The Real Swing Voter's Curse.” American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings 99 (2): 310–315.
. 2009. “ Published Papers
Reevaluating the Modernization Hypothesis.” Journal of Monetary Economics 56: 1043-1058. Abstract
. 2009. “ Rent Appropriation and Sustained Growth.” Economic Letters 50: 71-77. Abstract
. 1996. “ Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 118: 1231-1294. Abstract
. 2002. “ The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth.” The American Economic Review 95 (3): 546-579. Abstract
. 2005. “ Rotten Parents.” Journal of Public Economics 84: 341-356. Abstract
. 2002. “ Social Identity, Inequality, and Conflict.” Economics of Governance 2: 85-99.
. 2001. “ State Formation and Governance in Botswana.” Journal of African Economies 15 (AERC Supplement 1): 100-140. Abstract
. 2006. “ States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control by Jeffrey I. Herbst: A Review Essay.” Journal of Economic Literature XL: 510–519.
. 2002. “ Theories of "Bad Policy".” Policy Reform 1: 1-46.
. 1998. “ A Theory of Political Transitions.” American Economic Review 91 (4): 938-963.
. 2001. “ When Does Policy Reform Work? The Case of Central Bank Independence.” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, no. Spring 2008: 351-421. Abstract
. 2008. “ Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Growth, Inequality and Democracy in Historical Perspective.” Quarterly Journal of Economics CXV: 1167-1199. Abstract
. 2000. “ Institutions, Volatility, and Crises.” Growth and Productivity in East Asia, Chicago and London, , 71-108. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
. 2004. “ An African Success Story: Botswana.” In Search of Prosperity: Analytic Narratives on Economic Growth, , 80-119. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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