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“Property Rights and the Political Organization of Agriculture ” (2007), (Joint with Jonathan H. Conning), Journal of Development Economics , 82, 416–447.
“On the Economic Origins of Democracy ” (2007), (Joint with Daron Acemoglu), Dædalus , Winter 2007, 160-162.
“Equity, Institutions and the Development Process ” (2006), Nordic Journal of Political Economy , 32, 17-50.
“De Facto Political Power and Institutional Persistence ” (2006), (Joint with Daron Acemoglu), American Economic Review , Vol. 96 No. 2, 326-330.
“Economic Development and Democracy ,” (2006), Annual Review of Political Science , 9:503-27.
“State Formation and Governance in Botswana ,” (2006) (joint with Q. Neil Parsons), Journal of African Economies , Vol. 15, AERC Supplement, 100-140.
“Political foundations of the resource curse ,” (2006) (joint with Ragnar Torvik and Thierry Verdier), Journal of Development Economics , Vol. 79, 447-468.
“Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective ,” (February 2006) (joint with Daron Acemoglu), American Political Science Review , Vol. 100 No. 1, 115-131.
“From Education to Democracy? ,” American Economic Review , 95, 44-49.
“The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth ,” (June 2005) (joint with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johngson), The American Economic Review , Vol. 95 No. 3, 546-579.
“Politician-Proof Policy? ,” (Primer Semestre de 2005), Desarrollo y Sociedad , Vol. 55, 1-56.
“Institutions as a Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth ,” (2005) (joint with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson), Handbook of Economic Growth , Vol. 1A, 386-472.
“White Elephants ,” (2005) (joint with Ragnar Torvik (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Journal of Public Economics , 89, 197-210.
“Alfred Marshall Lecture—Kleptocracy and Divide-and-rule: A Model of Personal Rule ,” (April-May 2004) (joint with Daron Acemoglu and Thierry Verdier), Journal of the European Economic Association , 2(2-3):162-192.
“Institutions, Volatility, and Crises ,” (2004) (joint with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, both of MIT), in Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose eds . Growth and Productivity in East Asia , Chicago and London; The University of Chicago Press .
“From Current-Day Russia to Porfirio's Mexico ,” (Fall 2003). Studies in Comparative International Development , Vol. 38 Issue 3, 81-92.
“Disease and Development in Historical Perspective ,” (April-May 2003) (joint with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson), Journal of the European Economic Association , 1(2-3):397-405
“Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth ,” (2003) (joint with Daron Acemoglu (MIT), Simon Johnson (MIT) and Yunyong Thaicharoen (Bank of Thailand), Journal of Monetary Economics , 50, 49-123.
“An African Success Story: Botswana ,” (2003) (joint with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, both of MIT), in Dani Rodrik ed. In Search of Prosperity: Analytic Narratives on Economic Growth , Princeton; Princeton University Press.
“The Political Economy of the Kuznets Curve ,” (2002) (joint with Daron Acemoglu, MIT) Review of Development Economics , 6, 183-203.
“Rotten Parents ,” (2002) (joint with Jean-Marie Baland, University of Namur) Journal of Public Economics , 84, 341-356.
“Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution ,” (2002) (joint with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, both of MIT), Quarterly Journal of Economics , 118, 1231-1294.
“States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control by Jeffrey I. Herbst: A Review Essay ,” Journal of Economic Literature , June 2002.
“The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation ” (2001) (joint with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, both of MIT), American Economic Review , 91, 1369-1401.
“A Theory of Political Transitions ” (2001) (joint with Daron Acemoglu, MIT) American Economic Review , 91, 938-963.
“Inefficient Redistribution ,” (2001) (joint with Daron Acemoglu, MIT) American Political Science Review , 95, 649-662.
“Social Identity, Inequality, and Conflict ,” (2001) Economics of Governance, 2: 85-99 .
“Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Growth, Inequality and Democracy in Historical Perspective ,” (2000) (joint with Daron Acemoglu, MIT) Quarterly Journal of Economics , CXV, 1167-1199.
“Political Losers as Barriers to Economic Development ,” (2000) (joint with Daron Acemoglu, MIT) American Economic Review , 90, 126-130.
“Is Child Labor Inefficient? ” (2000) (joint with Jean-Marie Baland, University of Namur) Journal of Political Economy , 108, 663-679.
“Democratization or Repression? ” (2000) (joint with Daron Acemoglu, MIT) European Economic Review , 44, 683-693.
“Dynamic Contractual Enforcement: A Model of Strikes ,” (1999) International Economic Review , 40, 209-230.
“Theories of Bad Policy ,” (1998) Policy Reform, Volume 1, 1-45 .
“Long-Term Consequences of Population Growth: Technological Change, Natural Resources, and the Environment ,” (1997) Handbook of Population and Family Economics, Volume 1B, 1177-1271 .
“Rent Appropriation and Sustained Growth ,” (1996) Economic Letters , 50, 71-77.