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Metrics and Majority Rule:
(Forthcoming) "Spatial Models, Cognitive Metrics and Majority Rule Equilibria" (with M Laver) British Journal of Political Science

Rebel Recruitment:
2008 "Who Fights?" (with J Weinstein). American Journal of Political Science.

Decision-making between fragmented groups:
2008 "Existence of a Multicameral Core"   Social Choice and Welfare   | Additional Material

Game theoretic analysis of coalitions:
2008 "Coalitions"  Annual Political Science Review

Ethnic Diversity and Collective Action:
2007 "Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision?" (with J Habyarimana, D Posner and J Weinstein) American Political Science Review

Post Conflict Demobilization:
2007 "Demobilization and Reintegration"  (with J Weinstein) Journal of Conflict Resolution

Deliberative Democracy:
2007 "The Role of Leadership in Democratic Deliberations: Results from a Field Experiment in São Tomé and Príncipe"  (with M E Sandbu and W A Masters) World Politics

Bargaining:
2007 "Strategic Ratification"   Public Choice

Natural Resource Funds:
2007 "The Political Economy of Natural Resource Funds," (with M Sandbu) in Humphreys, Sachs, and Stiglitz (eds.) Escaping the Resource Curse | Formal Model | Data

The Treatment of Civilians in Civil War:
2006 "Handling and Manhandling Civilians in Civil War" (with J Weinstein) American Political Science Review | Formal Model

Conflict Onset and Duration:
2005 "Natural Resources, Conflict, and Conflict Resolution"   Journal of Conflict Resolution | ( JCR link ) | Data
2005 "Senegal and Mali: A Comparative Study of Rebellions in West Africa" (with H Ag Mohamed) in Collier and Sambanis Understanding Civil War Africa: Africa Evidence And Analysis

Democracy and Growth:
2005 " Political Institutions and Economic Policies: Lessons from Africa" (with Robert Bates.) British Journal of Political Science (2005) 35:403-428 | Data

Other Writing on Natural Resources
2007. Book! Escaping the Resource Curse (Co-edited with J D Sachs, and J E Stiglitz) | "What Is the Problem with Natural Resource Wealth?" | "Future Directions for the Management of Natural Resources"
2005. "Natural Resources and Armed Conflicts: Issues and Options" in Ballentine and Nitzschke Profiting from Peace: Managing the Resource Dimensions of Civil War Boulder: Lynne Reinner
2004 Model Oil Law " | "Explanatory Notes" Developed for Sao Tome e Principe, with J Bell, T Faria, P Rosenblum, M E Sandbu.

Ethnic Politics:
2007 "Placing and Passing: Evidence from Uganda on Ethnic Identification and Ethnic Deception" (with J Habyarimana, D Posner and J Weinstein)
2006 "Social Focal Points" (with J Habyarimana, D Posner and J Weinstein)

Violence and Collective Action
2001 "To Bargain or to Brawl? Political Decision-making in Institutionally Weak Environments."

Social Choice:
2000 "Salience" (with J Garry)

Trade and Poverty:
2000 "Trade and Poverty: A CGE Model for South Africa"

Policy Papers on Post-conflict economic development:
2005 "Prospects and Opportunities for Achieving the MDGs in Post-conflict Countries: A Case Study of Sierra Leone and Liberia" CGSD Working Paper No. 27 (with P Richards)
2004 "Violent Conflict and the Millennium Development Goals: Diagnosis and Recommendations." CGSD Working Paper No. 19 (with A Varshney)

Surveying Combatants:
2004 "What the Fighters Say: A Survey of Ex-Combatants in Sierra Leone."   CGSD Working Paper No. 20, (with J Weinstein and PRIDE-Salone) | Survey

Review Papers and Other Working Papers
2003 " Aspects économiques des guerres civiles" Revue Tiers Monde 174 (April - June 2003)
2003 "Economics and Violent Conflict."
2000 African Entrepreneurship: Muslim Fula Merchants in Sierra Leone by Alusine Jalloh. H-AfrPol.
2004 States and Markets: A Primer in Political Economy by Adam Przeworski.  Political Science Quarterly

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