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A Model of Child Labor 0 0 0 1 2 6 40 4,772
A Model of Child Labor 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1,447
A Political Economy Theory of the Soft Budget Constraint 0 0 0 120 0 1 5 714
A Political Economy Theory of the Soft Budget Constraint 0 0 0 99 1 1 1 245
A Political Economy Theory of the Soft Budget Constraint 0 0 1 180 1 1 2 671
A Theory of Political Transitions 0 1 4 571 0 4 21 1,599
A Theory of Political Transitions 0 0 0 26 1 6 12 2,550
Africa's Latent Assets 0 0 0 34 1 1 1 53
African Political Institutions and the Impact of Colonialism 0 0 4 72 1 4 16 98
An African Success Story: Botswana 0 1 32 2,820 3 15 124 10,457
Anti-social norms 0 2 28 28 1 8 52 52
Are Endowments Fate? 0 1 2 297 1 2 4 677
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 2 159 2 3 9 391
Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World 0 0 0 99 0 1 1 280
Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World 1 1 3 366 4 6 29 1,510
Chiefs: Elite Control of Civil Society and Economic Development in Sierra Leone 0 0 1 215 1 2 5 291
Colombia: ¿Otros cien anos de Soledad? 0 0 7 52 0 2 22 105
Colonialism and Economic Development in Africa 3 12 61 2,451 22 53 243 10,067
Colonialism and development in Africa 0 0 0 0 3 5 14 509
Constitutions and Order: A Theory and Evidence from Colombia and the United States 1 2 5 11 1 20 28 40
Culture, Institutions and Social Equilibria: A Framework 0 2 8 93 2 10 42 258
Democracy Does Cause Growth 1 1 6 1,175 2 5 44 3,643
Democracy, Redistribution and Inequality 5 8 17 633 8 20 66 1,702
Democratization or Repression? 0 0 0 18 0 3 4 662
Democratization or Repression? 0 0 0 117 1 3 4 539
Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective 0 0 2 460 1 2 11 2,091
Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective 0 0 1 177 1 1 6 805
Economic and Political Inequality in Development: The Case of Cundinamarca, Colombia 1 1 4 278 3 5 22 1,283
Economics versus Politics: Pitfalls of Policy Advice 0 0 1 274 1 2 11 818
Endogenous Presidentialism 1 1 1 60 1 1 2 183
Fear and Dreams: Understanding the Non-Institutional sources of Leader Strategy 0 1 3 3 0 20 28 28
Finding Eldorado: Slavery and Long-run Development in Colombia 0 0 1 279 0 2 7 490
From Education to Democracy? 0 2 6 537 2 6 21 1,473
Getting Income Shares Right 1 1 2 252 4 5 9 740
Governance and Development 0 0 2 158 1 1 14 443
He Who Counts Elects: Determinants of Fraud in the 1922 Colombian Presidential Election 0 1 1 80 0 2 2 224
Hither Thou Shalt Come, But No Further: Reply to "The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Comment" 0 2 8 190 2 17 80 606
How Institutions Change Over Time 1 1 4 281 2 4 36 1,863
INSTITUTIONS AS THE FUNDAMENTAL CAUSE OF LONG-RUN GROWTH 11 22 124 1,066 41 115 424 2,803
Income and Democracy 0 1 5 676 2 4 35 1,711
Income and Democracy 0 1 2 382 2 4 13 1,362
Indirect Rule and State Weakness in Africa: Sierra Leone in Comparative Perspective 0 0 1 88 1 1 3 230
Inefficient Redistribution 0 0 0 356 1 1 5 1,095
Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth 1 1 2 329 3 4 11 1,303
Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth 0 0 1 637 1 2 10 2,152
Institutional Comparative Statics 0 0 1 109 0 0 2 177
Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth 4 7 26 790 14 23 83 2,032
Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth 1 6 37 2,210 10 45 203 6,143
Institutions, Human Capital and Development 0 0 3 558 1 3 11 763
Institutions, Human Capital and Development 1 1 5 691 4 9 43 1,389
Institutions, Human Capital and Development 0 0 1 56 1 2 10 192
Keeping It in the Family: Lineage Organization and the Scope of Trust in Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 0 45 0 4 5 74
Kinship and Conflict: Evidence from Segmentary Lineage Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa 1 1 2 72 1 1 6 128
Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule 0 0 2 279 3 13 24 1,692
Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule 0 1 3 357 3 5 16 1,133
Land Reform and the Political Organization of Agriculture 1 1 1 241 2 3 5 937
Land and Power 0 0 0 210 1 2 3 1,032
Land and Power: Theory and Evidence 0 0 0 9 0 1 2 59
Land and Power: Theory and Evidence from Chile 1 1 3 204 1 3 10 818
Long-Term Consequences of Population Growth: Technological Change, Natural Resources, and the Environment 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3,232
Missing Discussions: Institutional Constraints in the Islamic Political Tradition 0 0 3 12 0 0 6 26
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 2 82 1 3 9 109
Online Appendix: Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? Extensions and Robustness 1 1 2 48 1 1 4 133
Paths towards the Periphery 8 86 86 86 7 52 52 52
Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions 0 1 4 600 4 9 27 1,525
Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions 0 0 0 204 2 2 4 721
Politcal Foundations of the Resource Curse 1 1 4 439 2 3 8 889
Political Centralization in Pre-Colonial Africa 0 0 2 127 0 1 8 184
Political Conflict and Power-Sharing in the Origins of Modern Colombia 0 0 0 80 1 1 2 286
Political Conflict and Power-sharing in the Origins of Modern Colombia 0 0 0 81 0 0 3 286
Political Foundations of the Resource Curse 1 2 7 682 1 3 14 1,689
Political incentives of the resource booms 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 49
Property Rights and the Political Organization of Agriculture 0 0 2 512 3 5 13 2,025
Reevaluating the Modernization Hypothesis 0 0 0 169 2 4 7 479
Reevaluating the Modernization Hypothesis 0 0 0 292 1 1 5 739
Reinventing the Wheel: The Economic Benefits of Wheeled Transportation in Early British Colonial West Africa 0 0 2 57 0 0 6 103
Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution 5 10 49 2,037 14 43 233 6,948
Rotten Parents 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 898
Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia 1 1 4 137 1 1 8 626
State Capacity and American Technology: Evidence from the 19th Century 0 0 1 249 0 2 8 400
State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach 0 0 2 37 1 3 19 193
State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach 0 0 0 315 3 4 6 656
Tax Aversion and the Social Contract in Africa 0 0 1 35 0 0 1 27
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation 1 4 22 1,941 9 30 91 6,445
The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution 0 0 2 134 1 2 11 1,190
The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution 0 0 1 399 2 9 32 2,464
The Economic Effects of the English Parliamentary Enclosures 0 0 0 40 0 1 2 36
The Emergence of Weak, Despotic and Inclusive States 0 4 7 194 2 7 20 368
The Evolution of Culture and Institutions: Evidence from the Kuba Kingdom 0 0 0 142 1 3 11 230
The Indigenous Roots of Representative Democracy 0 0 0 52 0 0 3 95
The Indigenous Roots of Representative Democracy 0 0 0 80 0 0 0 148
The Long-Run Impact of the Dissolution of the English Monasteries 0 0 2 132 0 1 5 201
The Monopoly of Violence: Evidence from Colombia 0 0 0 171 0 3 16 501
The Myth of the Frontier 0 0 1 73 1 1 6 251
The Need for Enemies 2 5 19 488 16 40 105 1,621
The Perils of High-Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia's False Positives 0 2 4 200 0 2 10 498
The Political Agenda Effect and State Centralization 0 0 0 124 2 2 7 299
The Political Economy of Clientelism 0 0 5 1,094 1 3 17 4,392
The Political Economy of Inequality 0 1 8 466 1 4 21 1,929
The Political Economy of Public Income Volatility: With an Application to the Resource Curse 0 0 0 45 0 1 1 89
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 1 1 4 63
The Political Value of Land: Democratization and Land Prices in Chile 0 0 2 84 0 0 7 233
The Real Swing Voter's Curse 0 0 0 54 0 0 4 257
The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism 0 1 6 357 1 7 30 567
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutioanl Change and Economic Growth 0 0 2 357 1 2 5 1,270
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth 1 3 17 1,071 8 22 103 5,314
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth 1 1 5 424 3 8 30 2,108
The Second World War, Inequality and the Social Contract in Britain 0 0 0 11 1 1 1 29
The Weak State Trap 1 2 8 198 2 6 20 510
The consequences of radical reform: The French revolution 0 0 0 0 3 4 21 321
Trust in State and Non-State Actors: Evidence from Dispute Resolution in Pakistan 0 0 0 89 2 3 5 250
Understanding Ethnic Identity in Africa: Evidence from the Implicit Association Test (IAT) 0 0 0 35 2 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? 1 2 5 158 1 6 26 719
When Does Policy Reform Work? The Case of Central Bank Independence 0 1 3 502 0 2 14 1,481
When is Democracy an Equilibrium? Theory and Evidence from Colombia's La Violencia 0 0 0 49 0 1 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 1 1 1 265
When is Democracy an Equilibrium?: Theory and Evidence from Colombia�s La Violencia 0 0 3 56 2 2 6 311
When is a State Predatory? 0 0 3 148 1 3 10 2,589
Where Does Inequality Come From?: Ideas and Implications for Latin America 0 0 1 144 2 2 3 1,131
White Elephants 0 0 2 302 2 3 6 1,082
Why Did West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Ineqiality and Growth in Historical Perspective 0 0 0 0 2 4 9 514
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 62 1 2 8 176
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 2 78 0 1 6 165
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 38 0 0 1 179
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 432
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 0 0 44 0 0 1 155
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? Extensions and Robustness 0 0 0 85 0 2 2 197
Why did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality and Growth in Historical Perspective 0 0 3 424 5 8 26 1,552
Total Working Papers 60 213 740 39,369 290 837 3,127 149,427
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Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Theory of Political Transitions 0 1 3 1,712 0 4 41 6,578
A political economy theory of the soft budget constraint 0 1 2 69 1 2 4 903
Alfred Marshall Lecture: Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule 0 0 1 65 0 2 9 353
Are factor endowments fate?* 1 2 4 42 1 4 9 137
Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone 0 1 6 135 4 6 27 657
De Facto Political Power and Institutional Persistence 0 0 4 173 0 1 9 827
Democratization or repression? 1 2 3 177 3 6 16 506
Disease and Development in Historical Perspective 1 1 3 147 1 2 6 497
Dynamic Contractual Enforcement: A Model of Strikes 0 0 0 17 0 0 2 115
ENDOGENOUS PRESIDENTIALISM 0 0 0 4 1 3 6 55
Economics versus Politics: Pitfalls of Policy Advice 0 0 1 294 1 3 15 980
Equity, Institutions and the Development Process 0 0 2 78 0 0 5 214
Finding Eldorado: Slavery and long-run development in Colombia 2 5 17 136 5 12 57 615
From Education to Democracy? 0 0 4 344 2 7 23 1,084
He Who Counts Elects: Economic Elites, Political Elites, and Electoral Fraud 0 1 7 97 9 15 35 281
Income and Democracy 0 1 12 754 1 6 46 2,388
Institutional causes, macroeconomic symptoms: volatility, crises and growth 0 1 29 748 9 19 183 2,863
Institutions, Human Capital, and Development * 0 0 8 224 0 5 41 822
Interlinking and Collusion 0 0 0 5 1 1 3 51
Is Child Labor Inefficient? 0 0 7 875 2 8 42 3,464
Is This Time Different? Capture and Anti-Capture of US Politics 0 0 0 55 1 3 6 283
La miseria en Colombia 0 1 24 180 1 3 103 1,511
Land and Power: Theory and Evidence from Chile 0 0 1 349 3 5 12 1,139
Los orígenes coloniales del desarrollo comparativo: una investigación empírica 0 0 1 169 0 2 12 875
Measuring institutions in the Trobriand Islands: a comment on Voigt's paper 2 2 4 31 3 3 6 67
Persistence of Power, Elites, and Institutions 1 1 5 463 2 7 23 1,756
Political Losers as a Barrier to Economic Development 1 1 11 487 3 6 34 1,471
Political centralization in pre-colonial Africa 0 0 5 17 1 6 29 138
Political foundations of the resource curse 2 3 12 448 2 8 40 1,318
Political foundations of the resource curse: A simplification and a comment 1 1 3 53 1 1 8 346
Politician-Proof Policy? 0 0 1 18 0 1 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 0 0 2 110 4 4 8 372
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? Civilian Control Over the Military 0 0 2 34 1 1 3 210
Reevaluating the modernization hypothesis 0 1 5 158 2 5 27 776
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 4 9 37 2,068 17 39 176 6,555
Rotten parents 0 0 0 77 0 0 2 257
SESSION 1A: RACIAL INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS 0 0 0 30 0 0 3 144
Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia 0 3 11 108 2 8 42 699
Social identity, inequality and conflict 0 0 0 238 1 2 2 2,149
State Capacity and American Technology: Evidence from the Nineteenth Century 0 0 4 101 0 1 12 399
State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach 0 0 5 203 5 8 26 777
State Formation and Governance in Botswana 0 0 0 0 2 3 10 336
States and Power in Africa by Jeffrey I. Herbst: A Review Essay 0 0 4 38 1 2 9 1,596
THE MONOPOLY OF VIOLENCE: EVIDENCE FROM COLOMBIA 1 2 4 99 9 14 40 560
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation 2 18 94 4,990 38 149 756 18,446
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply 0 2 16 274 3 7 48 1,218
The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution 0 0 4 259 1 5 27 1,583
The Need for Enemies 0 0 9 56 2 5 55 231
The Political Economy of Clientelism 0 1 3 43 0 3 19 216
The Political Economy of the Kuznets Curve 1 1 4 270 4 5 30 894
The Real Swing Voter's Curse 0 0 0 48 1 1 5 339
The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism 0 1 5 409 1 3 31 1,504
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth 3 5 21 1,551 14 20 82 5,950
The Role of Institutions in Growth and Development 1 54 86 557 7 175 284 2,067
The political economy of public income volatility: With an application to the resource curse 1 1 2 34 1 1 6 185
Theories of “bad policy” 0 2 4 44 0 3 10 126
Understanding Ethnic Identity in Africa: Evidence from the Implicit Association Test (IAT) 0 0 1 29 2 4 18 241
When Does Policy Reform Work? The Case of Central Bank Independence 0 1 12 122 3 15 49 706
When is Democracy an Equilibrium? Theory and Evidence from Colombia’s La Violencia 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 100
White elephants 0 4 11 323 2 10 31 1,012
Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality, and Growth in Historical Perspective 1 3 11 557 4 9 46 2,027
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances? 0 1 1 56 2 4 6 319
Total Journal Articles 26 134 538 21,335 187 657 2,724 84,752


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Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy 0 0 0 0 7 33 85 944
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy 0 0 0 0 2 17 82 609
Total Books 0 0 0 0 9 50 167 1,553


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 1 3 12 136 4 19 57 518
Indirect Rule and State Weakness in Africa: Sierra Leone in Comparative Perspective 1 3 5 96 14 30 130 2,021
Institutions as a Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth 26 54 231 2,081 73 220 992 7,593
Institutions, Volatility, and Crises 0 0 1 82 0 1 4 208
Long-term consequences of population growth: Technological change, natural resources, and the environment 0 0 1 289 1 1 6 1,413
The Myth of the Frontier 0 0 1 19 1 2 7 102
Total Chapters 28 60 251 2,713 93 273 1,196 11,901


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