Razvan Vlaicu

Assistant Professor of Economics

 

University of Maryland

Department of Economics

3105 Tydings Hall

College Park, MD 20742, U.S.A.

 

Office:     4118E Tydings Hall

Phone:     (301) 405-3490

Fax:         (301) 405-3542

E-mail:     Razvan Vlaicu

 

 

 

Curriculum Vitae:

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Research Interests: Political Economy, Applied Microeconomics, Development, Applied Econometrics

 

 

Publications:

• "Democracy, Credibility and Clientelism," with Philip Keefer, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, October 2008, 24(2): 371-406. (working paper) (journal article)

• "Parties, Coalitions and the Internal Organization of Legislatures," with Daniel Diermeier, American Political Science Review, May 2011, 105(2): 359-380. (working paper) (journal article)

• "Executive Control and Legislative Success," with Daniel Diermeier, Review of Economic Studies, July 2011, 78(3): 846-871. (working paper) (journal article)

• "Do Housing Bubbles Generate Fiscal Bubbles? Evidence from California Cities," with Alex Whalley, Public Choice, October 2011, 149(1-2): 89-108. (working paper) (journal article)

 

 

Research Papers:

• The Role of Pressure Groups in British Legislative Politics, 1945-1989 R&R Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics.

• Hierarchical Accountability in Government: Theory and Evidence, with Alex Whalley.

• Political Accountability for Public Spending

• Executive Performance under Direct and Hierarchical Accountability Structures

• Procedural Choice in Majoritarian Organizations, with Daniel Diermeier and Carlo Prato.

 

 

Work in Progress:

• Structural Political Agency, with Boragan Aruoba and Allan Drazen.

• Partisan Politics: Economic and Public Opinion Factors

• MTEFs and Fiscal Performance, with Francesco Grigoli, Zachary Mills, and Marijn Verhoeven.

• Inter-Jurisdictional Competition and Government Form, with John Hatfield, Katrina Kosec, and Alex Whalley.

 

 

Teaching:

• ECON422 Econometrics I

• ECON757 Topics in Political Economy II