Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies
if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the
same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average
within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research
topics.
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
20015.2k citationsDaron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson et al.American Economic Reviewprofile →
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty
20122.4k citationsDaron Acemoğlu, James A. RobinsonAsean Economic Bulletinprofile →
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply
20122.3k citationsDaron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson et al.American Economic Reviewprofile →
Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
20021.7k citationsDaron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson et al.The Quarterly Journal of Economicsprofile →
Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets
20191.7k citationsDaron Acemoğlu, Pascual RestrepoJournal of Political Economyprofile →
Unbundling Institutions
20051.5k citationsDaron Acemoğlu et al.Journal of Political Economyprofile →
The Race between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares, and Employment
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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Daron Acemoğlu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Daron Acemoğlu. The network helps show where Daron Acemoğlu may publish in the future.
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 →
3.
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
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 →
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 →
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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