← All authors Daron Acemoğlu Massachusetts Institute of Technology (from arXiv:2503.00757, 2025) · OpenAlex
237 papers in scope · 236 published · 1 on the econ.EM arXiv · 90,907 citations · h-index 124 (over the papers listed here)
Papers (1 of 237)
Robots and Workers
published 2026 · Journal of Labor Economics
with Hans Koster, Ceren Özgen
Automation and Polarization
published 2025 · Journal of Political Economy · 23 citations · first circulated 2022
with Jonas Loebbing
Nobel Lecture: Institutions, Technology, and Prosperity
published 2025 · American Economic Review · 18 citations
working paper 2025 · arXiv · 2 citations
When Big Data Enables Behavioral Manipulation
published 2025 · American Economic Review Insights · 29 citations
2023 KLEIN LECTURE—CAPITAL AND WAGES
published 2024 · International Economic Review · 4 citations
Regulating Transformative Technologies
published 2024 · American Economic Review Insights · 17 citations · first circulated 2023
with Todd Lensman
Learning From Ricardo and Thompson: Machinery and Labor in the Early Industrial Revolution and in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
published 2024 · Annual Review of Economics · 36 citations
with Simon Johnson
The simple macroeconomics of AI
published 2024 · Economic Policy · 191 citations
The Making of Social Democracy: the Economic and Electoral Consequences of Norway’s 1936 Folk School Reform
published 2024 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 13 citations · first circulated 2021
with Tuomas Pekkarinen, Kjell G. Salvanes, Matti Sarvimäki
(Successful) Democracies Breed Their Own Support
published 2024 · The Review of Economic Studies · 36 citations · first circulated 2021
with Nicolás Ajzenman, Cevat Giray Aksoy, Martín Fiszbein, Carlos Molina
In search of a new paradigm for innovation, free markets, and regulation
published 2024 · The business & management collection.
The Macroeconomics of Supply Chain Disruptions
published 2024 · The Review of Economic Studies · 62 citations · first circulated 2020
with Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi
Bottlenecks: Sectoral Imbalances and the US Productivity Slowdown
published 2024 · NBER Macroeconomics Annual · 25 citations · first circulated 2023
with David Autor, Christina Patterson
Online Business Models, Digital Ads, and User Welfare
published 2024 · Journal of Political Economy · 4 citations
A task-based approach to inequality
published 2024 · Oxford Open Economics · 9 citations
with Pascual Restrepo
A Model of Online Misinformation
published 2023 · The Review of Economic Studies · 66 citations · first circulated 2021
Optimal adaptive testing for epidemic control: Combining molecular and serology tests
published 2023 · Automatica · 19 citations
Living Under the Long Shadow of Big Tech: Power and Influence in an Uneven Economy
published 2023 · Academy of Management Proceedings
with Michael G. Jacobides, Gerald F. Davis, Shoshana Zuboff
Testing, Voluntary Social Distancing, and the Spread of an Infection
published 2023 · Operations Research · 51 citations · first circulated 2020
Advanced Technology Adoption: Selection or Causal Effects?
published 2023 · AEA Papers and Proceedings · 50 citations
Equilibrium Analysis in Behavioural One-Sector Growth Models
published 2023 · The Review of Economic Studies · 4 citations
with Martin Kaae Jensen
Mirage on the horizon: Geoengineering and carbon taxation without commitment
published 2023 · Journal of Public Economics · 16 citations · first circulated 2018
with Will Rafey
Too Much Data: Prices and Inefficiencies in Data Markets
published 2022 · American Economic Journal Microeconomics · 205 citations · first circulated 2019
Weak, Despotic, or Inclusive? How State Type Emerges from State versus Civil Society Competition
published 2022 · American Political Science Review · 61 citations
with James A. Robinson
Radical and Incremental Innovation: The Roles of Firms, Managers, and Innovators
published 2022 · American Economic Journal Macroeconomics · 153 citations
with Ufuk Akcigit, Murat Alp Celik
Comment
published 2022 · NBER Macroeconomics Annual · 10 citations
with Carlos Molina
Artificial Intelligence and Jobs: Evidence from Online Vacancies
published 2022 · Journal of Labor Economics · 922 citations
with David Autor, Jonathon Hazell, Pascual Restrepo
Obedience in the Labour Market and Social Mobility: A Socioeconomic Approach
published 2022 · Economica · 15 citations
War, Socialism, and the Rise of Fascism: an Empirical Exploration
published 2022 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 26 citations · first circulated 2020
with Giuseppe De Feo, Giacomo De Luca, Gianluca Russo
Tasks, Automation, and the Rise in U.S. Wage Inequality
published 2022 · Econometrica · 570 citations · first circulated 2021
with Pascual Restrepo
Learning From Reviews: The Selection Effect and the Speed of Learning
published 2022 · Econometrica · 65 citations
Optimal Targeted Lockdowns in a Multigroup SIR Model
published 2021 · American Economic Review Insights · 38 citations
with Victor Chernozhukovz, Iván Werning, Michael D. Whinston
Demographics and Automation
published 2021 · The Review of Economic Studies · 543 citations · first circulated 2018
with Pascual Restrepo
Melissa Dell: Winner of the 2020 Clark Medal
published 2021 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives
Culture, Institutions and Social Equilibria: A Framework
published 2021 · Journal of Economic Literature · 21 citations
with James A. Robinson
A Theory of Equality Before the Law
published 2020 · The Economic Journal · 35 citations · first circulated 2018
with Alexander Wolitzky
The Perils of High-Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia’s False Positives
published 2020 · American Economic Journal Economic Policy · 70 citations · first circulated 2016
with Leopoldo Fergusson, James A. Robinson, Darío Romero, Juan F. Vargas
Systemic credit freezes in financial lending networks
published 2020 · Mathematics and Financial Economics · 15 citations
The political agenda effect and state centralization
published 2020 · Journal of Comparative Economics · 22 citations · first circulated 2016
with James A. Robinson, Ragnar Torvik
Competing with Robots: Firm-Level Evidence from France
published 2020 · AEA Papers and Proceedings · 366 citations
with Claire Lelarge, Pascual Restrepo
Unpacking Skill Bias: Automation and New Tasks
published 2020 · AEA Papers and Proceedings · 64 citations
with Pascual Restrepo
Endogenous Production Networks
published 2020 · Econometrica · 235 citations · first circulated 2017
with Pablo Azar
Does the US Tax Code Favor Automation?
published 2020 · Brookings Papers on Economic Activity · 74 citations
with Andrea Manera, Pascual Restrepo
Comments and Discussion
published 2020 · Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Comment
published 2020 · NBER Macroeconomics Annual
The wrong kind of AI? Artificial intelligence and the future of labour demand
published 2019 · Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society · 582 citations
with Pascual Restrepo
Population and Conflict
published 2019 · The Review of Economic Studies · 95 citations
with Leopoldo Fergusson, Simon Johnson
Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets
published 2019 · Journal of Political Economy · 3582 citations · first circulated 2017
with Pascual Restrepo
Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor
published 2019 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 2254 citations
with Pascual Restrepo
Sustaining Cooperation: Community Enforcement versus Specialized Enforcement
published 2019 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 52 citations · first circulated 2015
with Alexander Wolitzky
Rents and economic development: the perspective of Why Nations Fail
published 2019 · Public Choice · 128 citations
with James A. Robinson
Innovation, Reallocation, and Growth
published 2018 · American Economic Review · 643 citations · first circulated 2013
with Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom, William R. Kerr, William A. Kerr
Democracy Does Cause Growth
published 2018 · Journal of Political Economy · 1487 citations · first circulated 2014
with Suresh Naidu, Pascual Restrepo, James A. Robinson, James J. Robinson
Informational Braess’ Paradox: The Effect of Information on Traffic Congestion
published 2018 · Operations Research · 26 citations · first circulated 2016
The Race between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares, and Employment
published 2018 · American Economic Review · 2879 citations · first circulated 2016
with Pascual Restrepo
Low-Skill and High-Skill Automation
published 2018 · Journal of Human Capital · 300 citations · first circulated 2017
with Pascual Restrepo
Modeling Automation
published 2018 · AEA Papers and Proceedings · 138 citations
with Pascual Restrepo
Trust in State and Non-State Actors: Evidence from Dispute Resolution in Pakistan
published 2018 · Journal of Political Economy · 39 citations
with Ali Cheema, Asim Ijaz Khwaja, James A. Robinson
Dave Donaldson: Winner of the 2017 Clark Medal
published 2018 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 6 citations
Social Mobility and Stability of Democracy: Reevaluating De Tocqueville*
published 2017 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 52 citations
with Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
Privacy-constrained network formation
published 2017 · Games and Economic Behavior · 32 citations · first circulated 2015
The Power of the Street: Evidence from Egypt’s Arab Spring
published 2017 · Review of Financial Studies · 341 citations · first circulated 2014
with Tarek A. Hassan, Ahmed Tahoun
Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World
published 2017 · Journal of Political Economy · 132 citations · first circulated 2012
with James A. Robinson, Thierry Verdier
Competition in Electricity Markets with Renewable Energy Sources
published 2017 · The Energy Journal · 124 citations
Secular Stagnation? The Effect of Aging on Economic Growth in the Age of Automation
published 2017 · American Economic Review · 498 citations
with Pascual Restrepo
Social Norms and the Enforcement of Laws
published 2017 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 113 citations · first circulated 2014
with Matthew O. Jackson
Weak States: Causes and Consequences of the Sicilian Mafia
published 2017 · The Review of Economic Studies · 73 citations
with Giuseppe De Feo, Giacomo De Luca
Microeconomic Origins of Macroeconomic Tail Risks
published 2016 · American Economic Review · 322 citations · first circulated 2014
Network security and contagion
published 2016 · Journal of Economic Theory · 160 citations · first circulated 2013
Innovation network
published 2016 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 234 citations
with Ufuk Akcigit, William R. Kerr, William A. Kerr
State Capacity and American Technology: Evidence from the Nineteenth Century
published 2016 · American Economic Review · 201 citations
with Jacob Moscona, James A. Robinson
The value of connections in turbulent times: Evidence from the United States
published 2016 · Journal of Financial Economics · 633 citations · first circulated 2013
with Simon Johnson, Amir Kermani, James Kwak, Todd Mitton
Transition to Clean Technology
published 2016 · Journal of Political Economy · 1008 citations · first circulated 2014
with Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley, William R. Kerr
Fragility of asymptotic agreement under Bayesian learning
published 2016 · Theoretical Economics · 141 citations · first circulated 2008
Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration
published 2016 · NBER Macroeconomics Annual · 438 citations · first circulated 2015
with Ufuk Akcigit, William R. Kerr, William Kerr
Import Competition and the Great US Employment Sag of the 2000s
published 2015 · Journal of Labor Economics · 1103 citations · first circulated 2014
with David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson, Brendan M. Price
Why Nations Fail? (Keynote Video Lecture)
published 2015 · The Pakistan Development Review · 3 citations
Political Economy in a Changing World
published 2015 · Journal of Political Economy · 79 citations · first circulated 2013
with Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach
published 2015 · American Economic Review · 391 citations · first circulated 2014
Robust Comparative Statics in Large Dynamic Economies
published 2015 · Journal of Political Economy · 57 citations · first circulated 2012
with Martin Kaae Jensen
Localised and Biased Technologies: Atkinson and Stiglitz's New View, Induced Innovations, and Directed Technological Change
published 2015 · The Economic Journal · 108 citations · first circulated 2014
Systemic Risk and Stability in Financial Networks
published 2015 · American Economic Review · 1906 citations · first circulated 2013
The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism
published 2015 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 322 citations · first circulated 2014
with James A. Robinson, James J. Robinson
Innovation by entrants and incumbents
published 2015 · Journal of Economic Theory · 282 citations · first circulated 2010
with Dân Cao
An evaluation of the FDA's analysis of the costs and benefits of the graphic warning label regulation
published 2014 · Tobacco Control · 41 citations
with Frank J. Chaloupka, Kenneth E. Warner, Jonathan Gruber, Fritz Laux, Wendy Max, Joseph P. Newhouse, Thomas C. Schelling, Jody L. Sindelar
Harmonic Influence in Largescale Networks
published 2014 · ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review · 2 citations
History, Expectations, and Leadership in the Evolution of Social Norms
published 2014 · The Review of Economic Studies · 241 citations · first circulated 2011
with Matthew O. Jackson
Disease and Development: A Reply to Bloom, Canning, and Fink
published 2014 · Journal of Political Economy · 40 citations
with Simon Johnson
The environment and directed technical change in a North-South model
published 2014 · Oxford Review of Economic Policy · 116 citations
with Philippe Aghion, David Hémous
Search with multi-worker firms
published 2014 · Theoretical Economics · 96 citations
with W. B. Hawkins
Institutions, Human Capital, and Development*
published 2014 · Annual Review of Economics · 484 citations
with Francisco Gallego, James A. Robinson, James J. Robinson
Return of the Solow Paradox? IT, Productivity, and Employment in US Manufacturing
published 2014 · American Economic Review · 332 citations
with David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson, Brendan M. Price, Brendan Price
Equalizing Superstars: The Internet and the Democratization of Education
published 2014 · American Economic Review · 53 citations
with David Laibson, John A. List
Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone
published 2014 · Journal of Political Economy · 523 citations · first circulated 2012
with Tristan Reed, James A. Robinson, James M. Robinson, Tristan F. Reed
Cycles of Conflict: An Economic Model
published 2014 · American Economic Review · 85 citations
with Alexander Wolitzky
Dynamics of information exchange in endogenous social networks
published 2014 · Theoretical Economics · 145 citations · first circulated 2010
Aggregate comparative statics
published 2013 · Games and Economic Behavior · 32 citations · first circulated 2009
with Martin Kaae Jensen
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances?
published 2013 · The Review of Economic Studies · 146 citations · first circulated 2011
with James A. Robinson, R. Torvik, Ragnar Torvik
Economics versus Politics: Pitfalls of Policy Advice
published 2013 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 314 citations
with James A. Robinson, James Robinson
Stability Analysis of Transportation Networks with Multiscale Driver Decisions
published 2013 · 67 citations · first circulated 2011
THE MONOPOLY OF VIOLENCE: EVIDENCE FROM COLOMBIA
published 2013 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 433 citations · first circulated 2009
with James A. Robinson, Rafael J. Santos, James Robinson
Editorial
published 2013 · NBER Macroeconomics Annual · 1 citations
with Jonathan Parker, Michael Woodford
A Political Theory of Populism*
published 2012 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 485 citations · first circulated 2010
with Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
Offshoring and Directed Technical Change
published 2012 · American Economic Journal Macroeconomics · 132 citations
with Gino Gancia, Fabrizio Zilibotti
Finding Eldorado: Slavery and long-run development in Colombia
published 2012 · Journal of Comparative Economics · 108 citations
What Does Human Capital Do? A Review of Goldin and Katz's The Race between Education and Technology
published 2012 · Journal of Economic Literature · 352 citations
with David Autor
Dynamics and Stability of Constitutions, Coalitions, and Clubs
published 2012 · American Economic Review · 188 citations · first circulated 2008
with Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
Is This Time Different? Capture and Anti-Capture of US Politics
published 2012 · The Economists Voice · 4 citations
with James A. Robinson
Introduction to economic growth
published 2012 · Journal of Economic Theory · 603 citations
A Dynamic Theory of Resource Wars
published 2012 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 93 citations · first circulated 2011
The Network Origins of Aggregate Fluctuations
published 2012 · Econometrica · 2126 citations · first circulated 2011
Editorial
published 2012 · NBER Macroeconomics Annual
with Michael Woodford
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS POLICY, COMPETITION AND INNOVATION
published 2011 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 66 citations
with Ufuk Akcigit
The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution
published 2011 · American Economic Review · 465 citations · first circulated 2009
with Davide Cantoni, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson, J. E. M. Robinson
Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia
published 2011 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 269 citations · first circulated 2010
with Tarek A. Hassan, James A. Robinson, James Robinson
Bayesian Learning in Social Networks
published 2011 · The Review of Economic Studies · 801 citations · first circulated 2008
EMERGENCE AND PERSISTENCE OF INEFFICIENT STATES
published 2011 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 278 citations · first circulated 2006
with Davide Ticchi, Andrea Vindigni
Experimentation, Patents, and Innovation
published 2011 · American Economic Journal Microeconomics · 45 citations · first circulated 2008
The Economics of Labor Coercion
published 2011 · Econometrica · 248 citations · first circulated 2009
with Alexander Wolitzky
Report of the Editors 2009-2010
published 2011 · Econometrica
with Stephen Morris, Wolfgang Pesendorfer, J L Robin, Larry Samuelson, James H. Stock, Harald Uhlig
Editorial
published 2011 · NBER Macroeconomics Annual
with Michael Woodford
Political economy of Ramsey taxation
published 2010 · Journal of Public Economics · 67 citations · first circulated 2009
When Does Labor Scarcity Encourage Innovation?
published 2010 · Journal of Political Economy · 371 citations · first circulated 2009
Power fluctuations and political economy
published 2010 · Journal of Economic Theory · 86 citations · first circulated 2009
Political Selection and Persistence of Bad Governments
published 2010 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 103 citations · first circulated 2009
with Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
The Role of Institutions in Growth and Development
published 2010 · Review of Economics and Institutions · 450 citations · first circulated 2008
with James A. Robinson, James J. Robinson
Competing engines of growth: Innovation and standardization
published 2010 · Journal of Economic Theory · 196 citations
with Gino Gancia, Fabrizio Zilibotti
VERTICAL INTEGRATION AND TECHNOLOGY: THEORY AND EVIDENCE
published 2010 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 172 citations · first circulated 2004
with Rachel Griffith, Philippe Aghion, Fabrizio Zilibotti
Theory, General Equilibrium, and Political Economy in Development Economics
published 2010 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 176 citations
Institutions, Factor Prices, and Taxation: Virtues of Strong States?
published 2010 · American Economic Review · 62 citations
Political Limits to Globalization
published 2010 · American Economic Review · 82 citations
with Pierre Yared
Spread of (mis)information in social networks
published 2010 · Games and Economic Behavior · 451 citations · first circulated 2009
Editorial
published 2010 · NBER Macroeconomics Annual · 5 citations
with Kenneth Rogoff, Michael Woodford
Dynamic Mirrlees Taxation under Political Economy Constraints
published 2009 · The Review of Economic Studies · 59 citations · first circulated 2007
A Theory of Military Dictatorships
published 2009 · American Economic Journal Macroeconomics · 260 citations · first circulated 2003
with Davide Ticchi, Andrea Vindigni
Productivity Differences Between and Within Countries
published 2009 · American Economic Journal Macroeconomics · 187 citations
with Melissa Dell
Reevaluating the modernization hypothesis
published 2009 · Journal of Monetary Economics · 368 citations · first circulated 2007
with Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson, Pierre Yared
The Environment and Directed Technical Change
published 2009 · American Economic Review · 176 citations
with Philippe Aghion, Leonardo Bursztyn, David Hémous
Determinants of Vertical Integration: Financial Development and Contracting Costs
published 2009 · The Journal of Finance · 319 citations
with Simon Johnson, Todd Mitton
Do Juntas Lead to Personal Rule?
published 2009 · American Economic Review · 25 citations
with Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
Küresel iktisadi kriz
published 2009 · İktisat İşletme ve Finans
Income and Health Spending: Evidence from Oil Price Shocks
published 2009 · The Review of Economics and Statistics · 78 citations
with Amy Finkelstein, Matthew Notowidigdo
The Crisis of 2008: Structural Lessons for and from Economics
published 2009 · Equilibri · 89 citations
THE CRISIS OF 2008: LESSONS FOR AND FROM ECONOMICS
published 2009 · Critical Review · 69 citations
PERSISTENCE OF CIVIL WARS
published 2009 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 74 citations
with Andrea Vindigni, Davide Ticchi, Ticchi D, Vindigni A
Input and Technology Choices in Regulated Industries: Evidence from the Health Care Sector
published 2008 · Journal of Political Economy · 143 citations · first circulated 2006
with Amy Finkelstein
Coalition Formation in Non-Democracies
published 2008 · The Review of Economic Studies · 40 citations
with Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
The Persistence and Change of Institutions in the Americas
published 2008 · Southern Economic Journal · 59 citations
with James A. Robinson
Price and capacity competition
published 2008 · Games and Economic Behavior · 106 citations · first circulated 2006
Political Economy of Mechanisms
published 2008 · Econometrica · 165 citations
Political Economy of Intermediate Goods Taxation
published 2008 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 5 citations
Persistence of Power, Elites, and Institutions
published 2008 · American Economic Review · 1243 citations · first circulated 2006
with James A. Robinson, James Robinson
When Does Policy Reform Work?: The Case of Central Bank Independence
published 2008 · Brookings Papers on Economic Activity · 280 citations
with Simon Johnson, Pablo Querubín, James A. Robinson
Oligarchic Versus Democratic Societies
published 2008 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 384 citations
Distinguished Guest Lecture: The Persistence and Change of Institutions in the Americas
published 2008 · Southern Economic Journal · 18 citations
with James A. Robinson
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Editorial
published 2008 · NBER Macroeconomics Annual
with Kenneth Rogoff, Michael Woodford
Markets versus governments
published 2007 · Journal of Monetary Economics · 66 citations
Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth
published 2007 · Journal of Political Economy · 1285 citations · first circulated 2006
with Simon Johnson
Incentives in Markets, Firms, and Governments
published 2007 · 125 citations · first circulated 2003
with Michael Kremer, Ajmal Mian, Atif Mian
Technology, Information, and the Decentralization of the Firm
published 2007 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 541 citations · first circulated 2006
Equilibrium Bias of Technology
published 2007 · Econometrica · 340 citations · first circulated 2005
Contracts and Technology Adoption
published 2007 · American Economic Review · 486 citations
with Pol Antràs, Elhanan Helpman
Editorial
published 2007 · NBER Macroeconomics Annual · 2 citations
with Kenneth Rogoff, Michael Woodford
A Simple Model of Inefficient Institutions
published 2006 · Scandinavian Journal of Economics · 203 citations
Capital Deepening and Non-Balanced Economic Growth
published 2006 · Journal of Political Economy · 202 citations
with Veronica Guerrieri
De Facto Political Power and Institutional Persistence
published 2006 · American Economic Review · 515 citations
with James A. Robinson
Did Medicare Induce Pharmaceutical Innovation?
published 2006 · American Economic Review · 74 citations
with David Cutler, Amy Finkelstein, Joshua Linn
Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth
published 2006 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 1484 citations · first circulated 2002
with Philippe Aghion, Fabrizio Zilibotti
Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective
published 2006 · American Political Science Review · 714 citations · first circulated 2002
with James A. Robinson, J. E. M. Robinson
Editorial
published 2006 · NBER Macroeconomics Annual · 1 citations
with Kenneth Rogoff, Michael Woodford
Constitutions, Politics, and Economics: A Review Essay on Persson and Tabellini’s The Economic Effects of Constitutions
published 2005 · Journal of Economic Literature · 292 citations
Politics and economics in weak and strong states
published 2005 · Journal of Monetary Economics · 89 citations
Unbundling Institutions
published 2005 · Journal of Political Economy · 2207 citations · first circulated 2003
with Simon Johnson
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth
published 2005 · American Economic Review · 1794 citations · first circulated 2002
with Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson, Simon H. Johnson, Robinson James, James M. Robinson
From Education to Democracy?
published 2005 · American Economic Review · 432 citations · first circulated 2004
with Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson, Pierre Yared
Income and Democracy
published 2005 · American Economic Review · 100 citations
with Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson, Pierre Yared
[The Rise in Firm-Level Volatility: Causes and Consequences]: Comment
published 2005 · NBER Macroeconomics Annual · 3 citations
Market Size in Innovation: Theory and Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry
published 2004 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 968 citations · first circulated 2003
with Joshua Linn
Women, War, and Wages: The Effect of Female Labor Supply on the Wage Structure at Midcentury
published 2004 · Journal of Political Economy · 600 citations · first circulated 2002
with David Autor, David S. Lyle
Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule
published 2004 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 582 citations · first circulated 2003
with Thierry Verdier, James A. Robinson
Explaining the ‘Great Divergence’
published 2004 · World Economy
with Brian Snowdon
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Why not a political Coase theorem? Social conflict, commitment, and politics
published 2003 · Journal of Comparative Economics · 686 citations · first circulated 2002
Disease and Development in Historical Perspective
published 2003 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 210 citations
with Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson
Patterns of Skill Premia
published 2003 · The Review of Economic Studies · 677 citations · first circulated 1999
Institutional causes, macroeconomic symptoms: volatility, crises and growth
published 2003 · Journal of Monetary Economics · 424 citations · first circulated 2002
with Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson, Yunyong Thaicharoen, James M. Robinson
The labor market and corporate structure
published 2002 · European Economic Review · 72 citations · first circulated 1997
with Andrew F. Newman
Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
published 2002 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2722 citations · first circulated 2001
with Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson, Robinson James
Directed Technical Change
published 2002 · The Review of Economic Studies · 1657 citations · first circulated 2001
Vertical Integration and Distance to Frontier
published 2002 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 113 citations
with Philippe Aghion, Fabrizio Zilibotti
The Political Economy of the Kuznets Curve
published 2002 · Review of Development Economics · 341 citations
with James A. Robinson
The World Income Distribution
published 2002 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 362 citations · first circulated 2001
with Jaume Ventura
Technical Change, Inequality, and the Labor Market
published 2002 · Journal of Economic Literature · 2086 citations · first circulated 2000
Cross-Country Inequality Trends
published 2002 · The Economic Journal · 67 citations
Comments
published 2002 · Economía
with Miguel Urquiola S.
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply
published 2001 · American Economic Review · 8327 citations · first circulated 2000
with Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson
Deunionization, technical change and inequality
published 2001 · Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy · 88 citations · first circulated 2000
with Philippe Aghion, Giovanni L. Violante, G Violante
Consequences of Employment Protection? The Case of the Americans with Disabilities Act
published 2001 · Journal of Political Economy · 226 citations · first circulated 1998
Inefficient Redistribution
published 2001 · American Political Science Review · 231 citations
with James A. Robinson
A Theory of Political Transitions
published 2001 · American Economic Review · 208 citations · first circulated 2000
with James A. Robinson
SESSION 1A: RACIAL INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS
published 2001 · The Journal of Economic History · 15 citations
with Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson
Productivity Differences
published 2001 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 810 citations · first circulated 1999
with Fabrizio Zilibotti, Fabrizio Zilbotti
Changes in the wage structure, family income, and children's education
published 2001 · European Economic Review · 223 citations · first circulated 2000
with Jörn-Steffen Pischke
Good Jobs versus Bad Jobs
published 2001 · Journal of Labor Economics · 541 citations
Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality, and Growth in Historical Perspective
published 2000 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1982 citations · first circulated 1996
with James A. Robinson
Wage and Technology Dispersion
published 2000 · The Review of Economic Studies · 155 citations · first circulated 1997
with Robert Shimer
Credit Market Imperfections and Persistent Unemployment
published 2000 · European Economic Review · 43 citations
Productivity gains from unemployment insurance
published 2000 · European Economic Review · 375 citations · first circulated 1999
with Robert Shimer
Political Losers as a Barrier to Economic Development
published 2000 · American Economic Review · 512 citations
with James A. Robinson
Certification of training and training outcomes
published 2000 · European Economic Review · 90 citations · first circulated 1999
with Jörn-Steffen Pischke, Joern-Steffen Pischke
Democratization or repression?
published 2000 · European Economic Review · 15 citations
with James A. Robinson
The Choice Between Market Failures and Corruption
published 2000 · American Economic Review · 830 citations · first circulated 1997
with Thierry Verdier
Labor-and Capital-Augmenting Technical Change
published 2000 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 144 citations
How Large Are Human-Capital Externalities? Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws
published 2000 · NBER Macroeconomics Annual · 746 citations
Changes in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: An Alternative Theory and Some Evidence
published 1999 · American Economic Review · 630 citations · first circulated 1998
Holdups and Efficiency with Search Frictions
published 1999 · International Economic Review · 330 citations · first circulated 1998
with Robert Shimer
Efficient Unemployment Insurance
published 1999 · Journal of Political Economy · 449 citations · first circulated 1998
with Robert Shimer
The Structure of Wages and Investment in General Training
published 1999 · Journal of Political Economy · 1058 citations · first circulated 1998
with Jörn-Steffen Pischke
Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labour Markets
published 1999 · The Economic Journal · 1119 citations · first circulated 1998
with Jörn-Steffen Pischke, Joern-Steffen Pischke
Why Do New Technologies Complement Skills? Directed Technical Change and Wage Inequality
published 1998 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2137 citations · first circulated 1997
Property Rights, Corruption and the Allocation of Talent: a General Equilibrium Approach
published 1998 · The Economic Journal · 619 citations · first circulated 1996
with Thierry Verdier
Why Do Firms Train? Theory and Evidence
published 1998 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 980 citations · first circulated 1996
with Jörn-Steffen Pischke
Credit Market Imperfections and the Separation of Ownership from Control
published 1998 · Journal of Economic Theory · 16 citations
Asymmetric business cycles: Theory and time-series evidence
published 1997 · Journal of Monetary Economics · 143 citations · first circulated 1995
with Andrew Scott
Auditor independence, incomplete contracts and the role of legal liability
published 1997 · European Accounting Review · 60 citations
with Miles B. Gietzmann
Was Prometheus Unbound by Chance? Risk, Diversification, and Growth
published 1997 · Journal of Political Economy · 1506 citations · first circulated 1995
with Fabrizio Zilibotti
Training and Innovation in an Imperfect Labour Market
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