My Research Papers

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Refereed articles

Rajesh Kumar, U. Srinivasa Rangan, and Carlos Rufín, “Negotiating Complexity and Legitimacy in Independent Power Project Development,” forthcoming 2005, Journal of World Business.

 

Ishtiaq P. Mahmood and Carlos Rufín, “From Big Push to Big Pull: The Paradox of Government Action,” Academy of Management Review 30(2) (April 2005): 338-360.

 

Carlos Rufín, U. Srinivasa Rangan, and Rajesh Kumar, “The Role of the State and Changing Value Dynamics,” American Journal of Economics and Sociology 62(4) (October 2003): 649-675.

 

Carlos Rufín, “Sustainability of Power Sector Reform in Latin America’s Small Countries,” Infrastructure and Financial Markets Review 8(3) (September 2002): 1-6.

 

Ishtiaq P. Mahmood and Carlos Rufín, “From Big Push to Big Pull: The Paradox of Government Action,” Proceedings of the Academy of Management 2002 Annual Meeting.

 

Books

Carlos Rufín, The Political Economy of Institutional Change in the Electricity Supply Industry: Shifting Currents (Cheltenham, England, and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004).

 

Book chapters

Carlos Rufín, “Regional Public Goods and Infrastructure,” in Antoni Estevadeordal, ed., Regional Public Goods: From Theory to Practice (Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank and Asian Development Bank, 2004).

 

Fundación Solar and Carlos Rufín, “Guatemala’s Reforms in the Balance,” in Jaime Millán and Nils von der Fehr, eds., Keeping the Lights On: Power Sector Reform in Latin America (Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank, 2003).

Other articles

Gregory P. Swinand, Carlos Rufín, and Chetan D. Sharma, “Valuing Assets Using Real Options: An Application to Deregulated Electricity Markets,” Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 17(2) Spring 2005.

 

Carlos Rufín, “Political and Regulatory Risk in Latin America’s Electric Power Industry,” Latin America Energy Report, September 16, 2004: 1, 10-13.

 

A.J. Goulding, Carlos Rufín, and Gregory P. Swinand, “The Role of Vibrant Retail Electricity Markets in Assuring That Wholesale Power Markets Operate Efficiently,” Electricity Journal 12(10) (1999): 61-65.

WORKING PAPERS AND OTHER RESEARCH

Luigi Manzetti and Carlos Rufín, “Private Utility Supply in a Hostile Environment: The Experience of Water/sanitation and Electricity Distribution Utilities in Northern Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Ecuador,” Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C., December 2004.

 

“The Political Economy of the Brazilian Electricity Sector,” Inter-American Development Bank, January 2002.

 

Carlos Rufín, “Institutional Change in the Electricity Industry: A Comparison of Four Latin American Cases,” Discussion Paper, Environment and Natural Resources Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1999.

 

Carlos Rufín, “A Comparison of the South Korean and Brazilian Electricity Sectors, 1945-1995,” unpublished manuscript, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1995.

 

Carlos Rufín, “Entry, Voice and Loyalty: Legitimizing Privatization Through NGOs”

 

Carlos Rufín and U. Srinivasa Rangan, “Institutional Change in the Electricity Industry: Initial Evidence”

 

Carlos Rufín and Evanán Romero, “Institutional Sustainability in Latin America: Unraveling Commitments”

 

Carlos Rufín, “Beyond Independence: A Scenario for Regulatory Unraveling”

 

Carlos Rufín, “El día después: la legitimación de las reformas institucionales en Latinoamérica”

 

 

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