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A Model of Child Labor 0 0 0 1 2 5 30 4,775
A Model of Child Labor 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1,447
A Political Economy Theory of the Soft Budget Constraint 0 0 0 120 0 0 4 714
A Political Economy Theory of the Soft Budget Constraint 0 0 1 180 0 5 6 675
A Political Economy Theory of the Soft Budget Constraint 0 0 0 99 0 1 1 245
A Theory of Political Transitions 0 0 3 571 1 3 19 1,602
A Theory of Political Transitions 0 0 0 26 0 4 14 2,553
Africa's Latent Assets 0 0 0 34 0 1 1 53
African Political Institutions and the Impact of Colonialism 1 2 4 74 1 3 13 100
An African Success Story: Botswana 22 27 47 2,847 25 39 126 10,493
Anti-social norms 0 2 30 30 0 6 57 57
Are Endowments Fate? 0 1 3 298 0 3 6 679
Bargaining Unit, Union, Industry, and Locational Correlates of Union Support in Certification and Decertification 0 0 0 63 0 0 0 649
Botswana as a Role Model for Country Success 1 1 3 160 1 4 11 393
Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World 1 1 1 100 2 6 7 286
Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World 0 3 5 368 1 14 35 1,520
Chiefs: Elite Control of Civil Society and Economic Development in Sierra Leone 0 0 1 215 0 2 6 292
Colombia: ¿Otros cien anos de Soledad? 0 0 7 52 0 0 22 105
Colonialism and Economic Development in Africa 5 14 63 2,462 11 62 236 10,107
Colonialism and development in Africa 0 0 0 0 1 4 14 510
Constitutions and Order: A Theory and Evidence from Colombia and the United States 0 1 5 11 0 1 26 40
Culture, Institutions and Social Equilibria: A Framework 1 1 8 94 5 9 44 265
Democracy Does Cause Growth 0 1 5 1,175 3 6 37 3,647
Democracy, Redistribution and Inequality 2 7 17 635 5 18 70 1,712
Democratization or Repression? 0 0 0 18 0 1 5 663
Democratization or Repression? 0 0 0 117 0 2 5 540
Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective 0 0 2 460 1 3 12 2,093
Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective 0 0 1 177 0 2 6 806
Economic and Political Inequality in Development: The Case of Cundinamarca, Colombia 0 1 4 278 1 6 21 1,286
Economics versus Politics: Pitfalls of Policy Advice 0 0 1 274 0 4 12 821
Endogenous Presidentialism 0 1 1 60 0 1 1 183
Fear and Dreams: Understanding the Non-Institutional sources of Leader Strategy 0 1 4 4 1 2 30 30
Finding Eldorado: Slavery and Long-run Development in Colombia 0 1 2 280 0 2 9 492
From Education to Democracy? 0 0 3 537 1 8 18 1,479
Governance and Development 0 0 1 158 2 4 14 446
He Who Counts Elects: Determinants of Fraud in the 1922 Colombian Presidential Election 0 0 1 80 0 2 4 226
Hither Thou Shalt Come, But No Further: Reply to "The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Comment" 1 1 9 191 5 11 86 615
How Institutions Change Over Time 0 1 4 281 0 3 30 1,864
INSTITUTIONS AS THE FUNDAMENTAL CAUSE OF LONG-RUN GROWTH 11 31 117 1,086 57 137 431 2,899
Income and Democracy 0 0 2 382 0 7 14 1,367
Income and Democracy 1 1 6 677 2 5 30 1,714
Indirect Rule and State Weakness in Africa: Sierra Leone in Comparative Perspective 0 0 1 88 0 2 4 231
Inefficient Redistribution 0 0 0 356 0 2 5 1,096
Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth 0 2 3 330 0 5 13 1,305
Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth 0 0 1 637 1 3 12 2,154
Institutional Comparative Statics 0 0 1 109 0 0 2 177
Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth 1 5 22 791 5 27 81 2,045
Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth 1 3 30 2,212 6 22 182 6,155
Institutions, Human Capital and Development 0 1 4 691 5 13 45 1,398
Institutions, Human Capital and Development 0 0 2 558 2 6 15 768
Institutions, Human Capital and Development 2 2 2 58 4 6 14 197
Keeping It in the Family: Lineage Organization and the Scope of Trust in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 45 0 0 5 74
Kinship and Conflict: Evidence from Segmentary Lineage Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 1 2 72 0 1 5 128
Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule 0 0 2 279 3 8 27 1,697
Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule 0 1 4 358 2 7 16 1,137
Land Reform and the Political Organization of Agriculture 0 0 0 33 0 1 3 170
Land Reform and the Political Organization of Agriculture 0 1 1 241 0 2 5 937
Land and Power 0 0 0 210 0 1 3 1,032
Land and Power: Theory and Evidence 0 0 0 9 0 1 3 60
Land and Power: Theory and Evidence from Chile 0 1 2 204 0 1 8 818
Long-Term Consequences of Population Growth: Technological Change, Natural Resources, and the Environment 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3,233
Missing Discussions: Institutional Constraints in the Islamic Political Tradition 0 1 4 13 0 1 4 27
Monks, Gents and Industrialists: The Long-Run Impact of the Dissolution of the English Monasteries 0 0 0 40 0 0 1 224
Non-Modernization: Power-Culture Trajectories and the Dynamics of Political Institutions 0 1 3 83 0 3 10 111
Online Appendix: Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? Extensions and Robustness 0 1 1 48 0 3 3 135
Paths to the Periphery 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4
Paths towards the Periphery 5 18 96 96 9 26 71 71
Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions 0 0 0 204 1 6 8 725
Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions 0 1 4 601 3 9 27 1,530
Politcal Foundations of the Resource Curse 1 2 4 440 1 3 6 890
Political Centralization in Pre-Colonial Africa 0 0 1 127 0 0 6 184
Political Conflict and Power-Sharing in the Origins of Modern Colombia 0 0 0 80 0 1 1 286
Political Conflict and Power-sharing in the Origins of Modern Colombia 0 0 0 81 0 0 2 286
Political Foundations of the Resource Curse 0 1 6 682 0 2 14 1,690
Political incentives of the resource booms 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 51
Property Rights and the Political Organization of Agriculture 0 0 2 512 0 4 11 2,026
Reevaluating the Modernization Hypothesis 0 0 0 292 0 2 6 740
Reevaluating the Modernization Hypothesis 0 0 0 169 0 3 8 480
Reinventing the Wheel: The Economic Benefits of Wheeled Transportation in Early British Colonial West Africa 0 1 3 58 0 2 6 105
Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution 0 14 47 2,046 12 47 221 6,981
Rotten Parents 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 898
Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia 0 1 4 137 1 4 11 629
State Capacity and American Technology: Evidence from the 19th Century 0 0 1 249 0 2 10 402
State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach 0 1 2 38 1 5 21 197
State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach 0 0 0 315 0 5 8 658
Tax Aversion and the Social Contract in Africa 0 0 1 35 0 1 2 28
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation 0 1 18 1,941 2 12 83 6,448
The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution 0 0 1 399 3 7 30 2,469
The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution 0 0 2 134 1 3 12 1,192
The Economic Effects of the English Parliamentary Enclosures 0 0 0 40 0 1 2 37
The Emergence of Weak, Despotic and Inclusive States 1 2 9 196 3 8 25 374
The Evolution of Culture and Institutions: Evidence from the Kuba Kingdom 0 0 0 142 0 1 10 230
The Indigenous Roots of Representative Democracy 0 0 0 80 0 0 0 148
The Indigenous Roots of Representative Democracy 0 0 0 52 0 0 3 95
The Long-Run Impact of the Dissolution of the English Monasteries 0 0 2 132 0 0 5 201
The Monopoly of Violence: Evidence from Colombia 1 1 1 172 4 6 22 507
The Myth of the Frontier 0 0 1 73 0 2 6 252
The Need for Enemies 1 4 19 490 6 33 109 1,638
The Perils of High-Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia's False Positives 1 1 5 201 2 3 11 501
The Political Agenda Effect and State Centralization 0 0 0 124 0 3 7 300
The Political Economy of Clientelism 0 0 5 1,094 2 5 19 4,396
The Political Economy of Inequality 0 0 8 466 0 1 20 1,929
The Political Economy of Public Income Volatility: With an Application to the Resource Curse 0 0 0 74 0 0 2 149
The Political Economy of Public Income Volatility: With an Application to the Resource Curse 0 0 0 53 0 1 3 63
The Political Economy of Public Income Volatility: With an Application to the Resource Curse 1 1 1 46 1 2 3 91
The Political Value of Land: Democratization and Land Prices in Chile 0 0 2 84 1 1 5 234
The Real Swing Voter's Curse 0 0 0 54 1 1 4 258
The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism 0 0 3 357 1 3 19 569
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutioanl Change and Economic Growth 0 0 2 357 1 3 7 1,272
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth 0 1 5 424 1 7 29 2,112
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth 0 1 14 1,071 6 16 97 5,322
The Second World War, Inequality and the Social Contract in Britain 0 0 0 11 0 2 2 30
The Weak State Trap 0 1 6 198 1 4 20 512
The consequences of radical reform: The French revolution 0 0 0 0 1 5 18 323
Trust in State and Non-State Actors: Evidence from Dispute Resolution in Pakistan 0 0 0 89 0 4 7 252
Understanding Ethnic Identity in Africa: Evidence from the Implicit Association Test (IAT) 0 0 0 35 0 2 2 141
What Model for the South African Labour Market? Lessons from the OECD and LDC's 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1,239
What Really Happened During the Glorious Revolution? 0 1 3 158 2 4 23 722
When Does Policy Reform Work? The Case of Central Bank Independence 0 0 1 502 1 3 13 1,484
When is Democracy an Equilibrium? Theory and Evidence from Colombia's La Violencia 0 0 0 49 0 0 1 182
When is Democracy an Equilibrium?: Theory and Evidence from Colombia's "La Violencia" 0 0 0 75 0 0 1 337
When is Democracy an Equilibrium?: Theory and Evidence from Colombia's La Violencia 0 0 0 90 0 1 1 265
When is Democracy an Equilibrium?: Theory and Evidence from Colombia�s La Violencia 0 0 1 56 1 3 5 312
When is a State Predatory? 0 0 2 148 1 3 10 2,591
Where Does Inequality Come From?: Ideas and Implications for Latin America 0 0 1 144 1 3 4 1,132
White Elephants 0 0 2 302 1 3 7 1,083
Why Did West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Ineqiality and Growth in Historical Perspective 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 515
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 38 0 1 2 180
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 115 0 1 1 433
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 62 0 2 8 177
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 2 78 0 1 6 166
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 44 0 1 2 156
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? Extensions and Robustness 0 0 0 85 0 1 3 198
Why did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality and Growth in Historical Perspective 0 0 1 424 0 6 24 1,553
Total Working Papers 62 173 735 39,264 234 813 3,133 149,383
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A Theory of Political Transitions 0 0 2 1,712 2 8 42 6,586
A political economy theory of the soft budget constraint 0 0 1 69 3 4 6 906
Alfred Marshall Lecture: Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule 0 0 1 65 0 1 9 354
Are factor endowments fate?* 1 2 4 43 2 3 9 139
Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone 1 1 7 136 3 8 26 661
De Facto Political Power and Institutional Persistence 1 1 3 174 2 3 8 830
Democratization or repression? 0 1 3 177 1 5 14 508
Disease and Development in Historical Perspective 0 1 3 147 0 4 8 500
Dynamic Contractual Enforcement: A Model of Strikes 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 115
ENDOGENOUS PRESIDENTIALISM 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 55
Economics versus Politics: Pitfalls of Policy Advice 0 0 0 294 1 3 12 982
Equity, Institutions and the Development Process 0 0 1 78 1 1 5 215
Finding Eldorado: Slavery and long-run development in Colombia 0 2 12 136 3 16 53 626
From Education to Democracy? 0 1 3 345 1 5 19 1,087
He Who Counts Elects: Economic Elites, Political Elites, and Electoral Fraud 0 0 5 97 0 9 30 281
Income and Democracy 0 0 12 754 3 7 43 2,394
Institutional causes, macroeconomic symptoms: volatility, crises and growth 3 6 27 754 16 37 172 2,891
Institutions, Human Capital, and Development * 2 2 10 226 10 12 44 834
Interlinking and Collusion 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 51
Is Child Labor Inefficient? 0 1 7 876 3 9 42 3,471
Is This Time Different? Capture and Anti-Capture of US Politics 0 0 0 55 0 2 7 284
La miseria en Colombia 0 0 24 180 0 2 99 1,512
Land and Power: Theory and Evidence from Chile 0 0 1 349 0 4 11 1,140
Los orígenes coloniales del desarrollo comparativo: una investigación empírica 0 0 1 169 3 4 15 879
Measuring institutions in the Trobriand Islands: a comment on Voigt's paper 0 2 3 31 0 3 5 67
Persistence of Power, Elites, and Institutions 0 1 5 463 2 6 22 1,760
Political Losers as a Barrier to Economic Development 0 2 10 488 1 10 36 1,478
Political centralization in pre-colonial Africa 0 0 5 17 0 3 26 140
Political foundations of the resource curse 1 3 10 449 3 7 39 1,323
Political foundations of the resource curse: A simplification and a comment 0 1 3 53 0 1 7 346
Politician-Proof Policy? 0 0 1 18 0 0 5 135
Politique industrielle et développement: analyse en termes d'économie politique 0 0 0 34 0 0 1 100
Property rights and the political organization of agriculture 1 1 2 111 1 5 6 373
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? Civilian Control Over the Military 1 2 4 36 2 5 7 214
Reevaluating the modernization hypothesis 0 0 5 158 0 4 25 778
Rent appropriation and sustained growth 0 0 0 38 0 0 2 229
Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution 1 11 35 2,075 7 46 178 6,584
Rotten parents 0 0 0 77 0 0 2 257
SESSION 1A: RACIAL INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS 0 0 0 30 0 1 3 145
Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia 0 1 11 109 1 8 40 705
Social identity, inequality and conflict 0 0 0 238 2 4 5 2,152
State Capacity and American Technology: Evidence from the Nineteenth Century 0 0 4 101 0 2 13 401
State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach 1 1 5 204 2 12 28 784
State Formation and Governance in Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 337
States and Power in Africa by Jeffrey I. Herbst: A Review Essay 0 0 4 38 1 2 10 1,597
THE MONOPOLY OF VIOLENCE: EVIDENCE FROM COLOMBIA 1 2 4 100 3 18 45 569
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation 8 20 101 5,008 43 135 771 18,543
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply 1 1 15 275 2 7 43 1,222
The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution 1 1 4 260 6 8 25 1,590
The Need for Enemies 0 0 8 56 1 4 56 233
The Political Economy of Clientelism 1 1 4 44 5 9 24 225
The Political Economy of the Kuznets Curve 3 10 11 279 13 47 63 937
The Real Swing Voter's Curse 0 0 0 48 0 1 4 339
The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism 1 2 4 411 3 9 26 1,512
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth 6 9 23 1,557 16 40 97 5,976
The Role of Institutions in Growth and Development 6 7 83 563 25 38 296 2,098
The political economy of public income volatility: With an application to the resource curse 0 1 2 34 0 1 6 185
Theories of “bad policy” 0 0 4 44 1 1 10 127
Understanding Ethnic Identity in Africa: Evidence from the Implicit Association Test (IAT) 1 1 1 30 2 5 18 244
When Does Policy Reform Work? The Case of Central Bank Independence 1 2 12 124 2 7 45 710
When is Democracy an Equilibrium? Theory and Evidence from Colombia’s La Violencia 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 100
White elephants 0 0 10 323 1 7 32 1,017
Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality, and Growth in Historical Perspective 0 3 10 559 1 9 41 2,032
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 1 56 2 6 10 323
Total Journal Articles 43 103 531 21,412 202 623 2,763 85,188


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Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy 0 0 0 0 0 4 79 611
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy 0 0 0 0 13 25 94 962
Total Books 0 0 0 0 13 29 173 1,573


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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Comment on "Technology Diffusion and Postwar Growth" 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 46
Governance and Development 0 3 12 138 2 12 58 526
Indirect Rule and State Weakness in Africa: Sierra Leone in Comparative Perspective 1 3 6 98 5 37 127 2,044
Institutions as a Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth 12 43 212 2,098 53 163 907 7,683
Institutions, Volatility, and Crises 1 1 2 83 1 2 6 210
Long-term consequences of population growth: Technological change, natural resources, and the environment 0 0 0 289 2 3 7 1,415
The Myth of the Frontier 0 0 1 19 0 1 6 102
Total Chapters 14 50 233 2,735 63 218 1,111 12,026


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