Ragnar Torvik

Professor of Economics NTNU

Email: ragnar.torvik@svt.ntnu.no
Work phone: 4773591420

Ragnar Torvik is an External Associate at PRIO.

Background

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Events

Mon, 21 June 2010 – Climate Change and Security
Sun, 18 June 2006 – Conflict and Economic Performance
Mon, 13 December 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.

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

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; 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

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.