Nathan Nunn

14.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
64 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Nathan Nunn is a scholar working on Demography, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathan Nunn has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Demography, 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 16 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Nathan Nunn's work include Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (38 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (9 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (7 papers). Nathan Nunn is often cited by papers focused on Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (38 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (9 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (7 papers). Nathan Nunn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Nathan Nunn's co-authors include Nancy Qian, Léonard Wantchekon, Paola Giuliano, Alberto Alesina, James A. Robinson, Daniel Trefler, Sara Lowes, Daniele Giovannucci, Jonathan Weigel and Sandra Sequeira and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Nathan Nunn

61 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

US Food Aid and Civil Conflict 2008 2026 2014 2020 2014 2011 2013 2008 2011 400 800 1.2k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nathan Nunn United States 26 2.9k 2.9k 2.7k 801 721 64 7.1k
Thierry Verdier France 37 2.1k 0.7× 4.0k 1.4× 3.8k 1.4× 910 1.1× 504 0.7× 167 8.4k
Eliana La Ferrara Italy 30 1.9k 0.6× 4.5k 1.6× 3.0k 1.1× 1.2k 1.5× 887 1.2× 68 8.5k
Avner Greif United States 28 2.4k 0.8× 3.3k 1.2× 3.6k 1.3× 1.1k 1.3× 179 0.2× 74 8.2k
Romain Wacziarg United States 25 1.7k 0.6× 2.8k 1.0× 3.7k 1.4× 346 0.4× 238 0.3× 53 7.2k
Rafael Di Tella United States 33 870 0.3× 5.2k 1.8× 3.1k 1.1× 624 0.8× 410 0.6× 93 9.7k
Christian Bjørnskov Denmark 36 999 0.3× 3.2k 1.1× 2.0k 0.7× 453 0.6× 137 0.2× 194 6.3k
Louis Putterman United States 41 2.0k 0.7× 2.5k 0.9× 2.2k 0.8× 2.6k 3.3× 279 0.4× 185 6.5k
Geoffrey McNicoll United States 37 1.1k 0.4× 2.5k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 484 0.6× 1.1k 1.5× 162 7.3k
Marcel Fafchamps United States 55 550 0.2× 2.8k 1.0× 5.0k 1.8× 2.1k 2.7× 638 0.9× 199 10.2k
Michael Woolcock United States 30 621 0.2× 5.6k 2.0× 2.1k 0.8× 1.0k 1.3× 259 0.4× 105 10.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nathan Nunn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nathan Nunn

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McGuirk, Eoin & Nathan Nunn. (2024). Transhumant Pastoralism, Climate Change, and Conflict in Africa. The Review of Economic Studies. 92(1). 404–441. 18 indexed citations
2.
Nunn, Nathan, et al.. (2023). On the Importance of African Traditional Religion for Economic Behavior. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
3.
Carvalho, Jean‐Paul, Augustin Bergeron, Joe Henrich, Nathan Nunn, & Jonathan Weigel. (2023). Zero-Sum Thinking, the Evolution of Effort-Suppressing Beliefs, and Economic Development. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
4.
Enke, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Herding, Warfare, and a Culture of Honor: Global Evidence. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
5.
McGuirk, Eoin & Nathan Nunn. (2020). Nomadic Pastoralism, Climate Change, and Conflict in Africa. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Sequeira, Sandra, Nathan Nunn, & Nancy Qian. (2019). Immigrants and the Making of America. The Review of Economic Studies. 87(1). 382–419. 123 indexed citations
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Dorp, Lucy van, Sara Lowes, Jonathan Weigel, et al.. (2018). Genetic legacy of state centralization in the Kuba Kingdom of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(2). 593–598. 5 indexed citations
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Giuliano, Paola & Nathan Nunn. (2018). Ancestral Characteristics of Modern Populations. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3 indexed citations
9.
Alesina, Alberto, Paola Giuliano, & Nathan Nunn. (2018). Traditional agricultural practices and the sex ratio today. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0190510–e0190510. 25 indexed citations
10.
Nunn, Nathan & Nancy Qian. (2014). US Food Aid and Civil Conflict. American Economic Review. 104(6). 1630–1666. 1263 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nunn, Nathan, et al.. (2014). The Impacts of Fair Trade Certification: Evidence From Coffee Producers in Costa Rica (Preliminary and Incomplete). 15 indexed citations
12.
Giovannucci, Daniele, et al.. (2014). The Economics of Fair Trade. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 28(3). 217–236. 153 indexed citations
13.
Giuliano, Paola & Nathan Nunn. (2013). The Transmission of Democracy: From the Village to the Nation-State. American Economic Review. 103(3). 86–92. 72 indexed citations
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Alesina, Alberto, Paola Giuliano, & Nathan Nunn. (2013). On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough*. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 128(2). 469–530. 1039 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nunn, Nathan & Nancy Qian. (2011). The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence From A Historical Experiment. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 126(2). 593–650. 528 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nunn, Nathan & Léonard Wantchekon. (2011). The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa. American Economic Review. 101(7). 3221–3252. 1210 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alesina, Alberto, Paola Giuliano, & Nathan Nunn. (2011). On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough. SSRN Electronic Journal. 41 indexed citations
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Nunn, Nathan. (2010). Shackled to the Past: The Causes and Consequences of Africa's Slave Trade. Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University). 5 indexed citations
19.
Nunn, Nathan & Nancy Qian. (2010). The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 24(2). 163–188. 136 indexed citations
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Nunn, Nathan. (2007). The Long-Term Effects of AfricaAS Slave Trades. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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