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Mario Ferrero

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Book

• with WINTROBE Ronald (Eds.) (2009), "The Political Economy of Theocracy", Palgrave Macmillan:New York.
• (Eds.) (2004), "The Rationale of Revolutions", Vol. 21 (2), special issue of Homo Oeconomicus.
• with CUGNO F. (1991), "Share Systems and Unemployment: A Theoretical Analysis", Macmillan:London.

Journal articles and book chapters

• (2013), "A theory of conversion to exclusive religious and political faiths", in F. CABRILLO and M. PUCHADES NAVARRO (Eds.), Constitutional Economics and Public Institutions. Essays in Honour of José Casas-Pardo, Edward Elgar:Cheltenham.
• (2012), "The cult of martyrs", Journal of Conflict Resolution.
  DOI: 10.1177/0022002712453705
• (2012), "The rise and demise of theocracy: Theory and some evidence", Public Choice.
  DOI: 10.1007/s11127-012-9924-1
• (2011), "The Infallibility of the Pope", Economics of Governance, 12 (1), 89-99.
• (2009), "The Economics of Theocracy", pp. 31-55, in Mario FERRERO and Ronald WINTROBE (Eds.), The Political Economy of Theocracy, Palgrave Macmillan:New York.
• (2009), "Review of "From Socialism to Capitalism: Eight Essays" by Janos Kornai", Journal of Economics, 96 (2), 189-191.
• (2008), "Review of "Transition and Beyond. Essays in Honor of Mario Nuti", by Saul Estrin, Grzegorz W. Kolodko, Milica Uvalic (Eds.)", European Journal of Comparative Economics, 5 (2), 291-294.
• (2008), "The triumph of Christianity in the Roman empire: An economic interpretation", European Journal of Political Economy, 24 (1), 73-87.
  
  
• (2007), "An economic approach to religious extremism", pp. 71-87, in C. TIMMERMAN, D. HUTSEBAUT, S. MELS and W. NONNEMAN (Eds.), Faith-based Radicalism. Christianity, Islam and Judaism between Constructive Activism and Destructive Fanaticism, Peter Lang:Brussels.
• (2006), "Guild Socialism revisited, and its Yugoslav counterpart", pp. 299-319, in P. KALMI and M. KLINEDINST (Eds.), Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms, Vol. 9, Elsevier:Amsterdam.
• (2006), "Martyrdom contracts", Journal of Conflict Resolution, 50 (6), 855-877.
• (2005), "Radicalization as a reaction to failure: An economic model of Islamic extremism", Public Choice, 122, 199-220.
• (2004), "Revolution or reform? Socialism’s dilemma as a rational choice problem", Homo Oeconomicus, 21 (2).
  special issue: "The Rationale of Revolutions"
• (2004), "Introduction", Homo Oeconomicus, 21 (2).
  special issue: "The Rationale of Revolutions"
• (2004), "A rational theory of socialist public ownership", Rationality and Society, 16 (4).
• with CUGNO F. (2004), "Competition among volunteers", European Journal of Political Economy, 20 (3).
• (2002), "Competition for sainthood and the millennial Church", Kyklos, 55 (3).
• (2002), "The political life cycle of extremist organizations", in A. BRETON and ET ALII (Eds.), Political Extremism and Rationality, Cambridge University Press:Cambridge.
• (2001), "Political exchange in mass party regimes and the transition from socialism", Economic Systems, 24 (4).
• (1999), "Heavy investment and high pollution as rational choices under socialism", European Journal of Political Economy, 15 (2).
• with BROSIO G. (1998), "Rejoinder to Martelli", Journal of Theoretical Politics, 10 (2).
• (1998), "Public choice in the labor-managed economy", Economic Analysis: Journal of Enterprise and Participation, 1 (2).
• with BROSIO G. (1997), "Nomenklatura rule under democracy: solving the Italian political puzzle", Journal of Theoretical Politics, 9 (4).
• (1996), "Impresa partecipativa ed espansione dell’occupazione: note sul dilemma tra distribuzione della proprietà, del reddito e del rischio", Atti del Convegno "Cooperative ed economia sociale a 150 anni da Rochdale", Vol. 12 (1), Unipolis.
• with BROSIO G. (1995), "Galeotti, Salvati, e il modello della Nomenklatura democratica: una risposta", Economia Pubblica (5).
• with BROSIO G. (1995), "Un'interpretazione della politica italiana: un regime di Nomenklatura in un sistema democratico", Economia Pubblica (2).
• (1995), "The economics of socialist nationalism: evidence and theory", in A. BRETON and ET ALII (Eds.), Nationalism and Rationality, Cambridge University Press:Cambridge.
• (1994), "Bureaucrats versus Red Guards: a politico-economic model of the stability of communist regimes", in R. W. CAMPBELL (Ed.), The Post-Communist Economic Transformation. Essays in Honor of Gregory Grossman, Westview Press:Boulder (CO).
• (1993), "Why were investment ratios so high in Soviet-type economies? A public choice approach", Eastern Economic Journal, 19 (1).
• (1993), "The economics of a volunteer labor system", in S. MAHALINGAM and ET ALII (Eds.), Labour-Managed Market Economies, Mittal Publications:New Delhi.
• with CUGNO F. (1992), "L'efficienza delle cooperative nella produzione di servizi pubblici", in E. GRANAGLIA and L. SACCONI (Eds.), Cooperazione, benessere, e organizzazione economica, Franco Angeli:Milano.
• with CUGNO F. (1991), "Il problema degli incentivi al lavoro nella produzione cooperativa", in S. ZAMAGNI (Ed.), Imprese e mercati, UTET:Torino.
• with CUGNO F. (1990), "La teoria macroeconomica della partecipazione ai profitti: un bilancio del dibattito", Economia Politica, 7 (3).
• with CUGNO F. (1988), "Un modello generale neoclassico dei sistemi di compensazione", in B. JOSSA (Ed.), Autogestione, cooperazione e partecipazione agli utili, Il Mulino:Bologna.
• (1988), "Note per una teoria della giustizia dei sistemi economici: i contributi classici di Aftalion e Bellamy", in L. MARCOLUNGO and ET ALII (Eds.), L'economia mondiale in trasformazione, Franco Angeli:Milano.
• with CUGNO F. (1988), "Free access vs. revenue sharing as alternative systems for managing employment externalities", in D. JONES and J. SVEJNAR (Eds.), Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms, Vol. 3, Jay Press.
• with CUGNO F. (1986), "Partecipazione ai profitti e sussidi all'occupazione: un'analisi comparativa", Politica Economica, 2 (3).
• with CUGNO F. (1986), "Employment-restraining agreements in Weitzman's share system", Economic Letters, 22 (4).
• with CUGNO F. (1985), "Fusioni di imprese autogestite: ancora una replica a Nuti", Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 93 (1).
• (1985), "Domanda di inflazione come 'bene pubblico' e regimi di indicizzazione dei redditi", Economia delle Scelte Pubbliche, 3 (3).
• (1984), "Adolphe Landry e le origini della teoria economica del socialismo", Ricerche Economiche, 38 (2).
• with CUGNO F. (1984), "Individual incentives by adjusting work hours: Bellamy's egalitarian economy", Journal of Comparative Economics, 8 (2).
• (1983), "L'economia utopistica di Theodor Hertzka e il problema della giustizia dei sistemi economici", Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 91 (2).
• with CUGNO F. (1983), "Fusioni di imprese ed efficienza nei modelli di economie autogestite: un commento a Nuti", Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 92 (2).
• with BROSIO G. and W. SANTAGATA (1982), "Gli amministratori locali come politici: un tentativo di verifica empirica dei bilanci comunali italiani", Quaderni di Sociologia, 30 (2).
• (1982), "Una teoria economica dello stato di natura. Riflessioni dopo Nozick", Micros (3).
• with SANTAGATA W. (1981), "Il ciclo del 'galantuomo': manovra economica e scadenze elettorali nel Regno d'Italia, 1867-1913", Micros (2).
• (1979), "Teoria classica e teoria moderna della pianificazione di fronte alle economie di tipo sovietico: una rassegna critica", Giornale degli Economisti, 38 (1).
• (1979), "Innovazione scientifica, concorrenza e gerarchie: un invito alla riflessione sulla riforma universitaria", Economia Istruzione e Formazione Professionale, 2 (5).
• (1979), "L'allocazione delle committenze di ricerca nell'Università: un problema di regolazione", Economia Istruzione e Formazione Professionale, 2 (7).

Unpublished works

• (2013), "Why the Arab Spring is turning Islamic".
  unpublished paper, University of Eastern Piedmont, May 2013
• (2013), "The rationality of Serb leaders in the Bosnian war".
  unpublished paper, University of Eastern Piedmont, January 2013
• (2013), "Thresholds in religion: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam".
  annual meeting of the European Public Choice Society, Zuerich, April 3-6, and 12th conference of the Association for the Study of Religion, Economics and Culture, Arlington (VA), April 11-14, 2013
• (2011), "Extermination as a substitute for assimilation or deportation: An economic approach".
  13th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, Milan, June 24-26, 2013
• (2011), "From Jesus to Christianity: The economics", annual conference of the Canadian Economic Association, Ottawa, June 3-5, 2011..
• (2010), "Competition between exclusive religions: The demise of Jewish proselytism and the Counter-reformation".
  session “Economics and Religion” at the annual conference of the Canadian Economic Association, Quebec City, May 28-30, 2010
• (2008), "Cult and Unobservable Extreme Sacrifice".
  annual meeting of the European Public Choice Society, Jena (Germany), March 27-30, 2008.
• (2006), "Exclusivity and strictness: A model of extremism in sects and universal religions", annual meeting of the European Public Choice Society, Turku (Finland), April 20-23, 2006.
• with GILIBERT G. (1984), "Von Thuenen's theory of the natural wage and the free land hypothesis: a comment on Samuelson", Working paper, Laboratorio di Economia Politica Cognetti de Martiis, University of Turin n. 16 .

Working papers POLIS

• (2010), "The cult of martyrs", Working paper POLIS - Economic Series n. 168 .
  J.E.L codes: D74, D82, Z12
  Keywords: martyrdom, cult, afterlife, economics of religion, principal-agent model, suicide terrorism
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• (2002), "Radicalization as a reaction to failure: an economic model of islamic extremism", Working paper POLIS - Economic Series n. 33 .
  J.E.L codes: D72; D74
  Questo lavoro ha usufruito di un finanziamento Murst per i progetti di ricerca di interesse nazionale (2000): "Analisi comparata delle istituzioni e complessità istituzionale delle forme di governance nella prospettiva della teoria dei contratti incompleti".
  Abstract
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• (1999), "A model of the political enterprise.", Working paper POLIS - Economic Series n. 9 .
  J.E.L codes: D72; L31
  Abstract
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