Access Statistics for James Alan Robinson

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A Model of Child Labor 0 0 0 1 1 10 31 4,803
A Model of Child Labor 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1,450
A Political Economy Theory of the Soft Budget Constraint 0 0 0 180 0 11 17 688
A Political Economy Theory of the Soft Budget Constraint 0 0 0 99 0 6 10 255
A Political Economy Theory of the Soft Budget Constraint 0 0 0 120 1 6 9 723
A Theory of Political Transitions 0 1 1 572 2 18 30 1,629
A Theory of Political Transitions 0 0 0 26 17 91 108 2,658
Africa as a Success Story: Political Organization in Pre-Colonial Africa 19 60 60 60 2 27 27 27
Africa's Latent Assets 0 0 0 34 3 10 13 66
An African Success Story: Botswana 3 8 49 2,869 27 78 180 10,637
Anti-social norms 0 0 3 31 1 9 38 90
Are Endowments Fate? 0 0 3 300 1 6 14 691
Bargaining Unit, Union, Industry, and Locational Correlates of Union Support in Certification and Decertification 0 0 0 63 0 3 3 652
Botswana as a Role Model for Country Success 0 0 1 160 1 16 21 412
Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World 0 0 2 101 5 14 41 321
Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World 0 0 5 371 4 11 62 1,572
Chiefs: Elite Control of Civil Society and Economic Development in Sierra Leone 0 0 0 215 2 13 20 311
Colombia: ¿Otros cien anos de Soledad? 0 1 3 55 3 10 17 122
Colonialism and Economic Development in Africa 1 6 33 2,484 13 59 190 10,257
Colonialism and development in Africa 0 0 0 0 5 26 41 550
Constitutions and Order: A Theory and Evidence from Colombia and the United States 0 1 3 14 0 3 9 49
Councils and Indirect Rule in British Africa 0 1 6 78 2 11 19 117
Culture, Institutions and Social Equilibria: A Framework 0 1 9 102 10 29 66 324
Democracy Does Cause Growth 0 1 3 1,178 5 34 72 3,715
Democracy, Redistribution and Inequality 1 1 8 641 8 44 95 1,797
Democratization or Repression? 0 0 0 117 1 5 7 546
Democratization or Repression? 0 0 0 18 3 5 10 672
Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective 2 2 2 462 9 20 32 2,123
Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective 0 0 1 178 2 8 13 818
Economic and Political Inequality in Development: The Case of Cundinamarca, Colombia 1 2 4 282 5 16 34 1,317
Economics versus Politics: Pitfalls of Policy Advice 0 1 1 275 5 14 23 841
Endogenous Presidentialism 0 0 0 60 0 6 9 192
Fear and Dreams: Understanding the Non-Institutional sources of Leader Strategy 0 0 1 4 4 10 32 60
Finding Eldorado: Slavery and Long-run Development in Colombia 0 0 1 280 7 11 20 510
From Education to Democracy? 0 0 0 537 2 14 33 1,506
Governance and Development 0 0 0 158 1 13 27 470
He Who Counts Elects: Determinants of Fraud in the 1922 Colombian Presidential Election 0 0 0 80 2 10 18 242
Hither Thou Shalt Come, But No Further: Reply to "The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Comment" 1 4 5 195 7 33 68 674
How Institutions Change Over Time 1 1 2 283 3 12 20 1,883
INSTITUTIONS AS THE FUNDAMENTAL CAUSE OF LONG-RUN GROWTH 8 26 96 1,162 48 169 491 3,294
Income and Democracy 0 2 6 682 1 29 50 1,761
Income and Democracy 0 0 0 382 1 12 26 1,388
Indirect Rule and State Weakness in Africa: Sierra Leone in Comparative Perspective 0 0 0 88 1 9 14 244
Inefficient Redistribution 0 0 0 356 1 11 18 1,113
Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth 0 0 1 330 7 14 20 1,323
Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth 0 0 0 637 4 15 29 2,181
Institutional Comparative Statics 0 0 0 109 0 5 7 184
Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth 1 10 26 2,236 21 88 192 6,335
Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth 2 5 16 806 12 39 105 2,137
Institutions, Human Capital and Development 0 0 0 558 14 28 44 807
Institutions, Human Capital and Development 1 2 7 698 5 24 55 1,444
Institutions, Human Capital and Development 0 1 4 60 4 8 21 213
Interview with 2024 Economics Laureate James Robinson 0 15 15 15 0 20 20 20
Keeping It in the Family: Lineage Organization and the Scope of Trust in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 45 4 16 21 95
Kinship and Conflict: Evidence from Segmentary Lineage Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 72 1 6 8 136
Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule 0 1 1 280 4 26 43 1,735
Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule 0 0 3 360 0 8 22 1,155
Land Reform and the Political Organization of Agriculture 0 0 0 241 1 7 9 946
Land Reform and the Political Organization of Agriculture 1 1 1 34 3 6 8 178
Land and Power 0 0 0 210 4 7 11 1,043
Land and Power: Theory and Evidence 0 0 0 9 0 2 4 63
Land and Power: Theory and Evidence from Chile 0 0 0 204 2 9 14 832
Long-Term Consequences of Population Growth: Technological Change, Natural Resources, and the Environment 0 0 0 1 0 10 12 3,244
Missing Discussions: Institutional Constraints in the Islamic Political Tradition 0 0 3 15 1 10 17 43
Monks, Gents and Industrialists: The Long-Run Impact of the Dissolution of the English Monasteries 0 0 0 40 2 4 7 231
Nobel Prize Conversations podcast 0 16 16 16 2 11 11 11
Non-Modernization: Power-Culture Trajectories and the Dynamics of Political Institutions 0 0 1 83 1 4 8 117
Online Appendix: Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? Extensions and Robustness 0 0 1 49 0 7 12 145
Paths to the Periphery 0 0 72 72 1 7 48 48
Paths towards the Periphery 0 0 22 108 1 7 57 109
Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions 0 1 4 604 3 41 62 1,587
Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions 0 0 0 204 12 25 37 758
Politcal Foundations of the Resource Curse 0 0 2 441 2 4 11 900
Political Centralization in Pre-Colonial Africa 0 0 0 127 1 6 9 193
Political Conflict and Power-Sharing in the Origins of Modern Colombia 0 0 0 80 2 7 8 294
Political Conflict and Power-sharing in the Origins of Modern Colombia 0 0 0 81 0 2 3 289
Political Foundations of the Resource Curse 0 1 2 684 2 11 23 1,712
Political incentives of the resource booms 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 58
Property Rights and the Political Organization of Agriculture 0 0 0 512 1 8 14 2,039
Reevaluating the Modernization Hypothesis 1 2 2 294 1 5 8 747
Reevaluating the Modernization Hypothesis 0 0 2 171 1 8 16 495
Reinventing the Wheel: The Economic Benefits of Wheeled Transportation in Early British Colonial West Africa 0 0 1 58 9 41 53 156
Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution 1 2 22 2,059 16 73 162 7,110
Rotten Parents 0 0 0 0 6 12 15 913
Searching for Fish in Trees (緣木求魚)? Economic Development when Context Matters 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4
Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia 0 0 1 138 1 9 18 644
State Capacity and American Technology: Evidence from the 19th Century 0 0 0 249 2 11 16 416
State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach 1 1 3 40 5 13 26 219
State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach 0 0 0 315 2 8 15 671
Tax Aversion and the Social Contract in Africa 0 0 0 35 1 7 11 38
The Breakdown of the English Society of Orders: The Role of the Industrial Revolution 1 3 42 42 1 12 34 34
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation 3 7 19 1,960 7 36 84 6,529
The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution 0 0 0 134 3 18 26 1,216
The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution 0 1 5 404 4 16 48 2,512
The Economic Effects of the English Parliamentary Enclosures 0 2 3 43 1 8 15 51
The Emergence of Weak, Despotic and Inclusive States 0 1 6 200 3 12 37 405
The Evolution of Culture and Institutions: Evidence from the Kuba Kingdom 0 0 2 144 4 12 17 247
The Indigenous Roots of Representative Democracy 0 0 0 80 0 7 9 157
The Indigenous Roots of Representative Democracy 0 0 1 53 4 13 16 111
The Long-Run Impact of the Dissolution of the English Monasteries 0 0 0 132 5 14 18 219
The Monopoly of Violence: Evidence from Colombia 0 0 1 172 5 11 23 524
The Myth of the Frontier 0 0 0 73 1 3 9 260
The Need for Enemies 0 1 13 501 13 27 98 1,719
The Perils of High-Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia's False Positives 1 3 7 207 5 17 34 532
The Persistence of Female Political Power in Africa 0 2 28 28 1 11 31 31
The Political Agenda Effect and State Centralization 0 0 1 125 3 13 22 321
The Political Economy of Clientelism 0 1 5 1,099 0 10 27 4,419
The Political Economy of Inequality 0 0 1 467 9 20 29 1,958
The Political Economy of Public Income Volatility: With an Application to the Resource Curse 0 0 1 46 7 17 21 110
The Political Economy of Public Income Volatility: With an Application to the Resource Curse 0 0 0 53 0 4 8 71
The Political Economy of Public Income Volatility: With an Application to the Resource Curse 0 0 0 74 0 9 14 163
The Political Value of Land: Democratization and Land Prices in Chile 0 0 1 85 1 5 9 242
The Real Swing Voter's Curse 0 0 0 54 2 4 9 266
The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism 0 0 2 359 8 28 45 612
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutioanl Change and Economic Growth 0 0 0 357 0 7 16 1,286
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth 1 1 2 426 4 39 50 2,158
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth 1 4 10 1,081 6 38 98 5,412
The Second World War, Inequality and the Social Contract in Britain 0 0 0 11 1 7 12 41
The Weak State Trap 1 1 7 205 10 21 35 545
The consequences of radical reform: The French revolution 0 0 0 0 2 7 19 340
Trust in State and Non-State Actors: Evidence from Dispute Resolution in Pakistan 0 0 2 91 2 13 30 280
Understanding Ethnic Identity in Africa: Evidence from the Implicit Association Test (IAT) 0 0 1 36 2 9 14 155
What Model for the South African Labour Market? Lessons from the OECD and LDC's 0 0 0 1 2 4 4 1,243
What Really Happened During the Glorious Revolution? 2 2 6 164 12 25 48 767
When Does Policy Reform Work? The Case of Central Bank Independence 0 0 0 502 3 10 24 1,505
When is Democracy an Equilibrium? Theory and Evidence from Colombia's La Violencia 0 0 0 49 1 6 9 191
When is Democracy an Equilibrium?: Theory and Evidence from Colombia's "La Violencia" 0 0 0 75 1 7 7 344
When is Democracy an Equilibrium?: Theory and Evidence from Colombia's La Violencia 0 0 0 90 0 9 12 277
When is Democracy an Equilibrium?: Theory and Evidence from Colombia�s La Violencia 0 0 0 56 1 6 10 321
When is a State Predatory? 1 1 4 152 5 24 35 2,624
Where Does Inequality Come From?: Ideas and Implications for Latin America 0 0 1 145 1 9 15 1,146
White Elephants 0 0 1 303 0 7 14 1,096
Why Did West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Ineqiality and Growth in Historical Perspective 0 0 0 0 0 7 21 535
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 38 0 2 5 184
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 78 2 8 13 178
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 44 2 17 22 177
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 62 2 3 8 184
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 115 1 5 9 441
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? Extensions and Robustness 0 0 0 85 2 8 11 208
Why did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality and Growth in Historical Perspective 0 0 2 426 5 22 35 1,587
Total Working Papers 57 208 711 39,861 536 2,288 4,665 153,522
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Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Theory of Political Transitions 1 4 11 1,723 2 17 53 6,631
A political economy theory of the soft budget constraint 0 0 0 69 2 19 25 928
Alfred Marshall Lecture: Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule 1 1 1 66 4 7 23 376
Are factor endowments fate?* 0 0 5 47 1 1 15 152
Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone 0 2 7 142 2 15 35 692
De Facto Political Power and Institutional Persistence 1 2 4 177 5 11 29 856
Democratization or repression? 0 0 2 179 3 10 25 531
Disease and Development in Historical Perspective 0 0 1 148 1 9 17 514
Dynamic Contractual Enforcement: A Model of Strikes 0 0 0 17 1 2 5 120
ENDOGENOUS PRESIDENTIALISM 0 0 0 4 0 7 11 66
Economics versus Politics: Pitfalls of Policy Advice 0 1 1 295 2 12 25 1,005
Equity, Institutions and the Development Process 1 2 3 81 8 18 24 238
Finding Eldorado: Slavery and long-run development in Colombia 0 0 5 141 6 19 51 666
From Education to Democracy? 0 1 2 346 2 12 30 1,114
He Who Counts Elects: Economic Elites, Political Elites, and Electoral Fraud 0 0 2 99 0 2 15 296
Income and Democracy 0 1 4 758 3 21 50 2,438
Institutional causes, macroeconomic symptoms: volatility, crises and growth 1 4 17 765 5 34 150 3,013
Institutions, Human Capital, and Development * 0 1 10 234 16 42 79 901
Interlinking and Collusion 0 0 0 5 0 3 8 59
Is Child Labor Inefficient? 1 2 9 884 7 111 146 3,610
Is This Time Different? Capture and Anti-Capture of US Politics 0 0 0 55 2 6 8 291
La miseria en Colombia 0 0 1 181 11 34 41 1,552
Land and Power: Theory and Evidence from Chile 0 0 2 351 2 7 14 1,153
Los orígenes coloniales del desarrollo comparativo: una investigación empírica 0 0 1 170 6 10 20 895
Measuring institutions in the Trobriand Islands: a comment on Voigt's paper 0 0 0 31 1 5 8 75
Persistence of Power, Elites, and Institutions 1 2 7 470 3 29 67 1,823
Political Losers as a Barrier to Economic Development 0 1 4 491 1 24 47 1,518
Political centralization in pre-colonial Africa 0 0 0 17 2 6 19 157
Political foundations of the resource curse 0 3 12 460 8 28 63 1,381
Political foundations of the resource curse: A simplification and a comment 0 0 0 53 2 10 11 357
Politician-Proof Policy? 0 0 0 18 2 6 6 141
Politique industrielle et développement: analyse en termes d'économie politique 0 0 0 34 1 4 7 107
Property rights and the political organization of agriculture 0 0 3 113 2 8 15 387
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? Civilian Control Over the Military 0 0 3 37 0 3 12 222
Reevaluating the modernization hypothesis 0 0 1 159 3 15 29 805
Rent appropriation and sustained growth 0 0 0 38 2 6 9 238
Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution 1 1 16 2,084 8 52 154 6,709
Rotten parents 0 0 0 77 1 5 5 262
SESSION 1A: RACIAL INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS 0 0 2 32 1 4 8 152
Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia 0 0 2 110 0 16 41 740
Social identity, inequality and conflict 0 0 0 238 1 7 15 2,164
State Capacity and American Technology: Evidence from the Nineteenth Century 0 0 0 101 2 13 27 426
State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach 0 1 5 208 0 25 65 842
State Formation and Governance in Botswana 0 0 0 0 2 7 10 346
States and Power in Africa by Jeffrey I. Herbst: A Review Essay 0 2 2 40 3 15 23 1,619
THE MONOPOLY OF VIOLENCE: EVIDENCE FROM COLOMBIA 1 1 5 104 5 23 57 617
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation 5 20 78 5,068 55 230 660 19,106
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply 0 0 10 284 6 18 40 1,258
The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution 2 2 3 262 3 16 34 1,617
The Need for Enemies 0 0 0 56 2 9 14 245
The Political Economy of Clientelism 1 4 7 50 7 20 55 271
The Political Economy of the Kuznets Curve 1 3 20 290 5 26 94 988
The Real Swing Voter's Curse 0 0 0 48 1 12 15 354
The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism 1 1 4 413 4 15 43 1,547
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth 1 2 17 1,568 10 59 151 6,101
The Role of Institutions in Growth and Development 1 6 51 608 9 40 297 2,364
The political economy of public income volatility: With an application to the resource curse 0 0 0 34 3 9 15 200
Theories of “bad policy” 0 0 2 46 1 8 17 143
Understanding Ethnic Identity in Africa: Evidence from the Implicit Association Test (IAT) 0 0 1 30 1 6 19 260
When Does Policy Reform Work? The Case of Central Bank Independence 0 2 7 129 12 38 73 779
When is Democracy an Equilibrium? Theory and Evidence from Colombia’s La Violencia 0 0 0 11 2 5 5 105
White elephants 2 6 15 338 8 31 70 1,082
Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality, and Growth in Historical Perspective 0 1 6 563 26 100 153 2,180
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 1 57 1 4 15 334
Total Journal Articles 23 79 372 21,707 297 1,386 3,367 88,119

Book File Downloads Abstract Views
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Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy 0 0 0 0 13 78 214 1,158
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy 0 0 0 0 4 17 42 651
Total Books 0 0 0 0 17 95 256 1,809

Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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Comment on "Technology Diffusion and Postwar Growth" 0 0 0 10 1 3 6 52
Governance and Development 0 2 10 146 4 23 70 588
Indirect Rule and State Weakness in Africa: Sierra Leone in Comparative Perspective 0 0 5 101 10 27 83 2,104
Institutions as a Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth 21 64 155 2,236 88 323 802 8,395
Institutions, Volatility, and Crises 0 1 2 84 5 8 15 223
Long-term consequences of population growth: Technological change, natural resources, and the environment 0 0 0 289 1 8 12 1,425
The Myth of the Frontier 0 0 1 20 2 7 11 113
Total Chapters 21 67 173 2,886 111 399 999 12,900

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