This research studies how collective decisions are made which require some people to behave in ways not in their immediate self interest. The emphasis includes governance in public and private organizations. Much of the work assumes rational choice, but other motivations are also considered.
CONVENOR: Amihai Glazer
FACULTY
Linda Cohen
Professor, Economics, UC Irvine
Amihai Glazer
Professor, Economics, UC Irvine
Bernard Grofman
Professor, Political Science, UC Irvine
Marek Kaminski
Assistant Professor, Political Science, UC Irvine
Assistant Professor, Economics, UC Irvine
Anthony McGann
Assistant Professor, Political Science, UC Irvine
Don Saari
Professor, Economics, UC Irvine
Stergios Skaperdas
Professor, Economics, UC Irvine
Carole Uhlaner
Associate Professor, Political Science, UC Irvine
Wang Feng
Associate Professor, Sociology, UC Irvine
INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATES
Kai Konrad
Professor, Free University Berlin
Betrand Lemennicier
University of Paris II
ILLUSTRATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS
Patent Enforcement by Regulation or Litigation
The Politics of Unemployment and Joining International Economic Organizations
Investing in Conflict Management: An Economic Approach
Growth within Inequality: Patterns of Income Inequality in China and the United States
Personal Characteristics and Leadership
JOURNAL
CONFERENCES
Taxation and Decentralization
Corporate Governance
Formal and Informal Institutions to Cope with Risk and Credit in Developing Countries
Social Conflict and Economic Performance
PUBLISHED BOOKS
Stergios Skaperdas, Barry Weingast, Donald Whitman, eds. Anarchy, Oxford Handbook
of Political Economy (Oxford University Press, 2006)
Amihai Glazer and Kai K. Konrad, eds Conflict and Governance. (Springer Verlag, 2003).
Dorothy J. Solinger, David A. Smith, Steven Topik, editors. State and Sovereignty in the Global Economy. (Routledge, 1999).
RECENT RESEARCH PAPERS
Anita Charuworn and Linda R. Cohen, Patented Drugs, Generic Alternatives and Intellectual Property Regimes in Developing
Countries (CSD04-07)
Stergios Skaperdas, Turning Citizens into Consumers: Economic Growth and the Level of Public Discourse (CSD03-07)
Feng Wang and Tianfu Wang, Bringing Categories Back In: Institutional Factors of Income Inequality in Urban China (CSD03-01)
David Smith and Michael Timberlake, "Global Cities" and "Globalization" in East Asia: Empirical Realities and Conceptual
Questions (CSD02-09)
Amihai Glazer, Optimal Term Length When Misinformation Increases with Experience (CSD02-09)
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