Standout Papers

The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation 2001 2026 2009 2017 5.0k
  1. The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation (2001)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al. American Economic Review
  2. The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply (2012)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al. American Economic Review
  3. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty (2012)
    Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson Asean Economic Bulletin
  4. Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution (2002)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al. The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  5. Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets (2019)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Pascual Restrepo Journal of Political Economy
  6. Unbundling Institutions (2005)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson Journal of Political Economy
  7. The Race between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares, and Employment (2018)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Pascual Restrepo American Economic Review
  8. Introduction to Modern Economic Growth (2007)
    Daron Acemoğlu RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
  9. Why Do New Technologies Complement Skills? Directed Technical Change and Wage Inequality (1998)
    Daron Acemoğlu The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  10. The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation (2000)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al. SSRN Electronic Journal
  11. Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth (2004)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
  12. Technical Change, Inequality, and the Labor Market (2002)
    Daron Acemoğlu Journal of Economic Literature
  13. Technical Change, Inequality, and the Labor Market (2002)
    Daron Acemoğlu Journal of Economic Literature
  14. Directed Technical Change (2002)
    Daron Acemoğlu The Review of Economic Studies
  15. The Network Origins of Aggregate Fluctuations (2012)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Vasco M. Carvalho et al. Econometrica
  16. Systemic Risk and Stability in Financial Networks (2015)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Asuman Ozdaglar et al. American Economic Review
  17. Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality, and Growth in Historical Perspective (2000)
    Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  18. Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor (2019)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Pascual Restrepo The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  19. Was Prometheus Unbound by Chance? Risk, Diversification, and Growth (1997)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Fabrizio Zilibotti Journal of Political Economy
  20. Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth (2006)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Philippe Aghion et al. Journal of the European Economic Association
  21. The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth (2005)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al. American Economic Review
  22. Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy (2005)
    Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson Cambridge University Press eBooks
  23. Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth (2007)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson Journal of Political Economy
  24. Democracy Does Cause Growth (2018)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Suresh Naidu et al. Journal of Political Economy
  25. Persistence of Power, Elites, and Institutions (2008)
    Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson American Economic Review
  26. Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labour Markets (1999)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Jörn‐Steffen Pischke The Economic Journal
  27. Why Do Firms Train? Theory and Evidence (1998)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Jörn‐Steffen Pischke The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  28. Transition to Clean Technology (2016)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Ufuk Akcigit et al. Journal of Political Economy
  29. The Structure of Wages and Investment in General Training (1999)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Jörn‐Steffen Pischke Journal of Political Economy
  30. Productivity Differences (2001)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Fabrizio Zilibotti The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  31. Market Size in Innovation: Theory and Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry (2004)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Joshua Linn The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  32. Import Competition and the Great US Employment Sag of the 2000s (2015)
    Daron Acemoğlu, David Autor et al. Journal of Labor Economics
  33. The Choice Between Market Failures and Corruption (2000)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Thierry Verdier American Economic Review
  34. How Large Are Human-Capital Externalities? Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws (2000)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Joshua D. Angrist NBER Macroeconomics Annual
  35. Patterns of Skill Premia (2003)
    Daron Acemoğlu The Review of Economic Studies
  36. Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution (2001)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al. SSRN Electronic Journal
  37. Bayesian Learning in Social Networks (2011)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Munther A. Dahleh et al. The Review of Economic Studies
  38. Why not a political Coase theorem? Social conflict, commitment, and politics (2003)
    Daron Acemoğlu Journal of Comparative Economics
  39. Women, War, and Wages: The Effect of Female Labor Supply on the Wage Structure at Midcentury (2004)
    Daron Acemoğlu, David Autor et al. Journal of Political Economy
  40. Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective (2006)
    Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson American Political Science Review
  41. A Microfoundation for Social Increasing Returns in Human Capital Accumulation (1996)
    Daron Acemoğlu The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  42. Property Rights, Corruption and the Allocation of Talent: a General Equilibrium Approach (1998)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Thierry Verdier The Economic Journal
  43. The value of connections in turbulent times: Evidence from the United States (2016)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al. Journal of Financial Economics
  44. Innovation, Reallocation, and Growth (2018)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Ufuk Akcigit et al. American Economic Review
  45. Changes in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: An Alternative Theory and Some Evidence (1999)
    Daron Acemoğlu American Economic Review
  46. Training and Innovation in an Imperfect Labour Market (1997)
    Daron Acemoğlu The Review of Economic Studies
  47. Efficient Unemployment Insurance (1999)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Robert Shimer Journal of Political Economy
  48. Technology, Information, and the Decentralization of the Firm (2007)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Philippe Aghion et al. The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  49. Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule (2004)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Thierry Verdier et al. Journal of the European Economic Association
  50. De Facto Political Power and Institutional Persistence (2006)
    Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson American Economic Review
  51. Institutions, Human Capital, and Development* (2014)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Francisco Gallego et al. Annual Review of Economics
  52. Contracts and Technology Adoption (2007)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Pol Antràs et al. American Economic Review
  53. Secular Stagnation? The Effect of Aging on Economic Growth in the Age of Automation (2017)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Pascual Restrepo American Economic Review
  54. Artificial Intelligence and Jobs: Evidence from Online Vacancies (2022)
    Daron Acemoğlu, David Autor et al. Journal of Labor Economics
  55. From Education to Democracy? (2005)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al. American Economic Review
  56. Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration (2016)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Ufuk Akcigit et al. NBER Macroeconomics Annual
  57. State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach (2015)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Camilo García-Jimeno et al. American Economic Review
  58. Demographics and Automation (2021)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Pascual Restrepo The Review of Economic Studies
  59. Equilibrium Bias of Technology (2007)
    Daron Acemoğlu Econometrica
  60. Introduction to economic growth (2012)
    Daron Acemoğlu Journal of Economic Theory
  61. Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone (2014)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Tristan Reed et al. Journal of Political Economy
  62. The Network Origins of Aggregate Fluctuations (2011)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Vasco M. Carvalho et al. SSRN Electronic Journal
  63. The wrong kind of AI? Artificial intelligence and the future of labour demand (2019)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Pascual Restrepo Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society
  64. A Political Theory of Populism* (2012)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Georgy Egorov et al. The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  65. THE MONOPOLY OF VIOLENCE: EVIDENCE FROM COLOMBIA (2013)
    Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson et al. Journal of the European Economic Association
  66. When Does Labor Scarcity Encourage Innovation? (2010)
    Daron Acemoğlu Journal of Political Economy
  67. Spread of (mis)information in social networks (2010)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Asuman Ozdaglar et al. Games and Economic Behavior
  68. Reevaluating the modernization hypothesis (2009)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al. Journal of Monetary Economics
  69. Oligarchic Versus Democratic Societies (2008)
    Daron Acemoğlu Journal of the European Economic Association
  70. Return of the Solow Paradox? IT, Productivity, and Employment in US Manufacturing (2014)
    Daron Acemoğlu, David Autor et al. American Economic Review
  71. Systemic Risk and Stability in Financial Networks (2013)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Asuman Ozdaglar et al. SSRN Electronic Journal
  72. The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution (2011)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Davide Cantoni et al. American Economic Review
  73. The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism (2015)
    Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  74. Competing with Robots: Firm-Level Evidence from France (2020)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Claire Lelarge et al. AEA Papers and Proceedings
  75. What Does Human Capital Do? A Review of Goldin and Katz'sThe Race between Education and Technology (2012)
    Daron Acemoğlu, David Autor Journal of Economic Literature
  76. Low-Skill and High-Skill Automation (2018)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Pascual Restrepo Journal of Human Capital
  77. The Power of the Street: Evidence from Egypt’s Arab Spring (2017)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Tarek A. Hassan et al. Review of Financial Studies
  78. Tasks, Automation, and the Rise in U.S. Wage Inequality (2022)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Pascual Restrepo Econometrica
  79. Emergence and Persistence of Inefficient States (2011)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Davide Ticchi et al. CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa)
  80. Economics versus Politics: Pitfalls of Policy Advice (2013)
    Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  81. Innovation network (2016)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Ufuk Akcigit et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  82. History, Expectations, and Leadership in the Evolution of Social Norms (2014)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Matthew O. Jackson The Review of Economic Studies

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Douglass C. North 22412 16764 6380 136 56.5k
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Joseph E. Stiglitz 43236 7194 13907 674 68.7k
Richard Blundell 24846 4895 6156 248 37.0k
Simon Johnson 12470 7405 3694 112 25.6k
James J. Heckman 22825 14280 2773 405 55.1k
James A. Robinson 11841 10071 4729 208 24.8k

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