Ragnar Torvik

Professor of Economics NTNU

Ragnar Torvik left PRIO in 2012. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons. Ragnar Torvik is an External Associate at PRIO.

Background

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PRIO Departments

Historical

Events

Mon, 21 June 2010 – Climate Change and Security
Sun, 18 June 2006 – Conflict and Economic Performance
13 - 14 Dec 2004 – Workshop on Conflicts and Economics, 13–14 December 2004
Mon, 24 November 2003 – Central African Rift

PRIO started tracking events online in 2007. This listing is not complete. Past events may be mentioned in our news archive.

All Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Torvik, Ragnar; Halvor Mehlum & Karl Ove Moene (2006) Cursed by Resources or Institutions?, World Economy 29(8): 1117–1131.

Moene, Karl Ove; Halvor Mehlum & Ragnar Torvik (2006) Institutions and the Resource Curse, Economic Journal 116(508): 1–20.

Torvik, Ragnar; Halvor Mehlum & Edward Miguel (2006) Poverty and Crime in 19th Century Germany, Journal of Urban Economics 59(3): 370–388.

Mehlum, Halvor; Karl Ove Moene & Ragnar Torvik (2003) Predator or Prey: Parasite Enterprises in Economic Development, European Economic Review 47(2): 275–294.

Mehlum, Halvor; Karl Ove Moene & Ragnar Torvik (2002) Plunder & Protection Inc., Journal of Peace Research 39(4): 447–459.

Book Chapter

Mehlum, Halvor; Karl Ove Moene & Ragnar Torvik (2008) Institutions and the Resource Curse, in Congleton, Roger D.; Arye L. Hillman; & K.A. Konrad, eds, 40 Years of Research on Rent Seeking, Volume 2. Berlin: Springer (245–264).

Torvik, Ragnar; Karl Ove Moene & Halvor Mehlum (2006) Parasites, in Poverty Traps. Princeton, NJ: .

Conference Paper

Mehlum, Halvor; Edward Miguel & Ragnar Torvik (2006) Poverty and Crime in 19th Century Germany, presented at the Oslo GROW-net Workshop, Oslo, 10–11 February.

Report - Other

Mehlum, Halvor; Karl Ove Moene; & Ragnar Torvik (2008) Mineral Rents and Social Development in Norway, UNRISD project "Financing Social Policy". Oslo: University of Oslo.