Gerard Roland
Professor of Economics and
Political Science of Political Science
Email: groland@econ.berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 642-4321
Office Location: 549 Evans
Office Hours:
Spring 2008 Course: Not teaching in Political Science this term
Phone: (510) 642-4321
Office Location: 549 Evans
Office Hours:
Spring 2008 Course: Not teaching in Political Science this term
Recent Publications
Books
- BUILT TO LAST: A Political Architecture for Europe, with Erik Berglöf, Barry Eichengreen, Guido Tabellini, and Charles Wyplosz, CEPR series, Monitoring European Integration, No. 12, London, 2003.
- TRANSITION AND ECONOMICS: Politics, Markets and Firms, The MITPress, 2000.
- Who are Russia's Entrepreneurs?with S. Djankov, E. Miguel, Y. Qian and E. Zhuravskaya, September 2004.
- In Praise of the European Constitution, August 2004.
- How Do Electoral Rules Shape Party Structures, Government Coalitions and Economic Policies?with T. Persson and G. Tabellini, November 2003.
- Optimal Debt Design and the Role of Bankruptcy,with E. Berglöf and E.-Lu. von Thadden, revised August 2003.
- Coordinating Tasks in M-form and U-form Organizations, with Y.Qian and C. Xu, revised June 2003.
- How to Choose the European Executive: A Counterfactual Analysis, 1979-1999, with S. Hix and A. Noury, 2003.
- A 'Normal' Parliament? Party Cohesion and Competition in the European Parliament, 1979-2001, with S. Hix and A. Noury, 2002.
- Banking Passivity and Regulatory Failure in Emerging Markets: Theory and Evidence from the Czech Republic,with J. Hanousek, 2002.
- Colombia's Electoral and Party System: Proposals for Reforms, with J. Gonzalo Zapata, 2001.
- Understanding Institutional Change: Fast-Moving and Slow-Moving Institutions, Studies in Comparative International Development, forthcoming 2004.
- Enlargement and the European Parliament,with A. Noury, in N. Campos and J. Fidrmuc (eds.), Political Economy of Transition:Institutions, Politics and Policies, Kluwer, 2003.
- Understanding the Soft Budget Constraint,with J. Kornai and E. Maskin,Journal of Economic Literature,2003.
- Law Enforcement and Transition, with Thierry Verdier, European Economic Review, 2003.
- More Power to the European Parliament?, with Abdul Noury, Economic Policy, 2002. [Web Appendix]
- The Political Economy of Transition, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002.
- Corporate Governance and Restructuring: Lessons from Transition Economies, World Bank Conference, 2001.
- Soft Budget Constraints, Transition and Financial Systems, with M. Dewatripont, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2000.
- Comparative Politics and Public Finance, with T. Persson and G. Tabellini,Journal of Political Economy, 2000.
- Reform without Losers: An Interpretation of China's Dual-Track Approach to Transition, with L. Lau and Y. Qian, Journal of Political Economy, 2000.
- Managerial Career Concerns, Privatization and Restructuring in Transition Economies, with K. Sekkat, European Economic Review, 2000.