Details about Romain Wacziarg

Homepage:	http://wacziarg.bol.ucla.edu
Phone:	(310) 825 4507
Postal address:	Anderson School of Management at UCLA 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles CA 90095-1481
Workplace:	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC) Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2025

1. Malthusian Migrations
   Lewis Lab Working Papers Series, Arthur Lewis Lab, The University of Manchester

2024

2. Barriers to global capital allocation
   Working Papers, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State View citations (2)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (7)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2021) View citations (5)
3. Cultural Remittances and Modern Fertility
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
   Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2024) View citations (3)
   Working Papers, HAL (2024)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024) View citations (3)
   PSE Working Papers, HAL (2024) View citations (2)

2023

4. Does Anger Drive Populism?
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Does anger drive populism?, Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon (2024) (2024)

2020

5. Understanding Spatial Variation in COVID-19 across the United States
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (35)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (49)
6. Who Voted for Trump? Populism and Social Capital
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (20)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (19)

2019

7. Change and Persistence in the Age of Modernization: Saint-Germain-d'Anxure 1730-1895
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Change and persistence in the Age of Modernization: Saint-Germain-d’Anxure, 1730–1895, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
8. Fertility and Modernity
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (8)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (8)
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2014) View citations (24)
   See also Journal Article Fertility and Modernity, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2022) View citations (10) (2022)

2018

9. The Cultural Divide
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (12)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article The Cultural Divide, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2021) View citations (8) (2021)

2017

10. The Political Economy of Heterogeneity and Conflict
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2016) View citations (1)

2016

11. Ancestry and Development: New Evidence
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article Ancestry and development: New evidence, Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2018) View citations (71) (2018)

2015

12. Ancestry, Language and Culture
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (38)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (46)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2015) View citations (47)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (46)
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2015) View citations (46)
13. Culture, Ethnicity and Diversity
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (28)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article Culture, Ethnicity, and Diversity, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2017) View citations (106) (2017)

2014

14. The democratic transition
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (78)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (52)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article The democratic transition, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2014) View citations (105) (2014)

2013

15. Long-Term Barriers to Economic Development
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (21)
    Also in CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2013) View citations (21)
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2013) View citations (21)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (21)
    See also Chapter Long-Term Barriers to Economic Development, Handbook of Economic Growth, Elsevier (2014) View citations (13) (2014)
16. War and Relatedness
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE)
    Also in Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2009) View citations (28)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2009) View citations (30)
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2012) View citations (6)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (32)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (35)
    See also Journal Article War and Relatedness, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2016) View citations (46) (2016)

2012

17. How Deep Are the Roots of Economic Development?
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (12)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (14)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2012) View citations (14)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article How Deep Are the Roots of Economic Development?, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2013) View citations (457) (2013)

2011

18. Long-Term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (22)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (26)
    See also Chapter Long-Term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (26) (2011)
    Journal Article Long-Term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations, NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, University of Chicago Press (2012) View citations (34) (2012)
19. The Political Economy of Linguistic Cleavages
    Working Papers of VIVES - Research Centre for Regional Economics, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), VIVES - Research Centre for Regional Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The political economy of linguistic cleavages, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2012) View citations (239) (2012)

2009

20. The Political Economy of Ethnolinguistic Cleavages
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (38)
    Also in Working Papers, Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados (IMDEA) Ciencias Sociales (2009) View citations (42)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (38)

2007

21. The Diffusion of Development
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (26)
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2006) View citations (41)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (42)
    See also Journal Article The Diffusion of Development, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2009) View citations (544) (2009)

2006

22. Death and Development
    2006 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (14)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (38)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (44)
    See also Journal Article Death and development, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2008) View citations (270) (2008)

2005

23. Borders and Growth
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (60)
    Also in Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2002) View citations (10)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Borders and Growth, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2005) View citations (62) (2005)

2004

24. A Monte Carlo Study of Growth Regressions
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (87)
    See also Journal Article A Monte Carlo study of growth regressions, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2009) View citations (213) (2009)

2003

25. Fractionalization
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (12)
    Also in ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles (2003) View citations (48)
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (2002) View citations (61)
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2002) View citations (45)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (94)
    See also Journal Article Fractionalization, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2003) View citations (443) (2003)
26. Stages of Diversification
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (531)
    Also in Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2000) View citations (34)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2000) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Stages of Diversification, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2003) View citations (567) (2003)
27. Trade Liberalization and Growth: New Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (351)
    Also in Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2003) View citations (334)
    See also Journal Article Trade Liberalization and Growth: New Evidence, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2008) View citations (543) (2008)
28. Trade, Growth, and the Size of Countries
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (58)
    See also Chapter Trade, Growth and the Size of Countries, Handbook of Economic Growth, Elsevier (2005) View citations (150) (2005)

2002

29. India in the World Trading System
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business

2000

30. Economic Integration and Political Disintegration
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (346)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) View citations (37)
    See also Journal Article Economic Integration and Political Disintegration, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2000) View citations (370) (2000)
31. Measuring the Dynamic Gains from Trade
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (5)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (1998) View citations (63)
    See also Journal Article Measuring the Dynamic Gains from Trade, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2001) View citations (14) (2001)
32. Trade Liberalization and Intersectoral Labor Movements
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business
    See also Journal Article Trade liberalization and intersectoral labor movements, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (155) (2004)

1999

33. Is Europe Going Too Far?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (74)
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics (1999) View citations (74)
    See also Journal Article Is Europe going too far?, Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, Elsevier (1999) View citations (80) (1999)

1998

34. Developing Countries and the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (19)
35. Openness, Country Size and Government
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (411)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) View citations (33)
    See also Journal Article Openness, country size and government, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (1998) View citations (411) (1998)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Does anger drive populism?
   Economics Bulletin, 2024, 44, (4), 1513 - 1527
   See also Working Paper Does Anger Drive Populism?, CEPR Discussion Papers (2023) (2023)

2023

2. Reflecting on the First 20 Years of the Journal of the European Economic Association
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023, 21, (5), e1-e33

2022

3. Fertility and Modernity
   The Economic Journal, 2022, 132, (642), 796-833 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper Fertility and Modernity, CESifo Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (8) (2019)
4. JUE Insight: Understanding spatial variation in COVID-19 across the United States
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2022, 127, (C) View citations (8)

2021

5. The Cultural Divide
   The Economic Journal, 2021, 131, (637), 2058-2088 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper The Cultural Divide, CEPR Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (12) (2018)

2020

6. Change and persistence in the Age of Modernization: Saint-Germain-d’Anxure, 1730–1895
   Explorations in Economic History, 2020, 78, (C) View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Change and Persistence in the Age of Modernization: Saint-Germain-d'Anxure 1730-1895, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (3) (2019)

2018

7. Ancestry and development: New evidence
   Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2018, 33, (5), 748-762 View citations (71)
   See also Working Paper Ancestry and Development: New Evidence, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2016) View citations (20) (2016)

2017

8. Culture, Ethnicity, and Diversity
   American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (9), 2479-2513 View citations (106)
   See also Working Paper Culture, Ethnicity and Diversity, CEPR Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (28) (2015)

2016

9. War and Relatedness
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98, (5), 925-939 View citations (46)
   See also Working Paper War and Relatedness, CAGE Online Working Paper Series (2013) (2013)

2014

10. The democratic transition
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2014, 19, (2), 141-181 View citations (105)
    See also Working Paper The democratic transition, Post-Print (2014) View citations (78) (2014)

2013

11. How Deep Are the Roots of Economic Development?
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2013, 51, (2), 325-69 View citations (457)
    See also Working Paper How Deep Are the Roots of Economic Development?, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2012) View citations (12) (2012)

2012

12. Long-Term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations
    NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, 2012, 8, (1), 11 - 46 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper Long-Term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations, CEPR Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (22) (2011)
    Chapter Long-Term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations, NBER Chapters, 2011, 11-46 (2011) View citations (26) (2011)
13. The First Law of Petropolitics
    Economica, 2012, 79, (316), 641-657 View citations (16)
14. The political economy of linguistic cleavages
    Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97, (2), 322-338 View citations (239)
    See also Working Paper The Political Economy of Linguistic Cleavages, Working Papers of VIVES - Research Centre for Regional Economics (2011) View citations (3) (2011)

2009

15. A Monte Carlo study of growth regressions
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2009, 14, (2), 103-147 View citations (213)
    See also Working Paper A Monte Carlo Study of Growth Regressions, NBER Technical Working Papers (2004) View citations (87) (2004)
16. The Diffusion of Development
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124, (2), 469-529 View citations (544)
    See also Working Paper The Diffusion of Development, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2007) View citations (2) (2007)

2008

17. Death and development
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2008, 13, (2), 81-124 View citations (270)
    See also Working Paper Death and Development, 2006 Meeting Papers (2006) View citations (14) (2006)
18. Trade Liberalization and Growth: New Evidence
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2008, 22, (2), 187-231 View citations (543)
    See also Working Paper Trade Liberalization and Growth: New Evidence, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (351) (2003)

2007

19. Small States, Big Pork
    Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2007, 2, (1), 95-106 View citations (19)

2005

20. Borders and Growth
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2005, 10, (4), 331-386 View citations (62)
    See also Working Paper Borders and Growth, CEPR Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (60) (2005)
21. Do Democratic Transitions Produce Bad Economic Outcomes?
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 50-55 View citations (281)

2004

22. Trade liberalization and intersectoral labor movements
    Journal of International Economics, 2004, 64, (2), 411-439 View citations (155)
    See also Working Paper Trade Liberalization and Intersectoral Labor Movements, Research Papers (2000) (2000)

2003

23. Fractionalization
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2003, 8, (2), 155-94 View citations (443)
    See also Working Paper Fractionalization, Scholarly Articles (2003) View citations (12) (2003)
24. Stages of Diversification
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (1), 63-86 View citations (567)
    See also Working Paper Stages of Diversification, Post-Print (2003) View citations (531) (2003)

2002

25. Review of Easterly's The Elusive Quest for Growth
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2002, 40, (3), 907-918 View citations (37)

2001

26. How democracy affects growth
    European Economic Review, 2001, 45, (8), 1341-1378 View citations (358)
27. Measuring the Dynamic Gains from Trade
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2001, 15, (3), 393--429 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Measuring the Dynamic Gains from Trade, Research Papers (2000) View citations (5) (2000)

2000

28. Economic Integration and Political Disintegration
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (5), 1276-1296 View citations (370)
    See also Working Paper Economic Integration and Political Disintegration, Scholarly Articles (2000) View citations (346) (2000)

1999

29. Is Europe going too far?
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1999, 51, (1), 1-42 View citations (80)
    See also Working Paper Is Europe Going Too Far?, NBER Working Papers (1999) View citations (74) (1999)

1998

30. Openness, country size and government
    Journal of Public Economics, 1998, 69, (3), 305-321 View citations (411)
    See also Working Paper Openness, Country Size and Government, Scholarly Articles (1998) View citations (411) (1998)

Edited books

2018

1. Trade Liberalization
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (2)

Chapters

2014

1. Long-Term Barriers to Economic Development
   Chapter 03 in Handbook of Economic Growth, 2014, vol. 2, pp 121-176 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Long-Term Barriers to Economic Development, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (21) (2013)

2011

2. Long-Term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations
   A chapter in NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2011, 2011, pp 11-46 View citations (26)
   See also Journal Article Long-Term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations, University of Chicago Press (2012) View citations (34) (2012)
   Working Paper Long-Term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (22) (2011)

2005

3. Trade, Growth and the Size of Countries
   Chapter 23 in Handbook of Economic Growth, 2005, vol. 1, Part B, pp 1499-1542 View citations (150)
   See also Working Paper Trade, Growth, and the Size of Countries, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (2003) View citations (58) (2003)

Editor

1. Journal of the European Economic Association
   European Economic Association