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Working Papers

2008

1. A Theory of Military Dictatorships
   Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto
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   P.O.L.I.S. department's Working Papers, Department of Public Policy and Public Choice - POLIS (2008)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2008)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008)
2. Bayesian Learning in Social Networks
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. When Does Policy Reform Work? The Case of Central Bank Independence
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2007

4. Dynamic Mirrlees Taxation and Political Economy
   Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics
5. Economic and Political Inequality in Development: The Case of Cundinamarca, Colombia
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
6. Emergence and Persistence of Inefficient States
   Working Papers, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Department of Economics View citations
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   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations
   Working Papers, CREI Università degli Studi Roma Tre (2007) View citations
   Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto (2006) View citations
7. Introduction to Modern Economic Growth
   Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
8. Learning and Disagreement in an Uncertain World
   Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto
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   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations
9. Oligarchic Versus Democratic Societies
   Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto
   See Also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2008)
10. Political Economy of Mechanisms
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
11. Reevaluating the Modernization Hypothesis
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
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    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations
12. Vertical Integration and Technology: Theory and Evidence
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - IEW
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    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2005) View citations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2004) View citations

2006

13. Capital Deepening and Non-Balanced Economic Growth
    2006 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations
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    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations
14. Coalition Formation in Political Games
    Working Papers, Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) View citations
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    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations
15. Did Medicare Induce Pharmaceutical Innovation?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See Also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2006)
16. Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
17. Input and Technology Choices in Regulated Industries: Evidence From the Health Care Sector
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
18. Markets Versus Governments: Political Economy of Mechanisms
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
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    2006 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2006) View citations
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics (2006) View citations
19. Modeling Inefficient Institutions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
20. Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
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    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2008)
21. Price and Capacity Competition
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
22. State-Dependent Intellectual Property Rights Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
23. Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
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    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2006)
    See Also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2007)

2005

24. Competition and Efficiency in Congested Markets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics (2005)
25. Constitutions, Politics and Economics: A Review Essay on Persson and Tabellini's "The Economic Effect of Constitutions"
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (2005)
26. Contracts and the Division of Labor
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
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    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (2005) View citations
27. Determinants of Vertical Integration: Finance, Contracts, and Regulation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
28. Equilibrium Bias of Technology
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Econometrica (2007)
29. From Education to Democracy?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2005)
30. Income and Democracy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
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    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2005) View citations
31. Politics and Economics in Weak and Strong States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (2005)

2004

32. INSTITUTIONS AS THE FUNDAMENTAL CAUSE OF LONG-RUN GROWTH
    DOCUMENTOS CEDE, UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE View citations
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    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004) View citations
    DOCUMENTOS CEDE, UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE (2004) View citations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations
33. Market Size in Innovation: Theory and Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
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    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2004)

2003

34. Incentives in Markets, Firms and Governments
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
35. Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2003) View citations
36. The Form of Property Rights: Oligarchic vs. Democratic Societies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
37. The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutioanl Change and Economic Growth
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management
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    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2003) View citations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2005)
38. Unbundling Institutions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2005)

2002

39. An African Success Story: Botswana
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
40. Cross-Country Inequality Trends
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2003)
41. Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
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    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2006)
42. Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
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    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2002) View citations
43. Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
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    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (2003)
44. Minimum Wages and On-the-Job Training
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
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    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1999) View citations
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2001) View citations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1999) View citations
45. Vertical Integration and Distance to Frontier
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2002) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2003)
46. Why Not a Political Coase Theorem? Social Conflict, Commitment and Politics
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2003)
47. Women, War and Wages: The Effect of Female Labor Supply on the Wage Structure at Mid-Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2004)

2001

48. Deunionization, Technical Change and Inequality
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy (2001)
49. Directed Technical Change
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (2002)
50. Human Capital Policies and the Distribution of Income: A Framework for Analysis and Literature Review
    Treasury Working Paper Series, New Zealand Treasury View citations
51. Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2002)
52. The World Income Distribution
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2001) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2002)

2000

53. Changes in Wage Structure, Family Income, and Children's Education
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations
54. Changes in the Wage Structure, Family Income, and Children's Education
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2001)
55. Credit Market Imperfections and Persistent Unemployment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2001)
56. Labor- and Capital- Augmenting Technical Change
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2003)
57. Productivity Differences
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
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    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations
    Seminar Papers, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies (1998) View citations
    Working Papers, Stockholm - International Economic Studies (1998) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2001)
58. Technical Change, Inequality, and the Labor Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (2002)
59. The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2001)

1999

60. A Theory of Political Transitions
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
    Also in
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1999) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2001)
61. Certification of Training and Training Outcomes
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
    See Also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2000)
62. Democratization or Repression?
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
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    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1999) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2000)
63. How Large are the Social Returns to Education? Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
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    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations
64. Inefficient Redistribution
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
65. Patterns of Skill Premia
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (2003)
66. Productivity Gains from Unemployment Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
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    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1999) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2000)

1998

67. Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labor Markets
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
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    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Economic Journal (1999)
68. Changes in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: An Alternative Theory and Some Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
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    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1996) View citations
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1996) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1999)
69. Consequences of Employment Protection? The Case of the Americans with Disabilities Act
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
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    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2001)
70. Efficient Unemployment Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
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    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1997) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1999)
71. Holdups and Efficiency with Search Frictions
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
    See Also Journal Article in International Economic Review (1999)
72. Information Accumulation in Development
    Working Papers, Stockholm - International Economic Studies View citations
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    Seminar Papers, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies (1998) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (1999)
73. TFP Difference
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
74. The Structure of Wages and Investment in General Training
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
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    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1997) View citations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1999)
75. Why did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality and Growth in Historical Perspective
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    See Also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2000)

1997

76. Agency costs in the process of development
    Seminar Papers, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies
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    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1996) View citations
    Working Papers, Stockholm - International Economic Studies (1996) View citations
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1996) View citations
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1996) View citations
77. Efficient Wage Dispersion
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
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    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1997) View citations
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1997) View citations
78. Good Jobs versus Bad Jobs: Theory and Some Evidence
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
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    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1996) View citations
79. Setting Standards: Information Accumulation in Development
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1997)
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1997)
80. The Choice between Market Failures and Corruption
    DELTA Working Papers, DELTA (Ecole normale supérieure) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2000)
81. The Labor Market and Corporate Structure
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
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    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1997) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2002)
82. Why Did West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Ineqiality and Growth in Historical Perspective
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
83. Why Do New Technologies Complement Skills? Directed Technical Change and Wage Inequality
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
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    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1997) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1998)

1996

84. Matching, Heterogeneity and the Evolution of Income Distribution
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
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    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1995) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (1997)
85. Property Rights, Corruption and the Allocation of Talent: A General Equilibrium Approach
    DELTA Working Papers, DELTA (Ecole normale supérieure)
    Also in
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1996) View citations
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1996)
    See Also Journal Article in Economic Journal (1998)
86. Technology, Unemployment and Efficiency
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
    See Also Journal Article in European Economic Review (1997)
87. Was Prometheus Unbound by Chance? Risk, Diversification and Growth
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    Also in
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1994) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1997)
88. Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Inequality and Growth in Historical Perspetive
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
89. Why Do Firms Train? Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1996) View citations
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1996) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1998)

1995

90. Asymmetric Business Cycles: Theory and Evidence
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
91. Asymmetric Business Cycles: Theory and Time-series Evidence
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (1997)
92. Corporate Control and Balance of Powers
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
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    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1994) View citations
93. Search in the Labor Market
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
94. Was Prometheus Unbound by Chance? Diversification & Growth
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics

1994

95. A Dynamic Model of Collusion
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
96. Labour Market Imperfrections and Thick Market Externalities from Innovation
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
97. Monitoring and Collusion: "Carrots" versus "Sticks" in the Control of Auditors
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
98. Search in the Labor market: Incomplete Contracts and Growth
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
    Also in
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1994) View citations

1993

99. A Theory of Economic Fluctuations: Increasing Returns and Temporal Agglomerations
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
100. Asymmetries in the Cyclical Behaviour of UK Markets
     CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
101. Consumer Confidence and Rational Expectations: Are Agents' Beliefs Consistent with the Theory?
     CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
     See Also Journal Article in Economic Journal (1994)
102. Credit Market Imperfections and Separation of Ownership from Control as a Strategic Decision
     Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
103. Incomplete Information Bargaining and Business Cycles
     STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE
     Also in
     CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (1992)
104. Labor Market Imperfections and Thick Market Externalities from Innovations
     Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
105. Reward Structures and the Allocation of Talent
     CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
     See Also Journal Article in European Economic Review (1995)

1992

106. An Endogenous Skill Loss Model of Long-Term Unemployment
     CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
107. Delegation through Managerial Contracts: Is Hiring a Manager a Good Idea?
     CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
108. Hedging, Multiple Contracting Equilibria& Nominal Contracts
     CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
109. Learning about Others Actions and the Investment Accelerator
     CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
     See Also Journal Article in Economic Journal (1993)

Journal Articles

2008

1. Oligarchic Versus Democratic Societies
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6, (1), 1-44
   See Also Working Paper (2007)
2. Persistence of Power, Elites, and Institutions
   American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (1), 267-93
   See Also Working Paper (2006)

2007

3. Contracts and Technology Adoption
   American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (3), 916-943 View citations
4. Equilibrium Bias of Technology
   Econometrica, 2007, 75, (5), 1371-1409 View citations
   See Also Working Paper (2005)
5. Technology, Information, and the Decentralization of the Firm
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122, (4), 1759-1799 View citations
   See Also Working Paper (2006)

2006

6. A Simple Model of Inefficient Institutions
   Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2006, 108, (4), 515-546 View citations
7. De Facto Political Power and Institutional Persistence
   American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 325-330 View citations
8. Did Medicare Induce Pharmaceutical Innovation?
   American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 103-107
   See Also Working Paper (2006)
9. Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2006, 4, (1), 37-74 View citations
   See Also Working Paper (2002)

2005

10. Constitutions, Politics, and Economics: A Review Essay on Persson and Tabellini's The Economic Effects of Constitutions
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2005, 43, (4), 1025-1048 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2005)
11. From Education to Democracy?
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 44-49 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2005)
12. Los orígenes coloniales del desarrollo comparativo: una investigación empírica
    Revista de Economía Institucional, 2005, 7, (13), 17-67 View citations
13. Politics and economics in weak and strong states
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2005, 52, (7), 1199-1226 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2005)
14. The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (3), 546-579 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2003)
15. Unbundling Institutions
    Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 113, (5), 949-995 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2003)

2004

16. Alfred Marshall Lecture: Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2004, 2, (2-3), 162-192 View citations
17. International Aid
    World Economics, 2004, 5, (1), 17-39
18. Market Size in Innovation: Theory and Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2004, 119, (3), 1049-1090 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2004)
19. Women, War, and Wages: The Effect of Female Labor Supply on the Wage Structure at Midcentury
    Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112, (3), 497-551 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2002)

2003

20. Cross-Country Inequality Trends
    Economic Journal, 2003, 113, (485), F121-F149 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2002)
21. Disease and Development in Historical Perspective
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003, 1, (2-3), 397-405 View citations
22. Institutional causes, macroeconomic symptoms: volatility, crises and growth
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2003, 50, (1), 49-123 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2002)
23. Labor- And Capital-Augmenting Technical Change
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003, 1, (1), 1-37 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2000)
24. Patterns of Skill Premia
    Review of Economic Studies, 2003, 70, (2), 199-230 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1999)
25. Vertical Integration and Distance to Frontier
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003, 1, (2-3), 630-638 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2002)
26. Why not a political Coase theorem? Social conflict, commitment, and politics
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2003, 31, (4), 620-652 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2002)

2002

27. Directed Technical Change
    Review of Economic Studies, 2002, 69, (4), 781-809 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2001)
28. Reversal Of Fortune: Geography And Institutions In The Making Of The Modern World Income Distribution
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2002, 117, (4), 1231-1294 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2001)
29. Technical Change, Inequality, and the Labor Market
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2002, 40, (1), 7-72 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2000)
30. The Political Economy of the Kuznets Curve
    Review of Development Economics, 2002, 6, (2), 183-203 View citations
31. The World Income Distribution
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2002, 117, (2), 659-694 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2001)
32. The labor market and corporate structure
    European Economic Review, 2002, 46, (10), 1733-1756 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1997)

2001

33. A Theory of Political Transitions
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (4), 938-963 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1999)
34. Changes in the wage structure, family income, and children's education
    European Economic Review, 2001, 45, (4-6), 890-904 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2000)
35. Consequences of Employment Protection? The Case of the Americans with Disabilities Act
    Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 109, (5), 915-957 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1998)
36. Credit market imperfections and persistent unemployment
    European Economic Review, 2001, 45, (4-6), 665-679 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2000)
37. Deunionization, technical change and inequality
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 2001, 55, (1), 229-264 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2001)
38. Good Jobs versus Bad Jobs
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2001, 19, (1), 1-21 View citations
39. Productivity Differences
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001, 116, (2), 563-606 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2000)
40. SESSION 1A: RACIAL INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (02), 517-517
41. The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (5), 1369-1401 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2000)

2000

42. Certification of training and training outcomes
    European Economic Review, 2000, 44, (4-6), 917-927 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1999)
43. Democratization or repression?
    European Economic Review, 2000, 44, (4-6), 683-693 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1999)
44. Political Losers as a Barrier to Economic Development
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (2), 126-130 View citations
45. Productivity gains from unemployment insurance
    European Economic Review, 2000, 44, (7), 1195-1224 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1999)
46. The Choice between Market Failures and Corruption
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (1), 194-211 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1997)
47. Wage and Technology Dispersion
    Review of Economic Studies, 2000, 67, (4), 585-607 View citations
48. Why Did The West Extend The Franchise? Democracy, Inequality, And Growth In Historical Perspective
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2000, 115, (4), 1167-1199 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1998)

1999

49. Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labour Markets
    Economic Journal, 1999, 109, (453), F112-42 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1998)
50. Changes in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: An Alternative Theory and Some Evidence
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (5), 1259-1278 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1998)
51. Efficient Unemployment Insurance
    Journal of Political Economy, 1999, 107, (5), 893-928 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1998)
52. Holdups and Efficiency with Search Frictions
    International Economic Review, 1999, 40, (4), 827-49 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1998)
53. Information Accumulation in Development
    Journal of Economic Growth, 1999, 4, (1), 5-38 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1998)
54. The Structure of Wages and Investment in General Training
    Journal of Political Economy, 1999, 107, (3), 539-572 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1998)

1998

55. Auditor independence, incomplete contracts and the role of legal liability
    European Accounting Review, 1998, 6, (3), 355-375 View citations
56. Credit Market Imperfections and the Separation of Ownership from Control
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1998, 78, (2), 355-381 View citations
57. Property Rights, Corruption and the Allocation of Talent: A General Equilibrium Approach
    Economic Journal, 1998, 108, (450), 1381-1403 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1996)
58. Why Do Firms Train? Theory And Evidence
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1998, 113, (1), 78-118 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1996)
59. Why Do New Technologies Complement Skills? Directed Technical Change And Wage Inequality
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1998, 113, (4), 1055-1089 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1997)

1997

60. Asymmetric business cycles: Theory and time-series evidence
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1997, 40, (3), 501-533 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1995)
61. Matching, Heterogeneity, and the Evolution of Income Distribution
    Journal of Economic Growth, 1997, 2, (1), 61-92 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1996)
62. Technology, unemployment and efficiency
    European Economic Review, 1997, 41, (3-5), 525-533 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1996)
63. Training and Innovation in an Imperfect Labour Market
    Review of Economic Studies, 1997, 64, (3), 445-64 View citations
64. Was Prometheus Unbound by Chance? Risk, Diversification, and Growth
    Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 105, (4), 709-51 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1996)

1996

65. A Microfoundation for Social Increasing Returns in Human Capital Accumulation
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1996, 111, (3), 779-804 View citations

1995

66. Asymmetric Information, Bargaining, and Unemployment Fluctuations
    International Economic Review, 1995, 36, (4), 1003-24
67. Public Policy in a Model of Long-Term Unemployment
    Economica, 1995, 62, (246), 161-78 View citations
68. Reward structures and the allocation of talent
    European Economic Review, 1995, 39, (1), 17-33 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1993)

1994

69. Asymmetries in the Cyclical Behaviour of UK Labour Markets
    Economic Journal, 1994, 104, (427), 1303-23 View citations
70. Consumer Confidence and Rational Expectations: Are Agents' Beliefs Consistent with the Theory?
    Economic Journal, 1994, 104, (422), 1-19 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1993)

1993

71. Learning about Others' Actions and the Investment Accelerator
    Economic Journal, 1993, 103, (417), 318-28 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1992)

1989

72. Equiproportionate Growth of Incomes and Fiscal Drag
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1989, 41, (4), 295-302

Chapters

2005

1. Institutions as a Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth
   Chapter 06 in Handbook of Economic Growth, 2005, vol. 1, Part A, pp 385-472

Editor

1. The Review of Economics and Statistics
   MIT Press