Publications

"The Falklands Islands: Prosperity in the Face of Adversity." The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs. Forthcoming.

“Legalize it?” Latin America Policy Journal. Harvard Kennedy School. 2012. (With Javier Calderón).

“Protestant Ethic and Prosperity: Vegetable Production in Almolonga, Guatemala.” 32 (85-117). Research in Economic Anthropology. 2012. (With Luis Noel Alfaro).

“Calculus of Consent: 50th Anniversary.” Laissez-Faire. No. 36-37 (March-Sept 2012): 88-96 (With Calleen Haight and Nikolai Wenzel).

“Economic Anthropology: Past and Future,” Laissez-Faire, 2010, 32: 29 - 40.

“Homicide Rates in a Cross-Section of Countries: Evidence and Some Interpretations,” Population and Development Review. December 2009 (Vol. 35, No. 4). (With Julio Cole).

“Rationality as a Social Construction: What does Behaviour have to say about Development in an Amazon Community?” Journal of Economic Issues, 2008, 42: 115-32.

“Where did the Miracle come from? Exploring Botswana´s Economic Success,” Laissez-Faire, 2007, 26-27: 45-54.

“A Supply and Demand Approach to the Institutional Performance of Haiti,” Latin American Journal of Economic Development, 2005, 4: 65-82.

“Successful Management of Diamond Revenues in Botswana: Institutions, State Development, or Political Coalitions.” Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D. C., 2005 (with Amy Poteete) Mercatus Center Working Paper # 60, August 2005.

“The Effect of the Minimum Wage in the Labor Market: A Computer Simulation Approach.” Presented at the 2nd meeting of the European Social Simulation Association in Valladolid, Spain, September 2004. (with Holly Potter) Mercatus Center Working Paper # 29, June 2004.

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters 

“Is Joseph Schumpeter's theory of economic development still useful? The case of a semirural community in Colombia.” In Dr Donald Wood (ed.) Economic Action in Theory and Practice: Anthropological Investigations (Research in Economic Anthropology, Volume 30), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.77-98. 2010.

“Hybrid Cultures and Economic Strategies for Economic Development Among the Wayuu of Colombia.” In T. Dunk (Ed.). Transitions in Marginal Zones in the Age of Globalization: Case Studies from the North and South. Ontario: Lakehead University. Center for Northern Studies. Northern and Regional Studies Series # 18. 2010.

“Wayúu Crafts: A Dilemma of Culture and Development.” In D. Wood (Ed.), Choices in Economic Contexts: Ethnographic and Theoretical Enquiries. Research in Economic Anthropology, 25: 217- 238. Greenwich, CT: Elsevier / JAI Press, 2007.