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

2021

1. Barriers to Global Capital Allocation
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (3)

2020

2. Understanding Spatial Variation in COVID-19 across the United States
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (33)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (45)
3. Who Voted for Trump? Populism and Social Capital
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (11)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (11)

2019

4. 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 in Explorations in Economic History (2020)
5. Fertility and Modernity
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (8)
   Also in Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2014) View citations (24)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article in The Economic Journal (2022)

2018

6. 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 (11)
   See also Journal Article in The Economic Journal (2021)

2017

7. 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)

2016

8. 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 in Journal of Applied Econometrics (2018)

2015

9. Ancestry, Language and Culture
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (37)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (45)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2015) View citations (45)
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2015) View citations (45)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (45)
10. Culture, Ethnicity and Diversity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (27)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2017)

2014

11. The democratic transition
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (74)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (52)
    Sciences Po publications, Sciences Po (2014) View citations (84)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (2014)

2013

12. Long-Term Barriers to Economic Development
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
    Also in Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2013) View citations (21)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (21)
    CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2013) View citations (21)
    See also Chapter (2014)
13. 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 (2012) View citations (6)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (33)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2009) View citations (28)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (30)
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2009) View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2016)

2012

14. How Deep Are the Roots of Economic Development?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    Also in Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2012) View citations (12)
    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 in Journal of Economic Literature (2013)

2011

15. Long-Term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (21)
    See also Chapter (2011)
    Journal Article in NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics (2012)
16. 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 in Journal of Development Economics (2012)

2009

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

2007

18. 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 (25)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (41)
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2006) View citations (40)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2009)

2006

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

2005

20. Borders and Growth
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (58)
    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 in Journal of Economic Growth (2005)

2004

21. A Monte Carlo Study of Growth Regressions
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (87)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (2009)

2003

22. Fractionalization
    ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (48)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (94)
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2002) View citations (45)
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics (2003) View citations (12)
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (2002) View citations (61)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (2003)
23. Stages of Diversification
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (515)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2000) View citations (15)
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2000) View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2003)
24. Trade Liberalization and Growth: New Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (341)
    Also in Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2003) View citations (321)
    See also Journal Article in The World Bank Economic Review (2008)
25. Trade, Growth, and the Size of Countries
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (57)
    See also Chapter (2005)

2002

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

2000

27. Economic Integration and Political Disintegration
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (335)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) View citations (37)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2000)
28. 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 (59)
29. Trade Liberalization and Intersectoral Labor Movements
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2004)

1999

30. 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 (72)
    See also Journal Article in Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy (1999)

1998

31. Developing Countries and the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (19)
32. Openness, Country Size and Government
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (390)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) View citations (32)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1998)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Fertility and Modernity
   (The consequences of radical reform: the French revolution)
   The Economic Journal, 2022, 132, (642), 796-833
   See also Working Paper (2019)
2. JUE Insight: Understanding spatial variation in COVID-19 across the United States
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2022, 127, (C) View citations (4)

2021

3. The Cultural Divide
   The Economic Journal, 2021, 131, (637), 2058-2088 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2018)

2020

4. Change and persistence in the Age of Modernization: Saint-Germain-d’Anxure, 1730–1895
   Explorations in Economic History, 2020, 78, (C) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2019)

2018

5. Ancestry and development: New evidence
   Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2018, 33, (5), 748-762 View citations (54)
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2017

6. Culture, Ethnicity, and Diversity
   American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (9), 2479-2513 View citations (73)
   See also Working Paper (2015)

2016

7. War and Relatedness
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98, (5), 925-939 View citations (40)
   See also Working Paper (2013)

2014

8. The democratic transition
   Journal of Economic Growth, 2014, 19, (2), 141-181 View citations (84)
   See also Working Paper (2014)

2013

9. How Deep Are the Roots of Economic Development?
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2013, 51, (2), 325-69 View citations (409)
   See also Working Paper (2012)

2012

10. Long-Term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations
    NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, 2012, 8, (1), 11 - 46 View citations (32)
    See also Chapter (2011)
    Working Paper (2011)
11. The First Law of Petropolitics
    Economica, 2012, 79, (316), 641-657 View citations (15)
12. The political economy of linguistic cleavages
    Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97, (2), 322-338 View citations (211)
    See also Working Paper (2011)

2009

13. A Monte Carlo study of growth regressions
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2009, 14, (2), 103-147 View citations (196)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
14. The Diffusion of Development
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124, (2), 469-529 View citations (498)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

2008

15. Death and development
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2008, 13, (2), 81-124 View citations (245)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
16. Trade Liberalization and Growth: New Evidence
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2008, 22, (2), 187-231 View citations (495)
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2007

17. Small States, Big Pork
    Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2007, 2, (1), 95-106 View citations (17)

2005

18. Borders and Growth
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2005, 10, (4), 331-386 View citations (62)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
19. Do Democratic Transitions Produce Bad Economic Outcomes?
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 50-55 View citations (254)

2004

20. Trade liberalization and intersectoral labor movements
    Journal of International Economics, 2004, 64, (2), 411-439 View citations (145)
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2003

21. Fractionalization
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2003, 8, (2), 155-94 View citations (434)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
22. Stages of Diversification
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (1), 63-86 View citations (513)
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2002

23. Review of Easterly's The Elusive Quest for Growth
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2002, 40, (3), 907-918 View citations (35)

2001

24. How democracy affects growth
    European Economic Review, 2001, 45, (8), 1341-1378 View citations (336)

2000

25. Economic Integration and Political Disintegration
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (5), 1276-1296 View citations (354)
    See also Working Paper (2000)

1999

26. Is Europe going too far?
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1999, 51, (1), 1-42 View citations (80)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1998

27. Openness, country size and government
    Journal of Public Economics, 1998, 69, (3), 305-321 View citations (397)
    See also Working Paper (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 (12)
   See also Working Paper (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 (25)
   See also Journal Article in NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics (2012)
   Working Paper (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 (140)
   See also Working Paper (2003)