Editor of special issue on “The Economic Performance of Civilizations: Roles of Culture, Religion, and the Law,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 71 (2009): 589-721.
Category Archives: Economic development
Preface of special journal issue: “The Economic Impact of Culture, Religion, and the Law”
“Preface: The Economic Impact of Culture, Religion, and the Law,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 71 (2009): 589-92.
Article: “Institutional Causes of Underdevelopment in the Middle East: A Historical Perspective”
“Institutional Causes of Underdevelopment in the Middle East: A Historical Perspective,” in Institutional Change and Economic Behavior, ed. János Kornai, Laszlo Matyas, and Gérard Roland (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2008), pp. 64-76.
- Chinese translation by Qingjin Zhou: “Zhong Dong Luo Hou de Zhidu Yuanyin: Yige Lishi Shijao.” Journal of Institutional Economic Research, (2010): in press.
Interview: “Ellat-e-Aslie Tose Nayaftegi az Negah-e Nahadgerayee”
“Ellat-e-Aslie Tose Nayaftegi az Negah-e Nahadgerayee” (Main Cause of Underdevelopment from the Viewpoint of Institutionalism).
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Article: “Cultural Obstacles to Economic Development: Often Overstated, Usually Transitory”
“Cultural Obstacles to Economic Development: Often Overstated, Usually Transitory,” in Culture and Public Action, ed. Vijayendra Rao and Michael Walton (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004), pp. 115-37.
Edited book: Julian Simon, “The Great Breakthrough and Its Cause”
Julian Simon, The Great Breakthrough and Its Cause, ed. Timur Kuran with editorial preface (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001).
Video: “Institutions and Economic Performance: A Conversation between Douglass North and Timur Kuran”
“Institutions and Economic Performance: A Conversation between Douglass North and Timur Kuran” (41 minute educational video for the Idea Channel (now the Free to Choose Network, May 2000).
Comment: “Institutions as Regulators of Economic Change”
“Institutions as Regulators of Economic Change” [Comment on four articles by Eric Dahmén, Richard Day, Tad Rybcznski, and Gunnar Eliasson], in R. Day, G. Eliasson, and C. Wihlborg (eds.), The Market in Ownership, Innovation, and Control (Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1993): 50-53.
Review: Elster, The Cement of Society
Review of Jon Elster, The Cement of Society: A Study of Social Order (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989), in Journal of Economic Literature, 28 (September 1990): 1194-1195.
Article: “The Wholesale Produce Market of Tunis and Its Porters: A Tale of Market Degeneration”
(with Mongi Azabou and Mustapha Nabli) “The Wholesale Produce Market of Tunis and Its Porters: A Tale of Market Degeneration,” in Mustapha Nabli and Jeffrey Nugent (eds.), The New Institutional Economics and Development: Theory and Applications to Tunisia (Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1989): 352-374. Abstract
Article: “The Craft Guilds of Tunis and Their Amins: A Study in Institutional Atrophy”
“The Craft Guilds of Tunis and Their Amins: A Study in Institutional Atrophy,” in Mustapha Nabli and Jeffrey Nugent, (eds.), The New Institutional Economics and Development: Theory and Applications to Tunisia (Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1989): 236-264.
Review: Meier, Pioneers in Development
Review of Gerald Meier (ed.), Pioneers in Development: Second Series (London: Oxford University Press, 1987), in Journal of Economic Literature, 26 (December 1988): 1753-1755.
Article: “The Tenacious Past: Theories of Personal and Collective Conservatism”
“The Tenacious Past: Theories of Personal and Collective Conservatism,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization , 10 (September 1988): 143-171.
Review: Scitovsky, Human Desire and Economic Satisfaction
Review of Tibor Scitovsky, Human Desire and Economic Satisfaction (New York: New York University Press, 1986), in Journal of Economic Literature, 25 (December 1987): 1852-1854.
Review: Syrquin, Taylor, and Westphal (eds.), Economic Structure and Performance
Review of Moshe Syrquin, Lance Taylor, and Larry Westphal (eds.), Economic Structure and Performance (New York: Academic Press, 1984), in Journal of Economic Literature, 24 (June 1986): 687-688.