Gerard Roland
Professor of Economics and Political Science
Academic Subfields
Research Interests
Comparative Economics
Economic Liberalization
Legislatures
Electoral Rules
Degrees
Ph.D., Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles
M.A., Econometrics, Université Libre de Bruxelles
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.
Articles
- Understanding Institutional Change: Fast-Moving and Slow-Moving Institutions, Studies in Comparative International Development, 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.