Publications

Invited Lectures and Paper Presentations

Book Reviews

  • "Gospodarki w procesie transformacj," accepted for publication in Panstwo i Rynek, (State and Market:An on-line Journal) http://www.pir.org.pl . Forthcoming
  • "A Regional Review of Social Safety Net Approaches in Support of Energy Sector Reform," prepared for the United States Agency for International Development, with Mark Velody and Michael Philips, October 2003. Pp. 1-68.
  • "Energy Reform and Social Protection in Hungary," prepared for the United States Agency for International Development, October 2003, Pp. 1-100
  • "Transitional Economies," in The Encyclopedia of Public Choice, Charles K. Rowley and Fritz Schneider, editors.  Klewer Academics Publishers, 2003.
  • "Social Choice Theory," in The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, William F. Shughart II and Laura Razzolini eds. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001, Pp. 83-114.
  • "Globalizing Tendencies in Social Policy," Emergo: Journal of Transforming Economies and Societies, Vol.7 No.2 Spring 2000, Pp. 6-19.
  • Transitional Politics or Public Choice? An Evaluation of Stalled Pension Reforms in Poland, with Aleksander Surdej in Left Parties and Social Policies in Post-Communist Societies, Linda J. Cook, Mitchell A. Orenstien and Marilyn Rueschemeyer eds.  Westview Press, 1999. Pp. 145-174. 
  • "Democratic Politics and Pension System Reforms," with Aleksander Surdej, in The Jagiellonian University Yearbook of Polish Labor Law and Social Policy, Vol. 10 Andrzej Swiatkowski, ed. Jagiellionian University Press, 1999. Pp. 273-289.
  • Suppressing Shays' Rebellion: Collective Action and Constitutional Design under the Articles of Confederation, with Keith L. Dougherty,The Journal of Theoretical Politics, Vol. 11, No.2, 1999. Pp.233-260. 
     
  • An Experimental Investigation of Motives and Information in the Prisoner's Dilemma Game, Advances in Group Processes, Volume 15, John Skvoretz and Jacek Szmatka editors, JAI Press, 1998. Pp.133-160. 
     
  • Marginal Cost Sharing and The Articles of Confederation, with Keith L. Dougherty, Public Choice, Vol.  90, Nos. 1-4 March 1997.  Pp. 201-213.  Reprinted in Constitutional Political Economy in a Public Choice Perspective, Charles K. Rowley, editor, Kluwer Academic Publishing, 1997.
     
  • At the Cross-Road of Change: Current Problems and Future Perils in the Polish Pension System, with Aleksander Surdej, Emergo: Journal of Transforming Economies and Societies, Vol.3, No.  2, Spring 1996. Pp. 15-28.
  • A Guide to Data Sources in Human Rights, with Richard Claude and Thomas Jabine, Human Rights and Statistics:  Getting the Record Straight, Thomas Jabine and Richard Claude, editors. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992.
  • Introduction to Political Science and Pedagogical Aims of Introductory Courses in The Political Science Course Syllabi Collection: Introduction to Political Science John C. Wahlke, ed. The American Political Science Association, 1992.


Invited Lectures and Paper Presentations

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC, "Can we keep the Poor Warm in Transitioning States?  Problems of Social Protection in Eastern Europe" April 7, 2004.

The World Bank, ECA Energy and Infrastructure, Washington DC.  "Energy Sector Restructuring and the Poor:  Toward New Reform Strategies," with Michael Philips, January 22, 2004.

University of Warsaw, Department of Sociology, "The World Bank and the Evolution of Social Protection Policies in Post-Communist Societies," October 16, 2003

Thomas J. Watson Jr., Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI.  "The World Bank and the Evolution of Social Protection Policies in Post-Communist Societies," for Social Protection in Developing Economies, May 29-30, 2003.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC, "Disentangling the Social Safety Net from the Energy Sector:  Problems of Privatization in Post-Socialist States," October 16, 2002.

Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies, Florida International University, The Political Economy of Welfare Reforms in Eastern Europe, March 29, 2001.

Akadeia Ekonomienza w Krakowie, Crakow Poland. Globalization and Social Policy in Eastern Europe, Department of European Studies, December 4, 2000.

Babes-Boylai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. An Illustration of the Influence of Altruism on Cooperative Behaviors in Competitive Environments, National Conference on Social Methodology, December 2, 2000.

Humboldt University, Department of Social Policy and Political Sociology, Berlin, Germany. Transitional Politics or Public Choice? An Evaluation of Stalled Pension Reforms in Poland, November 30, 2000. (presented by Aleksander Surdej)

Tulane University, Political Science Department, New Orleans, LA. Problems of Pension Reform in Eastern Europe, Brown Bag Lunch, November 20, 1998.

AMGEN Medical Education Services, Wurtsboro, New York.  Implications of the Silber Model for Neupogen Usage, November 17, 1998.

The World Bank, Moldova Resident Mission, Chisinau, Moldova. Restructuring the Social Safety Net: Problems of Welfare Reform in Eastern Europe, July 30, 1998.

Thomas J.  Watson Jr., Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI. Evaluating World Bank Policies on East European Governmental Reforms, October 24, 1997.

Center for Research and Information Systems for Non-Aligned and Developing Countries, New Delhi, India. The Problem of Public Sector Social Spending in East European Democracies, September 25, 1997.

Akademia Ekonomiczna w Krakowie, Crakow, Poland. Experiments on Dictator and Prisoner's Dilemma Games: Comparisons of US and Polish Results, June 17, 1996.

Jagiellonian University, Institute of Sociology, Crakow, Poland. Behavioral Game Theory and the Transformation of Games: Some Experimental Results, June 4, 1996.

Akademia Ekonomiczna w Katowice , AIESEC, Katowice, Poland. The Limits of Democratic Processes and Problems of Policy Analysis, March 27, 1996.

Jagiellonian University, Institute of Sociology, Crakow, Poland. Problems in Transition to Democracy under America's First Constitutional Experiment, February 27, 1996.

University of Illinois, Merriam Laboratory for Analytic Political Research, Urbana, IL. Behavioral Game Theory: Explaining the Effects of Diverse Information in the Prisoner's Dilemma Game, September 31, 1993.


Scholarly Reviews, Essays and Book Notes

Review of Transformation of Pension Systems in Central and Eastern Europe.  Edited by Winfried Schmähl and Sabine Horstmann.  Canadian American Slavic Studies Review, forthcoming.
Review of "Poverty and Social Assistance in Transition Countries," by Janine Braithwaite, Christiaan Grootaert and Branko Milanovic, Canadian American Slavic Studies Review, Vol. 37, No. 4, Winter 2003, pp. 470-471.
Essay on "Area Studies and the Development of Social Theories," Newsnet, The Newsletter of the American Association of Slavic Studies, Vol. 42. No.3, May 2002, pp.1-4
Review of Analytical Politics by Melvin J. Hinich and Michael Munger, Public Choice, 102: March 2000.
Review Essay, Liberalism Under the Microsope Transitions, 5: No.  2, February, 1998.
Review of Public Choice Theory and Social Choice Theory Volumes I-VI, edited by Charles K. Rowley, Public Choice, 1995.
Review note on Psychological Perspectives on Justice: Theory and Applications. edited by Barbara A. Mellers and Jonathan Baron, Ethics, 105: No.4,  July 1995.
Review of Self-Interest and Public Interest in Western Politics, by Lief Lewin, Public Choice, 76: September, 1993.
Review of The Economic Limits of Modern Politics, edited by John Dunn, American Political Science Review, 85, March 1991.
Review of Rational Choice in an Uncertain World by Robin Dawes, Public Choice 67, December 1990.
Review of Rational Association by Fred M. Frohock, Public Choice 62, September 1989.
Review of The Possibility of Politics by Stein Ringen for Annals, August 1989.

 

 
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