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A Model of Child Labor 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1,447
A Model of Child Labor 0 0 0 1 4 9 30 4,784
A Political Economy Theory of the Soft Budget Constraint 0 0 1 180 1 2 8 677
A Political Economy Theory of the Soft Budget Constraint 0 0 0 99 0 0 1 245
A Political Economy Theory of the Soft Budget Constraint 0 0 0 120 0 0 1 714
A Theory of Political Transitions 0 0 0 26 0 2 13 2,555
A Theory of Political Transitions 0 0 2 571 1 2 16 1,604
Africa's Latent Assets 0 0 0 34 0 1 2 54
African Political Institutions and the Impact of Colonialism 0 0 3 74 0 0 11 100
An African Success Story: Botswana 2 4 43 2,851 4 19 117 10,512
Anti-social norms 0 0 29 30 0 1 52 58
Are Endowments Fate? 0 0 2 298 0 0 5 679
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 0 0 1 160 0 0 8 393
Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World 1 1 2 101 2 3 10 289
Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World 0 1 5 369 1 3 33 1,523
Chiefs: Elite Control of Civil Society and Economic Development in Sierra Leone 0 0 1 215 0 3 8 295
Colombia: ¿Otros cien anos de Soledad? 0 0 7 52 1 2 24 107
Colonialism and Economic Development in Africa 3 8 57 2,470 11 43 222 10,150
Colonialism and development in Africa 0 0 0 0 1 5 18 515
Constitutions and Order: A Theory and Evidence from Colombia and the United States 0 0 4 11 0 0 25 40
Culture, Institutions and Social Equilibria: A Framework 0 5 12 99 1 13 53 278
Democracy Does Cause Growth 0 0 5 1,175 3 5 33 3,652
Democracy, Redistribution and Inequality 0 0 16 635 4 7 65 1,719
Democratization or Repression? 0 0 0 117 0 0 5 540
Democratization or Repression? 0 0 0 18 0 1 6 664
Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective 0 0 0 177 0 1 5 807
Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective 0 0 1 460 0 0 8 2,093
Economic and Political Inequality in Development: The Case of Cundinamarca, Colombia 0 0 3 278 0 4 21 1,290
Economics versus Politics: Pitfalls of Policy Advice 0 0 1 274 0 0 10 821
Endogenous Presidentialism 0 0 1 60 0 0 1 183
Fear and Dreams: Understanding the Non-Institutional sources of Leader Strategy 0 0 4 4 0 0 30 30
Finding Eldorado: Slavery and Long-run Development in Colombia 0 0 2 280 1 2 11 494
From Education to Democracy? 0 0 2 537 0 2 17 1,481
Governance and Development 0 0 1 158 0 2 14 448
He Who Counts Elects: Determinants of Fraud in the 1922 Colombian Presidential Election 0 0 1 80 2 2 6 228
Hither Thou Shalt Come, But No Further: Reply to "The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Comment" 0 0 9 191 2 10 96 625
How Institutions Change Over Time 0 0 2 281 0 2 19 1,866
INSTITUTIONS AS THE FUNDAMENTAL CAUSE OF LONG-RUN GROWTH 6 19 130 1,105 27 93 485 2,992
Income and Democracy 0 0 2 382 2 2 15 1,369
Income and Democracy 0 2 6 679 1 5 28 1,719
Indirect Rule and State Weakness in Africa: Sierra Leone in Comparative Perspective 0 0 1 88 0 0 4 231
Inefficient Redistribution 0 0 0 356 1 1 6 1,097
Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth 0 0 3 330 0 0 13 1,305
Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth 0 0 1 637 0 1 10 2,155
Institutional Comparative Statics 0 0 1 109 0 0 2 177
Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth 4 7 34 2,219 8 26 180 6,181
Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth 4 8 28 799 5 18 93 2,063
Institutions, Human Capital and Development 0 0 2 558 0 1 15 769
Institutions, Human Capital and Development 2 4 8 695 4 12 51 1,410
Institutions, Human Capital and Development 0 1 3 59 0 2 14 199
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 0 1 72 0 0 3 128
Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule 0 2 5 360 0 3 18 1,140
Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule 0 0 2 279 0 3 30 1,700
Land Reform and the Political Organization of Agriculture 0 0 1 241 0 1 6 938
Land Reform and the Political Organization of Agriculture 0 0 0 33 0 0 2 170
Land and Power 0 0 0 210 0 1 3 1,033
Land and Power: Theory and Evidence 0 0 0 9 0 0 3 60
Land and Power: Theory and Evidence from Chile 0 0 2 204 0 2 8 820
Long-Term Consequences of Population Growth: Technological Change, Natural Resources, and the Environment 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3,233
Missing Discussions: Institutional Constraints in the Islamic Political Tradition 0 1 5 14 0 1 5 28
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 0 3 83 1 1 10 112
Online Appendix: Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? Extensions and Robustness 1 1 2 49 1 1 4 136
Paths to the Periphery 1 68 69 69 1 23 27 27
Paths towards the Periphery 2 6 102 102 4 12 83 83
Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions 0 0 3 601 1 7 30 1,537
Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions 0 0 0 204 1 3 11 728
Politcal Foundations of the Resource Curse 0 0 4 440 0 1 7 891
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 0 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 0 5 682 0 7 16 1,697
Political incentives of the resource booms 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 51
Property Rights and the Political Organization of Agriculture 0 0 2 512 0 0 10 2,026
Reevaluating the Modernization Hypothesis 0 1 1 170 0 1 8 481
Reevaluating the Modernization Hypothesis 0 0 0 292 0 0 5 740
Reinventing the Wheel: The Economic Benefits of Wheeled Transportation in Early British Colonial West Africa 0 0 2 58 1 3 8 108
Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution 1 7 47 2,053 3 20 210 7,001
Rotten Parents 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 898
Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia 0 1 4 138 1 4 12 633
State Capacity and American Technology: Evidence from the 19th Century 0 0 1 249 0 2 11 404
State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach 0 1 2 39 0 4 19 201
State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach 0 0 0 315 0 0 8 658
Tax Aversion and the Social Contract in Africa 0 0 0 35 0 0 1 28
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation 1 6 23 1,947 2 15 91 6,463
The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution 0 0 2 134 1 1 11 1,193
The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution 0 0 0 399 3 7 31 2,476
The Economic Effects of the English Parliamentary Enclosures 1 1 1 41 2 2 4 39
The Emergence of Weak, Despotic and Inclusive States 0 0 9 196 1 3 23 377
The Evolution of Culture and Institutions: Evidence from the Kuba Kingdom 0 0 0 142 0 0 7 230
The Indigenous Roots of Representative Democracy 0 0 0 80 0 1 1 149
The Indigenous Roots of Representative Democracy 0 0 0 52 0 1 4 96
The Long-Run Impact of the Dissolution of the English Monasteries 0 0 2 132 0 1 5 202
The Monopoly of Violence: Evidence from Colombia 0 0 1 172 0 2 20 509
The Myth of the Frontier 0 0 1 73 0 0 5 252
The Need for Enemies 1 4 16 494 8 23 109 1,661
The Perils of High-Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia's False Positives 0 1 6 202 0 3 13 504
The Persistence of Female Political Power in Africa 1 24 24 24 3 12 12 12
The Political Agenda Effect and State Centralization 0 0 0 124 2 4 7 304
The Political Economy of Clientelism 0 1 5 1,095 1 4 20 4,400
The Political Economy of Inequality 0 1 7 467 0 2 18 1,931
The Political Economy of Public Income Volatility: With an Application to the Resource Curse 0 0 1 46 0 0 3 91
The Political Economy of Public Income Volatility: With an Application to the Resource Curse 0 0 0 74 0 0 1 149
The Political Economy of Public Income Volatility: With an Application to the Resource Curse 0 0 0 53 0 0 2 63
The Political Value of Land: Democratization and Land Prices in Chile 0 1 3 85 1 2 6 236
The Real Swing Voter's Curse 0 0 0 54 0 0 3 258
The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism 0 0 2 357 1 3 19 572
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutioanl Change and Economic Growth 0 0 1 357 0 1 7 1,273
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth 0 0 4 424 0 1 21 2,113
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth 1 3 15 1,074 5 16 91 5,338
The Second World War, Inequality and the Social Contract in Britain 0 0 0 11 0 0 2 30
The Weak State Trap 1 2 7 200 2 4 20 516
The consequences of radical reform: The French revolution 0 0 0 0 1 6 19 329
Trust in State and Non-State Actors: Evidence from Dispute Resolution in Pakistan 1 2 2 91 2 6 13 258
Understanding Ethnic Identity in Africa: Evidence from the Implicit Association Test (IAT) 0 0 0 35 1 1 3 142
What Model for the South African Labour Market? Lessons from the OECD and LDC's 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1,239
What Really Happened During the Glorious Revolution? 1 1 4 159 1 4 24 726
When Does Policy Reform Work? The Case of Central Bank Independence 0 0 1 502 0 0 11 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 0 337
When is Democracy an Equilibrium?: Theory and Evidence from Colombia's La Violencia 0 0 0 90 0 0 1 265
When is Democracy an Equilibrium?: Theory and Evidence from Colombia�s La Violencia 0 0 0 56 1 1 5 313
When is a State Predatory? 1 2 3 150 1 5 13 2,596
Where Does Inequality Come From?: Ideas and Implications for Latin America 0 0 1 144 0 1 5 1,133
White Elephants 0 1 3 303 0 1 7 1,084
Why Did West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Ineqiality and Growth in Historical Perspective 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 517
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 44 0 1 2 157
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 115 0 2 3 435
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 62 0 1 7 178
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 38 0 0 1 180
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 2 78 0 0 5 166
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? Extensions and Robustness 0 0 0 85 0 1 4 199
Why did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality and Growth in Historical Perspective 0 0 0 424 0 3 23 1,556
Total Working Papers 36 198 846 39,462 140 550 3,214 149,933
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A Theory of Political Transitions 2 4 6 1,716 2 8 39 6,594
A political economy theory of the soft budget constraint 0 0 1 69 1 2 8 908
Alfred Marshall Lecture: Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule 0 0 0 65 0 2 7 356
Are factor endowments fate?* 0 3 6 46 1 7 13 146
Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone 1 1 5 137 4 5 25 666
De Facto Political Power and Institutional Persistence 0 0 3 174 1 7 14 837
Democratization or repression? 0 1 3 178 1 4 16 512
Disease and Development in Historical Perspective 0 0 1 147 0 1 7 501
Dynamic Contractual Enforcement: A Model of Strikes 0 0 0 17 1 1 1 116
ENDOGENOUS PRESIDENTIALISM 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 56
Economics versus Politics: Pitfalls of Policy Advice 0 0 0 294 0 1 10 983
Equity, Institutions and the Development Process 0 1 2 79 0 1 4 216
Finding Eldorado: Slavery and long-run development in Colombia 0 2 12 138 3 8 52 634
From Education to Democracy? 0 0 3 345 2 4 22 1,091
He Who Counts Elects: Economic Elites, Political Elites, and Electoral Fraud 1 2 6 99 3 6 31 287
Income and Democracy 0 2 10 756 2 6 37 2,400
Institutional causes, macroeconomic symptoms: volatility, crises and growth 1 4 23 758 7 33 162 2,924
Institutions, Human Capital, and Development * 1 5 13 231 3 14 44 848
Interlinking and Collusion 0 0 0 5 2 2 5 53
Is Child Labor Inefficient? 1 2 5 878 4 6 34 3,477
Is This Time Different? Capture and Anti-Capture of US Politics 0 0 0 55 0 0 6 284
La miseria en Colombia 0 0 24 180 0 1 97 1,513
Land and Power: Theory and Evidence from Chile 0 0 1 349 2 3 12 1,143
Los orígenes coloniales del desarrollo comparativo: una investigación empírica 0 0 1 169 0 3 16 882
Measuring institutions in the Trobriand Islands: a comment on Voigt's paper 0 0 3 31 0 0 4 67
Persistence of Power, Elites, and Institutions 0 1 6 464 2 7 24 1,767
Political Losers as a Barrier to Economic Development 0 2 10 490 1 6 37 1,484
Political centralization in pre-colonial Africa 0 0 4 17 1 4 27 144
Political foundations of the resource curse 0 3 10 452 3 13 39 1,336
Political foundations of the resource curse: A simplification and a comment 0 0 2 53 0 1 6 347
Politician-Proof Policy? 0 0 0 18 0 0 3 135
Politique industrielle et développement: analyse en termes d'économie politique 0 0 0 34 1 1 2 101
Property rights and the political organization of agriculture 0 1 2 112 0 1 6 374
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? Civilian Control Over the Military 0 0 3 36 0 0 6 214
Reevaluating the modernization hypothesis 0 0 3 158 1 5 21 783
Rent appropriation and sustained growth 0 0 0 38 0 0 1 229
Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution 1 3 31 2,078 7 23 173 6,607
Rotten parents 0 0 0 77 0 0 1 257
SESSION 1A: RACIAL INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS 1 1 1 31 1 1 4 146
Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia 0 1 9 110 2 9 40 714
Social identity, inequality and conflict 0 0 0 238 0 2 7 2,154
State Capacity and American Technology: Evidence from the Nineteenth Century 0 0 2 101 1 3 13 404
State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach 0 2 6 206 4 9 35 793
State Formation and Governance in Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 337
States and Power in Africa by Jeffrey I. Herbst: A Review Essay 0 0 4 38 1 1 11 1,598
THE MONOPOLY OF VIOLENCE: EVIDENCE FROM COLOMBIA 0 1 5 101 1 9 49 578
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation 2 9 102 5,017 22 106 780 18,649
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply 0 2 15 277 2 5 40 1,227
The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution 0 0 3 260 0 3 23 1,593
The Need for Enemies 0 0 8 56 2 2 56 235
The Political Economy of Clientelism 0 1 4 45 3 12 31 237
The Political Economy of the Kuznets Curve 1 3 13 282 2 7 61 944
The Real Swing Voter's Curse 0 0 0 48 1 1 5 340
The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism 0 1 5 412 2 9 30 1,521
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth 0 7 25 1,564 5 22 99 5,998
The Role of Institutions in Growth and Development 0 30 107 593 2 189 464 2,287
The political economy of public income volatility: With an application to the resource curse 0 0 2 34 3 4 9 189
Theories of “bad policy” 0 1 5 45 0 2 11 129
Understanding Ethnic Identity in Africa: Evidence from the Implicit Association Test (IAT) 0 0 1 30 0 4 18 248
When Does Policy Reform Work? The Case of Central Bank Independence 0 0 7 124 5 8 44 718
When is Democracy an Equilibrium? Theory and Evidence from Colombia’s La Violencia 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 100
White elephants 1 2 10 325 3 5 34 1,022
Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality, and Growth in Historical Perspective 0 0 8 559 2 6 39 2,038
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 1 1 2 57 3 4 13 327
Total Journal Articles 14 99 543 21,511 122 610 2,942 85,798


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Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy 0 0 0 0 8 25 111 987
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy 0 0 0 0 1 11 69 622
Total Books 0 0 0 0 9 36 180 1,609


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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Comment on "Technology Diffusion and Postwar Growth" 0 0 0 10 1 1 1 47
Governance and Development 0 2 13 140 4 12 69 538
Indirect Rule and State Weakness in Africa: Sierra Leone in Comparative Perspective 0 0 6 98 9 21 123 2,065
Institutions as a Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth 9 36 219 2,134 34 138 871 7,821
Institutions, Volatility, and Crises 0 0 2 83 1 2 8 212
Long-term consequences of population growth: Technological change, natural resources, and the environment 0 0 0 289 0 1 8 1,416
The Myth of the Frontier 0 0 0 19 1 2 7 104
Total Chapters 9 38 240 2,773 50 177 1,087 12,203


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