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James A. Robinson
69 works
· latest 2021
· 8 institutions
cluster: provisional
ORCID 0000-0002-8028-0393
Works
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Culture, Institutions and Social Equilibria: A Framework
Journal of Economic Literature
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2021
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2 authors
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Open access
100
citations
The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
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2019
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2 authors
185
citations
Rents and economic development: the perspective of Why Nations Fail
Public Choice
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2019
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2 authors
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Open access
130
citations
Democracy Does Cause Growth
Journal of Political Economy
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2018
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4 authors
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Open access
1,531
citations
Keeping It in the Family: Lineage Organization and the Scope of Trust in Sub-Saharan Africa
American Economic Review
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2017
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3 authors
79
citations
The Evolution of Culture and Institutions: Evidence From the Kuba Kingdom
Econometrica
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2017
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4 authors
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Open access
282
citations
State Capacity and American Technology: Evidence from the Nineteenth Century
American Economic Review
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2016
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3 authors
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Open access
201
citations
Paths to Inclusive Political Institutions
Studies in economic history
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2016
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2 authors
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chapter
90
citations
State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach
American Economic Review
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2015
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3 authors
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Open access
401
citations
The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism
The Journal of Economic Perspectives
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2015
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2 authors
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Open access
341
citations
Democracy, Redistribution, and Inequality
Handbook of income distribution
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2014
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4 authors
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chapter
393
citations
Institutions, Human Capital, and Development*
Annual Review of Economics
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2014
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3 authors
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review
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Open access
543
citations
Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone
Journal of Political Economy
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2014
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3 authors
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523
citations
State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach
SSRN Electronic Journal
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2014
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3 authors
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preprint
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Open access
118
citations
Political foundations of the resource curse: A simplification and a comment
Journal of Development Economics
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2013
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3 authors
61
citations
The Political Economy of Clientelism*
Scandinavian Journal of Economics
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2013
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2 authors
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555
citations
Botswana as a Role Model for Country Success
Oxford University Press eBooks
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2013
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1 author
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chapter
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56
citations
Economics versus Politics: Pitfalls of Policy Advice
The Journal of Economic Perspectives
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2013
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2 authors
349
citations
THE MONOPOLY OF VIOLENCE: EVIDENCE FROM COLOMBIA
Journal of the European Economic Association
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2013
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3 authors
448
citations
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply
American Economic Review
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2012
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3 authors
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6,049
citations
Finding Eldorado: Slavery and long-run development in Colombia
Journal of Comparative Economics
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2012
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3 authors
108
citations
The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution
American Economic Review
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2011
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4 authors
461
citations
Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
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2011
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3 authors
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Open access
258
citations
The Role of Institutions in Growth and Development
Review of Economics and Institutions
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2010
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2 authors
597
citations
The Role of Institutions in Growth and Development
Review of Economics and Institutions
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2010
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2 authors
351
citations
WHY IS AFRICA POOR?
Economic History of Developing Regions
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2010
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2 authors
279
citations
Are factor endowments fate?
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History
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2010
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2 authors
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72
citations
Governance and Development*
Handbook of development economics
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2010
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3 authors
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chapter
596
citations
Reevaluating the modernization hypothesis
Journal of Monetary Economics
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2009
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4 authors
363
citations
Political Conflict and Power Sharing in the Origins of Modern Colombia
Hispanic American Historical Review
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2009
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2 authors
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61
citations
Land and Power: Theory and Evidence from Chile
American Economic Review
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2008
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2 authors
307
citations
The Persistence and Change of Institutions in the Americas
Southern Economic Journal
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2008
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2 authors
62
citations
When Does Policy Reform Work? The Case of Central Bank Independence
National Bureau of Economic Research
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2008
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4 authors
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report
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Open access
274
citations
Persistence of Power, Elites, and Institutions
American Economic Review
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2008
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2 authors
1,269
citations
When Does Policy Reform Work?: The Case of Central Bank Independence
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
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2008
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4 authors
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139
citations
Understanding Prosperity and Poverty: Geography, Institutions, and the Reversal of Fortune
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2006
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3 authors
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chapter
52
citations
De Facto Political Power and Institutional Persistence
American Economic Review
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2006
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2 authors
512
citations
Political foundations of the resource curse
Journal of Development Economics
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2006
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3 authors
1,711
citations
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEMOCRACY
Annual Review of Political Science
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2006
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1 author
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review
229
citations
Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective
American Political Science Review
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2006
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2 authors
710
citations
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Cambridge University Press eBooks
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2005
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2 authors
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book
4,810
citations
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth
American Economic Review
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2005
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3 authors
1,777
citations
From Education to Democracy?
American Economic Review
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2005
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4 authors
458
citations
Income and Democracy
American Economic Review
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2005
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4 authors
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1,593
citations
Chapter 6 Institutions as a Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth
Elsevier eBooks
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2005
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3 authors
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chapter
2,487
citations
White elephants
Journal of Public Economics
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2004
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2 authors
341
citations
Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth
National Bureau of Economic Research
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2004
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3 authors
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report
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3,129
citations
Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule
Journal of the European Economic Association
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2004
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3 authors
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582
citations
Chapter 4. An African Success Story: Botswana
Princeton University Press eBooks
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2003
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3 authors
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chapter
199
citations
Disease and Development in Historical Perspective
Journal of the European Economic Association
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2003
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3 authors
208
citations
Institutional causes, macroeconomic symptoms: volatility, crises and growth
Journal of Monetary Economics
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2003
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4 authors
1,502
citations
Politcal Foundations of the Resource Curse
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
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2003
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3 authors
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preprint
64
citations
Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
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2002
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3 authors
2,736
citations
The Political Economy of the Kuznets Curve
Review of Development Economics
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2002
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2 authors
342
citations
The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth
SSRN Electronic Journal
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2002
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3 authors
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preprint
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433
citations
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
American Economic Review
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2001
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3 authors
8,518
citations
A Theory of Political Transitions
American Economic Review
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2001
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2 authors
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1,566
citations
Inefficient Redistribution
American Political Science Review
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2001
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2 authors
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228
citations
Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
SSRN Electronic Journal
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2001
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3 authors
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preprint
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981
citations
An African Success Story: Botswana
SSRN Electronic Journal
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2001
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3 authors
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preprint
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599
citations