Marc F. Bellemare

Published August 8, 2011

The Shape of Things: Plots of Land Edition

Because I have done a certain amount of work on the economics of land (see here on land tenancy, here on land rights, and here on land productivity), I am always interested in new papers on land. Because I teach law and economics every spring semester, this particular paper caught my attention:

Published August 4, 2011

Conflict and Rape Statistics

In an excellent article in Foreign Affairs, the International Food Policy Research Institute’s Amber Peterman and her coauthors discuss the under- and over-reporting of rape cases that occur in conjunction with war, and how this isn’t just an academic issue:

Published August 3, 2011

Socialist Architecture

Although a lot of it reminds me of my alma mater‘s sad architecture, there are some cool buildings in this photo gallery of socialist architecture published by Der Spiegel earlier this week. This building, which now houses the central bank of Georgia, reminds me of Habitat 67:

Marc F. Bellemare Posts

The Shape of Things: Plots of Land Edition

Conflict and Rape Statistics

Socialist Architecture