Halvor Mehlum

Research Economist, Department of Economics, University of Oslo

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

Background

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Please see the external homepage at the University of Oslo for more information about this person.

Events

Fri, 09 April 2010 – Social Conflict
Fri, 23 February 2007 – Conflict and Economic Performance
Sun, 18 June 2006 – Conflict and Economic Performance
Tue, 29 June 2004 – Conflict & Economic Performance

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

Publications

The following publications are specific to the Centre for the Study of Civil War. A more complete list may be available at www.prio.org.

All Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Lind, Jo Thori & Halvor Mehlum (2010) With or Without U? The Appropriate Test for a U-Shaped Relationship, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 72(1): 109–118.

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

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

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

Moene, Karl Ove & Halvor Mehlum (2006) Fighting Against the Odds, Economics of Governance 7(1): 75–87.

Moene, Karl Ove; Ragnar Torvik & Halvor Mehlum (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

Moene, Karl & Halvor Mehlum (2012) Aggressive elites and vulnerable entrepreneurs: Trust and cooperation in the shadow of conflict, in Stergios Skaperdas, ed., Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Peace and Conflict. Oxford University Press (706–729).

Torvik, Ragnar; Halvor Mehlum & Karl Ove Moene (2008) Institutions and the Resource Curse, in 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

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