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Robert H. Bates

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Harvard University

http://people.iq.harvard.edu/~rbates/
Cambridge MA USA

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Working papers

  1. Anke Hoeffler & Mr. Robert H. Bates & Ms. Ghada Fayad, 2012. "Income and Democracy: Lipset's Law Revisited," IMF Working Papers 2012/295, International Monetary Fund.
  2. Ghada Fayad & Robert H. Bates, 2011. "Income and Democracy: Lipset’s Law Inverted," OxCarre Working Papers 061, Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, University of Oxford.
  3. Maria Petrova & Robert Bates, 2010. "Evolution of Risk and Political Regimes," Working Papers w0137, Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR).
  4. Robert H. Bates & Diego Pizano & Mauricio Carrizosa & Darrell Hueth, 2010. "Conversations with Great Economists. Economic Theory and Economic Policies in Periods of High Turbulence," Documentos CEDE 7092, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  5. Bates, Robert H. & Block, Steven A., 2009. "Political Economy of Agricultural Trade Interventions in Africa," Agricultural Distortions Working Paper Series 50302, World Bank.
  6. Bates, Robert H. & Coatsworth, John H. & Williamson, Jeffrey G., 2007. "Lost Decades: Postindependence Performance in Latin America and Africa," Scholarly Articles 12211559, Harvard University Department of Economics.
  7. Robert H. Bates & John H. Coatsworth & Jeffrey G. Williamson, 2006. "Lost Decades: Lessons from Post-Independence Latin America for Today's Africa," NBER Working Papers 12610, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  8. Biais, Bruno & Azam, Jean-Paul & Bates, Robert H, 2005. "Political Predation and Economic Development," CEPR Discussion Papers 5062, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  9. Robert H. Bates, 2005. "Political Insecurity and State Failure in Contemporary Africa," CID Working Papers 115, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  10. Robert H. Bates, 2005. "Political Reform," CID Working Papers 114, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  11. Robert H. Bates & Avner Greif & Macatan Humphreys & Smita Singh, 2004. "Institutions and Development," CID Working Papers 107, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  12. David Epstein & Robert H. Bates & Jack Goldstone & Ida Kristensen & Sharyn O'Halloran, 2004. "Democratic Transitions," CID Working Papers 101, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  13. Robert H. Bates, 2004. "Probing the Sources of Political Order," CID Working Papers 110, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  14. Janvier Nkurunziza & Robert Bates, 2004. "Political Institutions And Economic Growth In Africa," Development and Comp Systems 0409028, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  15. Macatan Humphreys & Robert H. Bates, 2002. "Political Institutions and Economic Policies: Lessons from Africa," CID Working Papers 94, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  16. Robert H. Bates & Avner Greif & Amita Singh, 2001. "Organizing Violence," CID Working Papers 71A, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  17. Eliana Laferrara & Robert H. Bates, 2001. "Political Competition in Weak States," CID Working Papers 68A, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  18. Bates, R.H., 2000. "Ethicity, Capital Formation, and Conflict," Papers 27, Chicago - Graduate School of Business.
  19. Bates, Robert & Ferree, Karen & Robinson, A & Singh, Smita & Wren, Anne, 1996. "Toward The Systematic Study Of Transition," Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) Papers 294051, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government.
  20. Bates, Robet, 1996. "Institutions As Investments," Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) Papers 294052, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government.
  21. Bates, R-H, 1995. "Democratic Transition in Africa : A First Report on an Empirical Project," Papers 514, Harvard - Institute for International Development.
  22. Bates, R. & Cofala, J. & Toman, M., 1994. "Alternative Policies for the Control, of Air Pollution in Poland," Papers 7, World Bank - The World Bank Environment Paper.
  23. Bates, Robert H. & Lien, Da-Hsiang Donald., 1985. "Political Power in the International Coffee Organization: A Research Note," Working Papers 587, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  24. Bates, Robert H. & Lien, Da-Hsiang Donald., 1985. "A Note on Taxation, Development and Representative Government," Working Papers 567, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  25. Bates, Robert H., 1984. "Agrarian Politics and Development," Working Papers 513, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  26. Bates, Robert H. & Lien, Da-Hsiang Donald., 1984. "A Note on the International Coffee Agreement," Working Papers 554, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  27. Bates, Robert H., 1982. "The Regulation of Rural Markets in Africa," Working Papers 451, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  28. Bates, Robert, 1981. "Markets and States in Tropical Africa: The Political Basis of Agricultural Policies," MPRA Paper 86293, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2005.
  29. Bates, Robert H., 1973. "The Policy Origins of Migration in Zambia," Working Papers 29, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  30. Bates, Robert H. & Bennett, B. W., "undated". "Determinants of the Rural Exodus in Zambia: A Study of Inter-Censal Migration, 1963-1969," Working Papers 22, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  31. Bates, Robert H., "undated". "Ethnicity and Modernization in Contemporary Africa," Working Papers 16, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  32. Bates, Robert H., "undated". "Some Conventional Orthodoxies in the Study of Agrarian Change," Working Papers 458, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  33. Bates, Robert H., "undated". "The Centralization of African Tribal Societies," Working Papers 400, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  34. Bates, Robert H., "undated". "Food Policy in Africa: Political Causes and Social Effects," Working Papers 256, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  35. Bates, Robert H., "undated". "States and Political Intervention in Markets: A Case Study from Africa," Working Papers 345, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  36. Bates, Robert H., "undated". "Pressure Groups, Public Policy and Agricultural Development: A Study of Divergent Outcomes," Working Papers 236, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  37. Bates, Robert H., "undated". "Political Science and Anthropology: The Study of Rural Politics in the Developing Areas," Working Papers 112, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  38. Bates, Robert H., "undated". "The Commercialization of Agriculture and the Rise of Rural Political Protest in Black Africa," Working Papers 237, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  39. Bates, Robert H. & Rogerson, William P., "undated". "Agriculture in Development: A Coalitional Analysis," Working Papers 263, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  40. Bates, Robert H., "undated". "A Note on Patterns of Market Intervention in Agrarian Africa," Working Papers 456, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  41. Bates, Robert H., "undated". "Rural Development in Kasumpa Village, Zambia," Working Papers 34, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  42. Bates, Robert H., "undated". "People in Villages: Micro-level Studies in Political Economy," Working Papers 195, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  43. Bates, Robert H., "undated". "Some Core Assumptions in Development Economics," Working Papers 399, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
  44. Bates, Robert H., "undated". "The Issue Basis of Rural Politics in Africa," Working Papers 102, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Articles

  1. Robert H Bates & Steven Block, 2018. "Political institutions and economic growth in Africa’s ‘Renaissance’," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 70(2), pages 327-352.
  2. Robert H. Bates & Steven A. Block & Ghada Fayad & Anke Hoeffler, 2013. "The New Institutionalism and Africa," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 22(4), pages 499-522, August.
  3. Maria Petrova & Robert H. Bates, 2012. "Evolution of Risk and Political Regimes," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 24(2), pages 200-225, July.
  4. Robert H. Bates & Ghada Fayad & Anke Hoeffler, 2012. "The state of democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 15(4), pages 323-338, December.
  5. Robert H. Bates, 2010. "Institutions and economic performance – Edited by Elhanan Helpman," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 63(1), pages 280-280, February.
  6. Jack A. Goldstone & Robert H. Bates & David L. Epstein & Ted Robert Gurr & Michael B. Lustik & Monty G. Marshall & Jay Ulfelder & Mark Woodward, 2010. "A Global Model for Forecasting Political Instability," American Journal of Political Science, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 54(1), pages 190-208, January.
  7. Robert Bates, 2010. "A Review of Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, and Barry R. Weingast's Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 48(3), pages 752-756, September.
  8. Robert H. Bates & Steven Block, 2010. "Political Institutions and Agricultural Trade Interventions in Africa," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 93(2), pages 317-323.
  9. Jean Paul Azam & Robert Bates & Bruno Biais, 2009. "Political Predation And Economic Development," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 21(2), pages 255-277, July.
  10. Robert H. Bates, 2008. "The Logic of State Failure: Learning from Late-Century Africa," Conflict Management and Peace Science, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 25(4), pages 297-314, September.
  11. Bates, Robert H. & Coatsworth, John H. & Williamson, Jeffrey G., 2007. "Lost Decades: Postindependence Performance in Latin America and Africa," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 67(4), pages 917-943, December.
  12. Augustin Fosu & Robert Bates & Anke Hoeffler, 2006. "Institutions, Governance and Economic Development in Africa: An Overview," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, April.
  13. Robert H. Bates, 2006. "Institutions and Development," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 15(1), pages 10-61, April.
  14. David L. Epstein & Robert Bates & Jack Goldstone & Ida Kristensen & Sharyn O'Halloran, 2006. "Democratic Transitions," American Journal of Political Science, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 50(3), pages 551-569, July.
    • David Epstein & Robert H. Bates & Jack Goldstone & Ida Kristensen & Sharyn O'Halloran, 2004. "Democratic Transitions," CID Working Papers 101, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  15. Humphreys, Macartan & Bates, Robert, 2005. "Political Institutions and Economic Policies: Lessons from Africa," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 35(3), pages 403-428, July.
  16. Robert H. Bates, 2004. "On The Politics of Property Rights by Haber, Razo, and Maurer," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 42(2), pages 494-500, June.
  17. Robert H. Bates, 2003. "Eyewitness to a Genocide by Michael Barnett. Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press, 2002, 215 pp., $25.00," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 22(1), pages 158-159.
  18. Robert Bates & Avner Greif & Smita Singh, 2002. "Organizing Violence," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 46(5), pages 599-628, October.
  19. Eliana La Ferrara & Robert H. Bates, 2001. "Political Competition in Weak States," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(2), pages 159-184, July.
  20. Bates, Robert H. & Greif, Avner & Levi, Margaret & Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent & Weingast, Barry R., 2000. "The Analytic Narrative Project - Analytic Narratives. By Robert H. Bates, Avner Greif, Margaret Levi, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, and Barry Weingast. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998. 296p.," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 94(3), pages 696-702, September.
  21. Robert H. Bates, 2000. "Ethnicity and Development in Africa: A Reappraisal," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 90(2), pages 131-134, May.
  22. ROBERT H. BATES & RUI J. P. De FIGUEIREDO Jr. & BARRY R. WEINGAST, 1998. "The Politics of Interpretation: Rationality, Culture, and Transition," Politics & Society, , vol. 26(2), pages 221-256, June.
  23. Bates, Robert H, 1997. "Institutions as Investments," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 6(3), pages 272-287, Supplemen.
  24. Bates, Robert H., 1997. "Comparative Politics and Rational Choice: A Review Essay," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 91(3), pages 699-704, September.
  25. Bates, Robert H & Collier, Paul, 1995. "The Politics and Economics of Policy Reform in Zambia," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 4(1), pages 115-143, May.
  26. Bates, Robert H., 1993. "A reply," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 21(6), pages 1077-1081, June.
  27. Bates, Robert H, 1993. "The Politics of Economic Policy Reform: Review Article," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 2(3), pages 417-433, December.
  28. Bates, Robert H., 1992. "Peasants and governments: An economic analysis : David Bevan, Paul Collier, Jan Willem Gunning, Arne Bigsten and Paul Horsnell, (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1989) pp. 349," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 38(1), pages 267-268, January.
  29. Bates, Robert H., 1992. "Adjusting to Reality: Beyond “State Versus Market” in Economic Development. By Robert Klitgaard. San Francisco: International Center for Economic Growth, 1991. 303p. $22.95 cloth, $11.95 paper," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 86(4), pages 1108-1108, December.
  30. Bates, Robert H. & Curry, Amy Farmer, 1992. "Community Versus Market: A Note on Corporate Villages," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 86(2), pages 457-463, June.
  31. Soskice, David & Bates, Robert H & Epstein, David, 1992. "Ambition and Constraint: The Stabilizing Role of Institutions," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 8(3), pages 547-560, October.
  32. Bates, Robert H. & Brock, Philip & Tiefenthaler, Jill, 1991. "Risk and trade regimes: another exploration," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 45(1), pages 1-18, January.
  33. Bianco, William T. & Bates, Robert H., 1990. "Cooperation by Design: Leadership, Structure, and Collective Dilemmas," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 84(1), pages 133-147, March.
  34. Robert H. Bates, 1988. "Contra Contractarianism: Some Reflections on the New Institutionalism," Politics & Society, , vol. 16(2-3), pages 387-401, June.
  35. Lien, Da-Hsiang Donald & Bates, Robert H, 1987. "Political Behavior in the Coffee Agreement," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 35(3), pages 629-636, April.
  36. Robert H. Bates & Da-Hsiang Donald Lien, 1985. "A Note on Taxation, Development, and Representative Government," Politics & Society, , vol. 14(1), pages 53-70, March.
  37. Bates, Robert H. & Lien, Da-Hsiang Donald, 1985. "On the operations of the International Coffee Agreement," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 39(3), pages 553-559, July.
  38. Bates, Robert H., 1983. "Patterns of market intervention in agrarian Africa," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 8(4), pages 297-304, November.
  39. Bates, Robert H., 1981. "Food policy in Africa -- political causes and social effects," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 6(3), pages 147-157, August.
  40. Robert Bates & William Rogerson, 1980. "Agriculture in development: A coalitional analysis," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 35(5), pages 513-527, January.
  41. Bates, Robert H., 1978. "The Politics of Cultural Pluralism. By Crawford Young. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1976. Pp. xii + 560. $20.00.)," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 72(3), pages 1145-1146, September.
  42. Ames, Barry & Bates, Robert H., 1977. "Politicians in Uniform," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 71(3), pages 1052-1054, September.

Chapters

  1. Robert H. Bates, 1998. "Introduction to Open-Economy Politics: The Political Economy of the World Coffee Trade," Introductory Chapters, in: Open-Economy Politics: The Political Economy of the World Coffee Trade, Princeton University Press.

Books

  1. Ndulu,Benno J. & O'Connell,Stephen A. & Azam,Jean-Paul & Bates,Robert H. & Fosu,Augustin K. & Gunnin (ed.), 2015. "The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960–2000," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781107496262, October.
  2. Akyeampong,Emmanuel & Bates,Robert H. & Nunn,Nathan & Robinson,James (ed.), 2014. "Africa's Development in Historical Perspective," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781107691209, October.
  3. Akyeampong,Emmanuel & Bates,Robert H. & Nunn,Nathan & Robinson,James (ed.), 2014. "Africa's Development in Historical Perspective," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781107041158, October.
  4. Ndulu,Benno J. & O'Connell,Stephen A. & Bates,Robert H. & Collier,Paul & Soludo,Chukwuma C., 2009. "The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960–2000," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521127752, October.
  5. Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee & Alice H. Amsden & Robert H. Bates & Jagdish Bhagwati & Angus Deaton & Nicholas Stern, 2007. "Making Aid Work," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262026155, April.
  6. Robert H. Bates, 1998. "Open-Economy Politics: The Political Economy of the World Coffee Trade," Economics Books, Princeton University Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 6067.
  7. Robert H. Bates & Avner Greif & Margaret Levi & Jean-Laurent, 1998. "Analytic Narratives," Economics Books, Princeton University Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 6355.

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  1. NEP-DEV: Development (5) 2004-09-30 2005-06-14 2006-11-04 2006-12-09 2009-07-03. Author is listed
  2. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (5) 2004-09-30 2005-06-14 2009-07-03 2010-02-20 2011-06-25. Author is listed
  3. NEP-AFR: Africa (4) 2004-09-30 2006-11-04 2006-12-09 2009-07-03
  4. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (3) 2006-11-04 2006-12-09 2010-06-18
  5. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (1) 2009-07-03
  6. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (1) 2010-06-18
  7. NEP-LAM: Central and South America (1) 2006-11-04
  8. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (1) 2005-06-14

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