Office Address:	Department of Economics Ben-Gurion University of the Negev P.O. Box 653 Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
	Tel:	+972-8-647-2288
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	E-Mail:	grade@bgu.ac.il

Teaching | Research Interests | Publications

Political Economy of Growth and Development

• Political economy
• Education
• Growth and Development

Books

• Institutions and Norms in Economic Development
  Mark Gradstein and Kai A. Konrad (Eds.)
• The Political Economy of Education
  Implications for Growth and Inequality
  Mark Gradstein, Moshe Justman and Volker Meier

Selected Recent Articles

• "Is The World Flat? Country Level And Firm Level Determinats Of Law Compliance", Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, forthcoming. [PDF]
• "Intstitutional Traps and Economic Growth", International Economic Review, forthcoming.
• "Inequality and Informality", 2007, Journal of Public Economics, 91, 159-180 (with A. Chong).
• "Inequality and Institutions", 2007, Review of Economics and Statistics, 89, 454-465 (with A. Chong).
• "Inequality, Democracy, and the Protection of Property Rights", 2007, Economic Journal, 117, 252-269.
• "The Melting Pot and School Choice", Journal of Public Economics, 89(2005), 871-896, with M. Justman.
• "Political Bargaining in a Federation: Buchanan meets Coase", European Economic Review, 48(2004), 983-999.
• "Governance and Growth", Journal of Development Economics, 73(2004), 505-518.
• "Aging Population and Education Finance", Journal of Public Economics, 88(2004), 2469-2485, with M. Kaganovich.
• "Education, Social Cohesion, and Economic Growth", American Economic Review, 92(2002), 1192-1204, with M. Justman.
• "An Economic Rationale for Public Education: The Value of Commitment", Journal of Monetary Economics, 45(2000), 463-474.