Daron Acemoğlu

149.7k total citations · 81 hit papers
499 papers, 68.7k citations indexed

About

Daron Acemoğlu is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Daron Acemoğlu has authored 499 papers receiving a total of 68.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 310 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 128 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 79 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Daron Acemoğlu's work include Economic Growth and Productivity (96 papers), Economic theories and models (82 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (61 papers). Daron Acemoğlu is often cited by papers focused on Economic Growth and Productivity (96 papers), Economic theories and models (82 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (61 papers). Daron Acemoğlu collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Daron Acemoğlu's co-authors include James A. Robinson, Simon Johnson, Pascual Restrepo, Asuman Ozdaglar, Fabrizio Zilibotti, James A. Robinson, Jörn‐Steffen Pischke, Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi, Philippe Aghion and Thierry Verdier and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Finance.

In The Last Decade

Daron Acemoğlu

487 papers receiving 62.7k citations

Hit Papers

The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empir... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2001 2012 2012 2002 2019 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daron Acemoğlu United States 116 42.2k 18.6k 12.6k 9.7k 8.1k 499 68.7k
Alberto Alesina United States 89 24.0k 0.6× 16.0k 0.9× 8.6k 0.7× 7.1k 0.7× 12.7k 1.6× 293 45.1k
Robert J. Barro United States 75 36.9k 0.9× 9.2k 0.5× 17.8k 1.4× 3.7k 0.4× 5.4k 0.7× 319 49.9k
Douglass C. North United States 49 24.1k 0.6× 18.0k 1.0× 7.0k 0.6× 5.9k 0.6× 12.5k 1.6× 145 60.9k
Gary S. Becker United States 66 36.1k 0.9× 31.3k 1.7× 3.4k 0.3× 11.8k 1.2× 6.6k 0.8× 175 81.8k
Jeffrey M. Wooldridge United States 49 26.7k 0.6× 8.8k 0.5× 7.5k 0.6× 2.3k 0.2× 3.3k 0.4× 127 55.1k
Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 121 47.5k 1.1× 8.9k 0.5× 15.7k 1.2× 2.0k 0.2× 5.1k 0.6× 765 77.7k
Simon Johnson United States 44 13.1k 0.3× 7.8k 0.4× 3.9k 0.3× 5.2k 0.5× 2.8k 0.3× 142 27.2k
Richard Blundell United Kingdom 67 27.0k 0.6× 5.4k 0.3× 6.5k 0.5× 1.8k 0.2× 1.9k 0.2× 279 40.4k
James A. Robinson United States 58 12.9k 0.3× 10.9k 0.6× 5.2k 0.4× 6.9k 0.7× 5.3k 0.7× 230 27.3k
Philippe Aghion United States 79 28.8k 0.7× 4.3k 0.2× 8.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.1× 3.2k 0.4× 301 39.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Daron Acemoğlu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daron Acemoğlu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Acemoğlu, Daron, Ali Makhdoumi, Azarakhsh Malekian, & Asuman Ozdaglar. (2025). When Big Data Enables Behavioral Manipulation. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 7(1). 19–38. 1 indexed citations
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Acemoğlu, Daron & Pascual Restrepo. (2019). Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 33(2). 3–30. 1020 indexed citations breakdown →
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Acemoğlu, Daron & Pascual Restrepo. (2018). The Race between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares, and Employment. American Economic Review. 108(6). 1488–1542. 1482 indexed citations breakdown →
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Acemoğlu, Daron & James A. Robinson. (2017). The Emergence of Weak, Despotic and Inclusive States. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Acemoğlu, Daron, et al.. (2016). Network security and contagion. Journal of Economic Theory. 166. 536–585. 69 indexed citations
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Acemoğlu, Daron, Jacob Moscona, & James A. Robinson. (2016). State Capacity and American Technology: Evidence from the 19th Century. National Bureau of Economic Research. 4 indexed citations
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Acemoğlu, Daron, Kostas Bimpikis, & Asuman Ozdaglar. (2014). Dynamics of information exchange in endogenous social networks. Theoretical Economics. 9(1). 41–97. 74 indexed citations
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Acemoğlu, Daron & James A. Robinson. (2012). Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty. Asean Economic Bulletin. 29(2). 168–168. 2422 indexed citations breakdown →
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Acemoğlu, Daron, Davide Ticchi, & Andrea Vindigni. (2011). Emergence and Persistence of Inefficient States. CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa). 167 indexed citations breakdown →
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Como, Giacomo, Ketan Savla, Daron Acemoğlu, Munther A. Dahleh, & Emilio Frazzoli. (2011). On distributed robust routing for transportation networks under local information constraints. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 6290–6295. 1 indexed citations
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Acemoğlu, Daron. (2010). When Does Labor Scarcity Encourage Innovation?. Journal of Political Economy. 118(6). 1037–1078. 215 indexed citations breakdown →
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Acemoğlu, Daron, Gino Gancia, & Fabrizio Zilibotti. (2010). Competing Engines of Growth: Innovation and Standardization. SSRN Electronic Journal. 16 indexed citations
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Acemoğlu, Daron & James A. Robinson. (2008). Distinguished Guest Lecture: The Persistence and Change of Institutions in the Americas. Southern Economic Journal. 75(2). 282–299. 15 indexed citations
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Zilibotti, Fabrizio, Daron Acemoğlu, & Philippe Aghion. (2003). Vertical Integration and Distance to Frontier. Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University). 68 indexed citations
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Acemoğlu, Daron. (2002). Technical Change, Inequality, and the Labor Market. Journal of Economic Literature. 40(1). 7–72. 1097 indexed citations breakdown →
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Acemoğlu, Daron & Jörn‐Steffen Pischke. (2001). Changes in the wage structure, family income, and children's education. European Economic Review. 45(4-6). 890–904. 144 indexed citations
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Acemoğlu, Daron & Fabrizio Zilibotti. (2001). Productivity Differences. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 116(2). 563–606. 562 indexed citations breakdown →
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Acemoğlu, Daron & Jörn‐Steffen Pischke. (2000). Certification of training and training outcomes. European Economic Review. 44(4-6). 917–927. 57 indexed citations
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Acemoğlu, Daron & Jörn‐Steffen Pischke. (1998). Why Do Firms Train? Theory and Evidence. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 113(1). 79–119. 603 indexed citations breakdown →
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Acemoğlu, Daron. (1997). Matching, Heterogeneity, and the Evolution of Income Distribution. Journal of Economic Growth. 2(1). 61–92. 32 indexed citations

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