Standout Papers

The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation 2000 2026 2008 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. 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
  4. The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation (2000)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al. SSRN Electronic Journal
  5. Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth (2004)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
  6. 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
  7. Political foundations of the resource curse (2006)
    James A. Robinson, Ragnar Torvik et al. Journal of Development Economics
  8. The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth (2005)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al. American Economic Review
  9. Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy (2005)
    Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson Cambridge University Press eBooks
  10. Democracy Does Cause Growth (2018)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Suresh Naidu et al. Journal of Political Economy
  11. Persistence of Power, Elites, and Institutions (2008)
    Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson American Economic Review
  12. Is Child Labor Inefficient? (2000)
    Jean‐Marie Baland, James A. Robinson Journal of Political Economy
  13. 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
  14. Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective (2006)
    Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson American Political Science Review
  15. Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule (2004)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Thierry Verdier et al. Journal of the European Economic Association
  16. Inter-Party Competition, Economic Variables, and Welfare Policies in the American States (1963)
    Richard E. Dawson, James A. Robinson The Journal of Politics
  17. De Facto Political Power and Institutional Persistence (2006)
    Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson American Economic Review
  18. Institutions, Human Capital, and Development* (2014)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Francisco Gallego et al. Annual Review of Economics
  19. From Education to Democracy? (2005)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al. American Economic Review
  20. State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach (2015)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Camilo García-Jimeno et al. American Economic Review
  21. The Political Economy of Clientelism* (2013)
    James A. Robinson, Thierry Verdier Scandinavian Journal of Economics
  22. Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone (2014)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Tristan Reed et al. Journal of Political Economy
  23. THE MONOPOLY OF VIOLENCE: EVIDENCE FROM COLOMBIA (2013)
    Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson et al. Journal of the European Economic Association
  24. Reevaluating the modernization hypothesis (2009)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al. Journal of Monetary Economics
  25. The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution (2011)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Davide Cantoni et al. American Economic Review
  26. The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism (2015)
    Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  27. Economics versus Politics: Pitfalls of Policy Advice (2013)
    Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  28. The Evolution of Culture and Institutions: Evidence From the Kuba Kingdom (2017)
    Sara Lowes, Nathan Nunn et al. Econometrica
  29. Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia (2011)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Tarek A. Hassan et al. The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  30. State Capacity and American Technology: Evidence from the Nineteenth Century (2016)
    Daron Acemoğlu, Jacob Moscona et al. American Economic Review

Immediate Impact

27 by Nobel laureates 14 from Science/Nature 79 standout
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Works of James A. Robinson being referenced

State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach
2015 StandoutNobel
Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth
2004 StandoutNobel

Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
James A. Robinson 10071 11841 6595 208 24.8k
William Easterly 8314 10966 4253 157 21.5k
Alberto Alesina 14650 22224 6758 256 41.2k
Simon Johnson 7405 12470 5096 112 25.6k
Guido Tabellini 5333 12146 2697 155 18.5k
Mancur Olson 12624 11444 2150 82 33.3k
Robert J. Barro 8409 33825 3432 224 45.3k
Aart Kraay 5222 8729 1076 118 17.4k
Philip Keefer 6317 5149 1826 110 12.3k
Douglass C. North 16764 22412 5618 136 56.5k
Dani Rodrik 4284 11915 922 212 21.4k

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