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Publications

The following list represents selected publications containing global research articles by faculty, since 2003. To read the complete article, navigate to the publishers website (may require subscription and/or purchase).

Highlighted Publication

Wacziarg, Roman, Peter Lorentzen and John McMillan, "Death and Development," Journal of Economic Growth, 2008, forthcoming.

Death and Development
Analyzing a variety of cross-national and sub-national data sources, we show that high adult mortality reduces economic growth by shortening time horizons. Higher adult mortality is associated with increased levels of risky behavior, higher fertility and lower investment in physical and human capital. Furthermore, the feedback effect from economic prosperity to better healthcare implies that mortality could be the source of a poverty-trap. In our regressions, adult mortality explains almost all of Africa's growth tragedy over the past forty years. Our analysis also supports grim forecasts of the long-run economic costs of the ongoing AIDS epidemic.

Selected Publications

2008

Henry, Peter Blair, "Growth and Returns in Emerging Markets" in International Financial Issues in the Pacific Rim: Global Imbalances, Financial Liberalization, and Exchange Rate Policy, University of Chicago Press, forthcoming

Wacziarg, Roman, Peter Lorentzen and John McMillan, "Death and Development," Journal of Economic Growth, 2008, forthcoming. [Abstract]

Flanagan, Robert, "Arbeidsmarkt: stabiele instituties, instabiele prestaties (Stable Labor Market Institutions; Unstable Institutional Performance)," The Journal of Labor Issues, 2008, forthcoming.

Luo, Xiaoqu and William P. Barnett, "Recombination and Variability in Organizational Growth.” American Sociological Review, 2008, forthcoming. [Abstract]

Pontikes, Elizabeth G.and William P. Barnett, “How Adaptive is R&D? Cumulative Research and Technical Change in Organizational Communities.”, Administrative Science Quarterly, forthcoming 2008.

William P. Barnett and Elizabeth G. Pontikes, "The Red Queen, Success Bias, and Organizational Inertia," Management Science, July 2008; 54: 1237 - 1251. [Abstract]

Barth, Mary, Wayne Landsman, and Mark Lang, "International Accounting Standards and Accounting Quality,"
Journal of Accounting Research (Vol. 46, No. 3), June 2008 [Abstract]

Piotroski, Joseph and Suraj Srinivasan, "Regulation and Bonding: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Flow of International Listings," Journal of Accounting Research, (Vol. 46, No. 2), May 2008. [Abstract]

Chari, Anusha and Peter Henry, "Firm-Specific Information and the Efficiency of Investment," Journal of Financial Economics 
(Vol. 87, No. 3), March 2008 [Abstract]

2007

Luo, Xiaoqu and William P. Barnett, "Recombination and Variability in Organizational Growth,” Working Paper 2007. [Abstract]

Flanagan, Robert, "Globalization, Working Conditions, and Labor Rights: Implications for Developing Countries," Working Paper 2007.

Henry, Peter Blair (2007). "Financial Instability" in Bjorn Lomborg (ed) Solutions for the World's Biggest Problems: Costs and Benefits, Cambridge University Press, pp.33-42

Spence, Michael, "Wealth of Nations: Why China Grows So Fast," Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com), New York, N.Y., January 23, 2007, pg. A.19. [Article]

Spence, Michael, "Wealth of Nations: What Drives High Growth Rates?," Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com), New York, N.Y. January 24, 2007, pg. A.13. [Article]

Dutta, Amitava, Hau L. Lee, Seungjin Whang, "RFID and Operations Management: Technology, Value, and Incentives," Production and Operations Management, Sep/Oct 2007, 16, 646. (Abstract)

Barth, Mary E. "Standard-setting measurement issues and the relevance of research," Accounting and Business Research, Kingston Upon Thames, 2007, Vol. 37, Iss. 3; pg. 7, 9 pgs. [Abstract]

Wein, Lawrence, Y. Liu, Z. Cao, and S. E. Flynn, "The Optimal Spatial Deployment of Radiation Portal Monitors Can Improve Nuclear Detection at Overseas Ports," Science and Global Security, 2007, 15, 211-233. [Abstract]

Romer, Paul M., "Economic Growth," The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, David R. Henderson, editor, Liberty Fund, 2007
[Paul Romer's article correctly predicted that Japan's economic growth would slow in the 1990s.]

2006

Chavis, Larry and Phillip Leslie, "Consumer Boycotts: The Impact of the Iraq War on French Wine Sales in the U.S.," NBER Working Paper No. 11981, January 2006. [Abstract]

Henry, Peter Blair, "Commentary on the Relationship Between Openness and Inflation in the Newly Industrialized Economies and the G7," International Financial Issues in the Pacific Rim: Global Imbalances, Financial Liberalization, and Exchange Rate Policy, NBER Working Paper 2006.

Briley, Donnel A. and Aaker, Jennifer L., "When Does Culture Matter? Effects of Cultural and Personal Knowledge on the Anchoring and Adjustment of Judgments," Journal of Marketing Research, Aug 2006, Vol. 43, Issue 3, p395-408. [Abstract]

Flanagan, Robert, "American Symphony Orchestra Finances at the Turn of the Century," Working Paper, 2006.

Briley, Donnel A. and Jennifer L. Aaker, "Bridging the Culture Chasm: Ensuring that Consumers are Healthy, Wealthy and Wise," Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 2006, 25 (1), pp.53-66. [Abstract]

Arslanalp, Serkan and Peter Blair Henry, “Policy Watch: Debt Relief,” The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Publisher: American Economic Association Volume 20, Number 1, Winter 2006, pp. 207-220 (14) [Abstract]

Pan, Jun and Kenneth J. Singleton, 2006, "Interpreting Recent Changes in the Credit Spreads of Japanese Banks," Monetary and Economic Studies, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan, vol. 24(S1), pages 129-141. [Abstract]

2005

Wacziarg, Roman, and Enrico Spolaore, “Borders and Growth,” Journal of Economic Growth, Vol. 10, No. 4, December 2005, pp. 331-386. [Abstract]

Lages, Luis Filipe and David B. Montgomery, "The relationship between export assistance and performance improvement in Portuguese export ventures: An empirical test of the mediating role of pricing strategy adaptation," European Journal of Marketing, Bradford: 2005. Vol. 39, Iss. 7/8; pg. 755, 30 pgs. [Abstract]

2004

Barnett, William P. and Michael Woywode,"From Red Vienna to the Anschluss: Ideological Competition among Viennese Newspapers during the Rise of National Socialism1," The American Journal of Sociology, Chicago: May 2004, Vol. 109, Iss. 6; pg. 1452, 48 pgs. [Abstract]

Lee, Hau, "The Triple-A Supply Chain," HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition, Oct 1, 2004 14p. [Abstract]

Lee, Hau L., V. Padmanabhan and Seungjin Whang, "Information Distortion in a Supply Chain: The Bullwhip Effect/Comments on Information Distortion in a Supply Chain: The Bullwhip Effect," Management Science Linthicum: Dec 2004. Vol. 50, Iss. 12; pg. 1875, 19 pgs. [Abstract]

Barnett, William P. and David G. McKendrick, "Why Are Some Organizations More Competitive Than Others? Evidence from a Changing Global Market," Administrative Science Quarterly, December 2004, Vol. 49 Issue 4, p535-571, 37p. [Abstract]

Wacziarg, Roman, and Jessica Wallack, “Trade Liberalization and Intersectoral Labor Movements,” Journal of International Economics, Vol. 64, No. 2, December 2004, pp. 411-439. [Abstract]

Miller, William, "Fostering and Sustaining Entrepreneurial Regions," International Journal of Technology Management, 2004 - Vol. 28, No. 3/4/5/6 pp. 324-335. [Abstract]

Desiraju, Ramarao, Harikesh Nair and Pradeep Chintagunta, "Diffusion of New Pharmaceutical Drugs in Developing and Developed Nations," International Journal of Research in Marketing, 2004, 21 (4), 341-357. [Abstract]

2003

Wacziarg, Roman and Alberto Alesina, Arnaud Devleeschauwer, William Easterly and Sergio Kurlat, "Fractionalization," Journal of Economic Growth, Vol. 8, No. 2, June 2003, pp. 155-194. [Abstract]

Lazear, Edward P. and Paul Oyer, “Internal and External Labor Markets: A Personnel Economics Approach,” NBER Working Paper No. 10192, December 2003. [Abstract]

Singleton, Kenneth J., Darrell Duffie and Lasse Pedersen, "Modeling Sovereign Yield Spreads: A Case Study of Russian Debt," Journal of Finance, 2003, Vol. 55, 119-159. [Abstract]

Wein, Lawrence and Edward H. Kaplan, "Smallpox Eradication in West and Central Africa: Surveillance-Containment or Herd Immunity?," Epidemiology 14, 90-92, 2003. [Abstract]