activities: Some Implications of the Experience with Tax Farming
with M. Azabou
Journal of Theoretical and Institutional Economics, 144, 1988, pp. 684-705
Spanish translation in Nueva Economia Institutional
Barcelona: Cuadernos de Economia, V 19 (Sept - Dec 1991), pp. 467-494.

Economic Development Processes in Latin America and Their Implications for Korea
Latin American Development Experience and the Korean Economy
Seoul: Korea Economic Research Institute, 1990.

Old Age Security and the Defense of Social Norms
Journal of Cross-cultural Gerontology, 5 (3) 1990, pp. 133-144.

Instability in Rural-Urban Migration
with R.H. Day, S.K. Datta and S. Dasgupta
Economic Journal, 97, December 1987, pp. 940-949.

The Switch to Sharecropping in Medjez-el Bab
with Mohamed Salah Matoussi
President Chiang Kai-shek and Land Reform Taipei, Isaac M. Ofori, ed.
China Land Reform Association, pp. 293-308.
The New Institutional Economics and Development: Theory and Applications to Tunisia, Nabli and Nugent eds.
Amsterdam, North-Holland, 1989.

Public Enterprise Multinational Joint Ventures: Lessons of the Arab Experience
Joint Ventures among Developing Countries: The Arab Experience Ljubljana, Marjan Svetlicic, ed.
International Center for Public Enterprise, 1987, pp. 33-140.

Contractual Choice in Tunisian Fishing
with M. Azabou, and L. Bouzaiane
The New Institutional Economics and Development: Theory and Applications to Tunisia, Nabli and Nugent, eds.
Amsterdam: North-Holland 1989.

New Institutional Economics and Development: An Introduction
with M. K. Nabli
The New Institutional Economics and Development: Theory and Applications to Tunisia, Nabli and Nugent, eds.
Amsterdam: North-Holland 1989.

Collective Action, Institutions and Development
with M.K. Nabli
The New Institutional Economics and Development: Theory and Applications to Tunisia, Nabli and Nugent, eds.
Amsterdam: North-Holland 1989.
Spanish Translation in Nueva Economia Institutional
Barcelona: Cuadernos de Economic, 19 (September - December 1991), pp. 343-403.

Transaction Cost Economics and Contractual Choice: Theory and Evidence
with S.K. Datta
The New Institutional Economics and Development: Theory and Applications to Tunisia, Nabli and Nugent, eds.
Amsterdam: North-Holland 1989.

Collective Action in Tunisia's Producer Organizations: Some Variations on the Olsonian Theme
The New Institutional Economics and Development: Theory and Applications to Tunisia, Nabli and Nugent, eds.
Amsterdam: North-Holland 1989.

The New Institutional Economics and Development: Concluding Remarks with M.K. Nabli
The New Institutional Economics and Development: Theory and Applications to Tunisia, Nabli and Nugent, eds.
Amsterdam: North-Holland 1989.

The Size Distribution and Ownership Type in Tunisian Manufacturing Firms with M.K. Nabli and Lameen Doghri
The New Institutional Economics and Development: Theory and Applications to Tunisia, Nabli and Nugent, eds.
Amsterdam: North-Holland 1989.
Spanish Translation in Nueva Economia Institutional
Barcelona: Cuadernos de Economic, 19 (September - December 1991), pp. 495-530.

Vertical Extension of the Household: An Empirical Analysis of Rural India
with Robin J. Walther
Indian Journal of Economics, 68 Part III, No. 270, January 1988, pp. 421-446.

The Efficiency of the Spanish Mesta Reconsidered: A Parable
with Nicolas Sanchez
Explorations in Economic History, 26, (1989), pp. 261-284.
Spanish Translation La Eficiencia de la Mesta: una Parabola
Barcelona: Cuadernos de Economia, 18, No 52 (May - August 1990), pp. 217-244.

Institutions and Development: The Potential Role of the Theory of Collective Action
Anuari, 7 (1989), pp. 96-106.

New Institutional Economics and Development: Some Lessons for Institutional Design with Reference to Small Scale Industry
New Institutional Economics and Development: A Primrose Path?, Ruud Picavet, ed., forthcoming.

International Instability and the Survival Capabilities of Inter-Arab Public Enterprise Joint Ventures
Joint Ventures among Developing Countries: The Arab Experience, Marjan Svetlicic ed.
Ljubljana: International Center for Public Enterprises in Developing Countries, 1987, pp. 346-359.

L'avvocato buca le tasche a: cittadini
Politica ed Economia, 18 (3), December 1987, pp. 30-31.

Jeffrey B. Nugent: Ma Esiste un'economia dello sviluppo: Intervista
Politica ed Economia, 19 (1), January 1988, pp. 27-28.

The Relationships between the Rate of Inflation and its Unpredictability in High Inflation Latin American Countries
with Constantine Glezakos
World Development, 15, No 2 (February 1987), pp. 291-293.

Weather Changes and the Distribution of Rural Income: A Model for India
with Arie Kapteyn and Robin J. Walther
Indian Journal of Economics, 68 (July 1987), pp. 79-98.

Foreign Aid, Economic Development and Income Distribution: Some Inferences from a CGE Model for Egypt
Econometrics of Planning and Efficiency, J.K. Sengupta and G. Kadekodi, eds.
Dordrecht, Boston: Kluwer, 1988, pp. 63-90.

Some New Initiatives in South-South Cooperation for the Late Eighties
Development and South-South Cooperation, Vol 11, No. 2, pp. 67-75.

Adversary Activities and Per Capita Income Growth
with Samar K. Datta
World Development, 14, No 12 (December 1986), pp. 1457-1462
Spanish Translation in Nueva Economia Institutional
Barcelona: Cuadernos de Economia, 19 (September-December 1991), pp. 545-551.

Arab Multinationals: Problems, Potential and Policies
Third World Multinationals: New Actors in the International Economy, Khushi M. Khan, ed.
London: Frances Pinter, 1986, pp. 165-183.

A Confirmation of the Relation between Inflation and Relative Price Variability
with Constantine Glezakos
Journal of Political Economy, 94 (August, 1986), pp. 895-900.

Inflation and Relative Price Variability Once Again
with Constantine Glezakos
Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 8, No 4 (Summer 1986), pp. 607-613.

Choice of Agricultural Contracts in the Presence of Transactions Costs
with Samar K. Datta and Donald J. O'Hara
Land Economics, 62, No 2 (May 1986), pp. 145-158
Spanish Translation in Nueva Economia Institutional
Barcelona: Cuadernos de Economia, 19 (September - December 1991), pp. 421-446.

Inter-Arab Joint Ventures in Western Asia: An Analysis of their Actual and Potential Contributions to Development and Regional Cooperation
United Nations, Economic Commission for Western Asia, 1984.

Normal Growth Patterns and Their Implications for Bahrain's Future Economic Structure
Bahrain and the Gulf: Past Perspectives and Alternative Futures, J.B. Nugent and T.H. Thomas, eds.
London: Croom Helm, 1985, pp. 25-41.

The Over Time Relationship between Inflation and its Variability Once Again
with Constantine Glezakos
Kyklos, 27 (Fasc. 1), pp. 104-109.

Industrial Development and South-South Cooperation
Vienna, UNIDO Research Monograph, NIDO/IS, p 453.

Inflation and its Variability: The Latin American Case
with Constantine Glezakos
World Development, 12, No 7, pp. 755-758.

Upheavals in International Political Relations and the Survival Capabilities of Inter Arab Joint Ventures
Public Enterprise, V 4, No 3, pp. 11-22.

Introduction
with Theodore H. Thomas
Bahrain and the Gulf: Past Perspectives and Alternative Futures, Nugent and Thomas, eds.
London: Croom Helm, pp. 25-41.

Bahrain's Pearling Industry: How it Was, Why it Was that Way and its Implications
with Samar K. Datta
Bahrain and the Gulf: Past Perspectives and Alternative Futures, Nugent and Thomas, eds.
London: Croom Helm, pp. 25-41
Spanish Translation in Nueva Economia Institutional
Barcelona: Cuadernos de Economia, 19 (September - December 1991), pp. 449-466

The Old-Age Security Motive for Fertility
Population and Development Review, 11, No 1 (March 1985), pp. 75-97.

South-South Cooperation in Capital Goods Industries
Industry and Development, 14, March 1986.
Reprinted in Challenges of South-South Cooperation, H.W. Singer, N. Hatti, and R. Tandon, eds.
New Delhi: Ashish Publishing House.

Are Old-Age Security and the Utility of Children in Rural India Really Unimportant?
with Samar K. Datta
Population Studies, 38 (December 1984), pp. 507-509.

Problems in the Macroeconomics of Development Planning
with Constantine Glezakos
Development Policy and the Planning Process, S. Bhagwan Dehiya, ed.
Theoretical Foundations of Development Planning, Vol 1
New Delhi: Concept Publication, Ch 4, 1990.

More on the Causes of Instability in Export Earnings
with Constantine Glezakos
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 45 (November), pp. 379-384.

Determination of the Contractual Mix between Cash and Kind Wages for Developing Agrarian Economies
with Samar K. Datta, Asher Tishler and Jone-Lin Wang
Los Angeles, University of Southern California.

Seasonality, Differential Access and Interlinking of Labor and Credit
with Samar K. Datta and Asher Tishler and Jone-Lin Wang
Journal of Development Studies, 24, No 3 (1988), pp. 379-393.

Agricultural Development and Land Tenancy in a Peasant Economy: Comments on Bardhan's Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
with S.K. Datta
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 67 (August 1985), pp. 688-690.

Anatomia de los Cambios Ocurridos en la Distribucion del Ingreso y de la Pobreza entre la Poblacion Economicamente Activa de Mexico en el Periodo de 1950-1970
with F. Tarawneh
El Trimestre Economico, 49 (3), July - September 1982, pp. 731-769.

Multinational Joint Venture Companies of Developing Countries as Instruments of Economic Integration for Developing Countries
Development and Peace, 3 (1), Spring 1982, pp. 52-60
Spanish Translation in Nueva Economia Institutional
Barcelona: Cuadernos de Economic, 19 (September - December 1991), pp. 531-543
Reprinted in The Globalization of Business Firms from Emerging Economies, H. W-C Yeung, ed.,
London: Edward Elgar, 1999.

A Model of Marriage Services in Rural Areas of Developing Countries
with Robin J. Walther
Los Angeles: University of Southern California, Economics Working Paper Series.

A New Deal on the Old International Economic Order: A Program of Arab-African Cooperation in Industrial Development and Trade.
Symposium on Afro-Arab Cooperation
Jordan Center for Studies and Information, Amman, Jordan, September 1982.

Women, Widowhood and Fertility: A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Rural India
with Robin J. Walther
Los Angeles: University of Southern California, Economics Working Paper Series.

The EEC as a Model for Regional Integration among Developing Countries. Does it Fit?
Finance and Industry, November 1982, pp. 7-20.

From Surplus Land to Surplus Labor Via Regional Development
with Peter Van de Zilver
The Southeast Asian Economic Review, 1 (1) April 1980, pp. 35-52.

The Structure of the Household and its Future in Rural India
with Robin J. Walther
India in the Eighties: New Perspective, N.S. Bose, ed.
Calcutta: Firma KLM, 1982, pp. 125-147.

Short-run Changes in Rural Income Inequality: A Decomposition Analysis
with Robin J. Walther
Journal of Development Studies, 18 (2), January 1982, pp. 239-269.

A Feasible Path Toward Economic Cooperation in Western Asia
Part III in Economic Integration in Western Asia
London: Frances Pinter, 1985, pp. 164-325.

A User's Guide to Economy-wide Modelling of External Assistance Effects, Resource Allocation and Growth
with Charles S. Williams
Los Angeles: University of Southern California, Modelling Research Group Working Paper, #8009.

Multinational Joint Venture Companies of Developing Countries as Instruments of Economic Integration for Development (with special reference to the Arab Countries' Experience)
Challenges of South-South Cooperation Countries, B. Cizelj, B. Pavlic, M. Svetlicic and R.R. Uranga, eds.
Boulder: Westview Press, 1983, pp. 189-204.

Tenancy Choice in a Competitive Framework with Transaction Costs: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
with Samar K. Datta and Lee J. Alston
Journal of Political Economy, 92 (December 1984), pp. 1121-1133.

Foreign Aid in the Form of Commodity Transfers that Increase the Income Gap between Rich and Poor Countries: The Chichilnisky Theorems Revisited
with Massoud M. Saghafi
Journal of Development Economics, 13, pp. 213-216.

The Anatomy of Changes in Income Distribution and Poverty among Mexico's Economically Active Population between 1950 and 1970
with Fayez A. Tarawneh
Journal of Developing Areas, 17 (January 1983), pp. 197-226.

The Effects of Old-Age Pensions on Household Structure, Marriage, Fertility, and Resource Allocation in Rural Areas of Developing Countries
with Robin J. Walther
Los Angeles: University of Southern California, October 1983.

An Alternative Source of Measurement Error as an Explanation for the Inverted-U Hypothesis
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 31 (2), January 1983, pp. 385-396.

Old-Age Pensions and Fertility in Rural Areas of Less Developed Countries: Some Evidence from Mexico
with Thomas Gillaspy
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 31 (4), July 1983, pp. 809-829.

Research Review in "Publicly Supported Pension: Developing Countries"
Aging International, 7 (4), Winter 1980, pp. 10-11.

The Papaloapan Dam and Resettlement Project
with A.B. Brown, W.L. Partridge
Forced Migration and Resettlement, T. Oliver-Smith and A. Hansen, eds.
Boulder: Westview Press, 1981.

Introduccion a las Teorias de la `Estanflacion
with Ichiro Otani
Boletin, Centro de Estudios Monetarios Latin Americanos, 24 (4), July-August 1979, pp. 214-271.

Contemporary Issues in Development Economics
Contemporary Issues in World Economics, R.H. Day and N.H. Kamrany
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, pp. 262-271.

An Interdisciplinary Evaluation of the Human Ecology and Health Impact of the Aleman Dam
with W.L. Partridge, A.N. Brown and J.D. Rees
University of Southern California, Pan American Health Organization.

Morphology of Growth: Country Size, Structure and Linkages
with P.A. Yotopoulos
Journal of Development Economics, 10 (3), June 1982, pp. 279-296.

The Distribution of Income and Its Determinants: A Review Article
Latin American Research Review, 14 (1), Spring 1979, pp. 239-245.

Stagflation in the World Economy
with Ichiro Otani
International Economic Reform: Issues and Policies, N. Kamrany ed.
Washington, DC: University Press of America, 1977.

Momentum for Development and Development Disequilibria
Journal of Economic Development, 2 (1), July 1977, pp. 31-52.

A Model of Inflation and Expectations in Latin America
with Constantine Glezakos
Journal of Development Economics, 6, December 1979, pp. 431-446.

Gainers and Losers in a Developing Region: Distributional Dynamics in the Papaloapan River Basin
with Fayez Tarawneh and Malik Younas
Annals of the Pacific Coast Conference in Latin American Studies, Vol 8, 1980.

Modelos Macroeconometricos para Formular Politicas de Desarrollo y Planeacion
Demografia y Economia, 9 (3), 1975, pp. 375-383.

On the Nature of Phillips Curves in Developing Countries: The Latin American Case
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 30 (2), January 1982, pp. 321-334.

Stagflation Theory: A Critical Survey
with Ichiro Otani
International Monetary Fund, Department Memorandum, Fall 1977.

What has Orthodox Economics Learned from Recent Experience?
with P.A. Yotopoulos
World Development, June 1979, pp. 541-554.
Reprinted in The Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment, Charles K. Wilber, ed.
New York: Random House, 1983.
Also reprinted in People Centered Development, David Korten and Rudi Klauss, eds.
Kumerian Press, 1983.

The Selection of Industries for Regional Coordination Among Developing Countries
Journal of Common Market Studies, 14 (2), December 1975, pp. 198-212.

Policy-Oriented Macroeconomic Models for Development: Reflections on Latin American Experience
Annals of Economic and Social Measurement, 4 (4), November, pp. 509-529.

Bibliography of Econometric Models of Developing Countries
with Lawrence R. Klein, Lawrence J. Lau and Stefan Schleicher
Stanford University.

An Analysis of Stagflation with Special Reference to Countries of the Pacific Basin
with Ichiro Otani
IMF, Department Memorandum, Fall 1975.

In Defense of a Test of the Linkage Hypothesis
with Pan A. Yotopoulos
Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 1976, pp. 334-343.

Coordinacion Regional: Schema Para Seleccion de Industrias
El Trimestre Economico, 24 (4), Spring 1976.

Exchange Rate Policy and Economic Development in Late Nineteenth Century
Journal of Political Economics, 81 (5), September - October 1973.

The Balanced-Growth Version of the Linkage Hypothesis: A Test
with Pan A. Yotopoulos
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 87 (2), May 1973, pp. 157-171.
Reprinted in Input-Output Analysis, Heinz D. Kurz, Christian Lager and Erik Dietzenbacher, eds.
London: Edward Elgar, 1997.

Linear Programming Models for National Planning: Demonstration of a Testing Procedure
Econometrica, 38 (4), November 1970, pp. 831-854.

Economic Growth and Development
Perspectives in Economics, A.A. Brown, Egon Neuberger and Malcolm Palmatier, eds.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970.

The Welfare Tradeoffs of Mergers: The Required Economies
with Michael E. DePrano
American Economic Review, 59 (5), December 1969, pp. 947-954.
Reprinted in the Journal of Reprints for Antitrust Law and Economics.

An Alternative Method for Estimating the Effects of a Customs Union Among Less Developed Countries: The Case of the Central American Common Market
Paper presented to the Western Economic Association, Long Beach, California, August 21, 1969
Abstract in Western Economic Journal, 7 (3), September 1969.

The Tariff Structure and the Cost of Protection in Central America,
El Trimestre Economico, XXXV (4), October - December 1968, pp. 751-766.

The Effects of Long-Run and Short-Run Planning Goals on Economic Policy Instrument
with Michael E. DePrano
Paper presented to the Econometric Society; Washington, DC,, December 28, 1967
Abstract in Econometrica, 36 (5), 1968, pp. 102-103.

Methodology in Economics: Some Implications of Pessimism and Some Suggestions for Improvement
American Economist, Fall 1967.

Construction and Use of an Input-Output Model in Testing for Consistency of Ecuador's Development Plan
Planificacion, Spring 1967.

Economic Thought, Investment Criteria and Development Strategies in Greece - a Postwar Survey
Economic Development and Cultural Change, April 1967.
Also published in Greek, in the Greek journal, Spoudai, May - June 1966, pp. 689-698.

Some Experiments in Programming the Greek Economy: Formulation and Application of a Linear Programming Model
PhD Dissertation, New School for Social Research, January 1965
Published by University Microfilm, April 1966.

Recently Completed Papers (Not Published Yet)

Changing Generations and Actual and Expected Support from Children in Rural China
with Weilue Hu
July 1994

Mexico’s Experience with Financial Repression and Liberalization: Firm Level Response Differences to Macro-level Shocks
with Enrique Rayon
August 1995

In Instability's Eye: Which Way is the Causality?
with Nauro Campos
1998

Can Social and Political Instability be Good for Growth?
with Nauro Campos and James Robinson
1998

Some Implications for the Grassroots of Local Variation in Environmental Conditions
with Nauro Campos and James Robinson
1997

Fence Laws vs Herd Laws: A Nineteenth Century Kansas Paradox
with Nicolas Sanchez
1998

Flat Tax Reform without Raising Income Inequality
with K.S. Sastry
1998

Coping with Environmental Constraints on Exports
with Abla Abdel-Latif
1997

A censored Switching Regression Approach to Evaluating the Effects of Sunk Costs and Firm Level Disequilibrium on Export Performance
with Seung-Jae Yhee and Cheng Hsiao
1998

Are Endowments Fate? On the Political Economy of Coffee Exporting Economies
with James A. Robinson

Anatomy of an Institutional Failure: The Case of Tunisia’s FOPRODI
with Mohamed Bechri and Tijani Najeh

Unraveling the Paradox in Egypt’s Trend of Inequality and Poverty
with Ayman Kandeel

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