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“A political economy theory of the softbudget constraint” (joint with Ragnar Torvik, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), European Economic Review, 53 (2009) 86–798.
“The Real Swing Voter's Curse ” (joint with Ragnar Torvik, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings (2009): 99:2, 310–315.
“When Does Policy Reform Work? The Case of Central Bank Independence” (joint with Daron Acemoglu, Pablo Querubín, both MIT, and Simon Johnson, IMF), Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (Spring 2008): 351-421.
“Land and Power: Theory and Evidence from Chile” (joint with Jean-Marie Baland, CRED), American Economic Review 98 , no. 5 (2008): 1737–65.
“The Persistence and Change of Institutions in the Americas” (joint with Daron Acemoglu, MIT), Southern Economic Journal 75, no. 2 (2008): 282–99.
“Income and Democracy” (joint with Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, both MIT, and Pierre Yared, Columbia), American Economic Review 98: 808-42.
“Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions” (joint with Daron Acemoglu, MIT), American Economic Review 98, no.1 (2008): 267-93.
“Property Rights and the Political Organization of Agriculture ” (joint with Jonathan H. Conning), Journal of Development Economics 82 (2007): 416–47.
“On the Economic Origins of Democracy ” (joint with Daron Acemoglu), Dædalus (Winter 2007): 160-62.
“Equity, Institutions and the Development Process ” , Nordic Journal of Political Economy 32 (2006): 17-50.
“De Facto Political Power and Institutional Persistence ” (joint with Daron Acemoglu), American Economic Review 96, no. 2 (2006): 326-30.
“Economic Development and Democracy” Annual Review of Political Science 9 (2006): 503-27.
“State Formation and Governance in Botswana” (joint with Q. Neil Parsons), Journal of African Economies 15, AERC Supplement (2006): 100-40.
“Political foundations of the resource curse” (joint with Ragnar Torvik and Thierry Verdier), Journal of Development Economics 79 (2006): 447-68.
“Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective” (joint with Daron Acemoglu), American Political Science Review 100, no. 1 (February 2006): 115-31.
“From Education to Democracy?” American Economic Review 95, no. 2: 44-49.
“The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth” (joint with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johngson), The American Economic Review 95, no. 3 (June 2005): 546-79.
“Politician-Proof Policy?” Desarrollo y Sociedad 55 (Primer Semestre de 2005): 1-56.
“Institutions as a Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth” (joint with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson), Handbook of Economic Growth 1A (2005): 386-472.
“White Elephants” (joint with Ragnar Torvik (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Journal of Public Economics 89 (2005): 197-210.
“Alfred Marshall Lecture—Kleptocracy and Divide-and-rule: A Model of Personal Rule” (joint with Daron Acemoglu and Thierry Verdier), Journal of the European Economic Association 2, no. 2-3 (April-May 2004): 162-92.
“Institutions, Volatility, and Crises” (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. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
“From Current-Day Russia to Porfirio's Mexico,” Studies in Comparative International Development 38, no. 3 (Fall 2003): 81-92.
“Disease and Development in Historical Perspective” (joint with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson), Journal of the European Economic Association 1, no. 2-3 (April-May 2003): 397-405.
“Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth” (joint with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, both MIT, and Yunyong Thaicharoen , Bank of Thailand) Journal of Monetary Economics 50 (2003): 49-123.
“An African Success Story: Botswana” (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, 2003.
“The Political Economy of the Kuznets Curve” (joint with Daron Acemoglu, MIT) Review of Development Economics 6 (2002): 183-203.
“Rotten Parents” (joint with Jean-Marie Baland, University of Namur) Journal of Public Economics 84 (2002): 341-56.
“Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution” (joint with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, both of MIT), Quarterly Journal of Economics 118 (2002) : 1231-94.
“States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control by Jeffrey I. Herbst: A Review Essay ,” Journal of Economic Literature XL (June 2002): 510–19.
“The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation” (joint with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, both of MIT), American Economic Review 91 (2001): 1369-1401.
“A Theory of Political Transitions ” (joint with Daron Acemoglu, MIT) American Economic Review 91 (2001): 938-63.
“Inefficient Redistribution” (joint with Daron Acemoglu, MIT) American Political Science Review 95 (2001): 649-62.
“Social Identity, Inequality, and Conflict” Economics of Governance 2 (2001): 85-99 .
“Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Growth, Inequality and Democracy in Historical Perspective” (joint with Daron Acemoglu, MIT) Quarterly Journal of Economics CXV (2000): 1167-99.
“Political Losers as Barriers to Economic Development” (joint with Daron Acemoglu, MIT) American Economic Review 90 (2000): 126-30.
“Is Child Labor Inefficient? ” (joint with Jean-Marie Baland, University of Namur) Journal of Political Economy 108 (2000): 663-79.
“Democratization or Repression? ” (joint with Daron Acemoglu, MIT) European Economic Review 44 (2000): 683-93.
“Dynamic Contractual Enforcement: A Model of Strikes ,” International Economic Review 40 (1999): 209-30.
“Theories of Bad Policy” Policy Reform 1 (1998) : 1-45 .
“Long-Term Consequences of Population Growth: Technological Change, Natural Resources, and the Environment” Handbook of Population and Family Economics 1B (1997): 1177-271 .
“Rent Appropriation and Sustained Growth” Economic Letters 50 (1996) : 71-77.