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NBER Publications by James A. Robinson

Working Papers and Chapters

July 2009He Who Counts Elects: Determinants of Fraud in the 1922 Colombian Presidential Election
with Isaías N. Chaves, Leopoldo Fergusson: w15127
April 2009The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution
with Daron Acemoglu, Davide Cantoni, Simon Johnson: w14831
March 2009The Real Swing Voter's Curse
with Ragnar Torvik: w14799
The Myth of the Frontier
with Camilo García-Jimeno: w14774
December 2008Endogenous Presidentialism
with Ragnar Torvik: w14603
May 2008When Does Policy Reform Work? The Case of Central Bank Independence
with Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, Pablo Querubin: w14033
August 2007Reevaluating the Modernization Hypothesis
with Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, Pierre Yared: w13334
June 2007Economic and Political Inequality in Development: The Case of Cundinamarca, Colombia
with Daron Acemoglu, María Angélica Bautista, Pablo Querubín: w13208
December 2006When is Democracy an Equilibrium?: Theory and Evidence from Colombia's "La Violencia"
with Mario Chacon, Ragnar Torvik: w12789
September 2006Land and Power: Theory and Evidence from Chile
with Jean-Marie Baland: w12517
April 2006A Political Economy Theory of the Soft Budget Constraint
with Ragnar Torvik: w12133
March 2006Political Conflict and Power-sharing in the Origins of Modern Colombia
with Sebastián Mazzuca: w12099
Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions
with Daron Acemoglu: w12108
March 2005From Education to Democracy?
with Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, Pierre Yared: w11204
Income and Democracy
with Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, Pierre Yared: w11205
June 2004Institutions, Volatility, and Crises
with Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson
in Growth and Productivity in East Asia, NBER-East Asia Seminar on Economics, Volume 13, Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose, editors
May 2004Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth
with Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson: w10481
December 2003Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule
with Daron Acemoglu, Thierry Verdier: w10136
December 2002The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth
with Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson: w9378
August 2002Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth
with Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, Yunyong Thaicharoen: w9124
March 2002Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective
with Daron Acemoglu: w8831
September 2001Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
with Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson: w8460
June 2000The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
with Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson: w7771
July 1985Bargaining Unit, Union, Industry, and Locational Correlates of Union Support in Certification and Decertification
with William T. Dickens, Douglas R. Wholey: w1671

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