Research

Publications

Moscona, J. and Sastry, K. "Does Directed Innovation Mitigate Climate Damage? Evidence from US Agriculture." Quarterly Journal of Economics 138(2): 637-701. Editor's Choice. [Publisher's Version] [Coverage: Harvard Gazette, Nature Climate Change]

Moscona, J., Nunn, N., and Robinson, J.A., 2020. "Segmentary Lineage Organization and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa." Econometrica 88(5): 1999-2036. Supplementary Materials here. Webpage Appendix here. Theoretical Note here. [Coverage: VoxEUVoxDev]

Moscona, J., Nunn, N., and Robinson, J.A., 2017. “Keeping It in the Family: Lineage Organization and the Scope of Trust in Sub-Saharan Africa.” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 107(5): 565-571.

Acemoglu, D., Moscona, J., and Robinson, J.A., 2016. “State Capacity and American Technology: Evidence from the 19th Century.” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 106(5): 61-67. [Coverage: Harvard Business Review, VoxEU]

Working Papers

Moscona, J. and Sastry, K. "Inappropriate Technology: Evidence from Global Agriculture." [Coverage: VoxDevEconimate (video), Project Syndicate] Revision Requested, American Economic Review

Moscona, J. and Seck, A. A. "Age Set vs. Kin: Culture and Financial Ties in East Africa." [Coverage: Econimate (video)] Conditionally Accepted, American Economic Review

Moscona, J. "The Management of Aid and Conflict in Africa." Revision Requested, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Moscona, J. "Environmental Catastrophe and the Direction of Invention: Evidence from the American Dust Bowl."

Moscona, J. "Flowers of Invention: Patent Protection and Productivity Growth in US Agriculture."

Moscona, J. "Agricultural Development and Structural Change, Within and Across Countries." [Coverage: VoxDev]

Levy, A. and Moscona, J. "Specializing in Cities: Density and the Pattern of Trade."

Lerner, J., Liu, J., Moscona, J. and Yang, D.Y. "Appropriate Entrepreneurship? The Rise of China and the Developing World."

Hsiao, A., Moscona, J. and Sastry, K. "Food Policy in a Warming World."