Publications

Labor Economics, Political Economy

Learning from Ricardo and Thompson: Machinery and Labor in the Early Industrial Revolution - And in the Age of AI

forthcoming, Annual Reviews in Economics

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson

March 2024

Macroeconomics

The Macroeconomics of Supply Chain Disruptions

forthcoming, Review of Economic Studies

Daron Acemoglu, Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi

March 2024

Labor Economics, Political Economy

The Making of Social Democracy: The Economic and Electoral Consequences of Norway’s 1936 Folk School Reform

forthcoming, Journal of European Economic Association

Daron Acemoglu, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Kjell G. Salvanes, Matti Sarvimäki

January 2024

Economic Theory, Macroeconomics

Regulating Transformative Technologies

forthcoming, American Economic Review: Insights

Daron Acemoglu, Todd Lensman

November 2023

Political Economy

(Successful) Democracies Breed Their Own Support

forthcoming, Review of Economic Studies

Daron Acemoglu, Nicolas Ajzenman, Cevat Giray Aksoy, Martin Fiszbein, Carlos Molina

October 2023

Economic Theory, Political Economy

A Model of Online Misinformation

forthcoming, Review of Economic Studies

Daron Acemoglu, Asuman Ozdaglar, James Siderius

September 2023

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Bottlenecks: Sectoral Imbalances and the US Productivity Slowdown

forthcoming, NBER Macroannual 2023

Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, and Christina Patterson

June 2023

Economic Theory

Equilibrium Analysis in Behavioral One-Sector Growth Models

Review of Economic Studies

Daron Acemoglu, Martin Kaae Jensen

March 2024

Economic Theory, Health Economics

Testing, Voluntary Social Distancing and the Spread of an Infection

forthcoming, Operations Research

Daron Acemoglu, Ali Makhdoumi, Azarakhsh Malekian, Asu Ozdaglar

June 2020

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Advanced Technology Adoption: Selection or Causal Effects?

American Economic Association: Papers and Proceedings, 113, pp. 210-214

Daron Acemoglu, Gary Anderson, David Beede, Catherine Buffington, Eric Childress, Emin Dinlersoz, Lucia Foster, Nathan Goldschlag, John Haltiwanger, Zachary Kroff, Pascual Restrepo, Nikolas Zolas

May 2023

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Distorted Innovation: Does the Market Get the Direction of Technology Right?

American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 113, pp. 1-28

Daron Acemoglu

May 2023

Political Economy

Weak, Despotic or Inclusive? How State Type Emerges from State versus Civil Society Competition

American Political Science Review, 117(2), pp. 407–420.

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

May 2023

Environmental Economics

Mirage on the Horizon: Geoengineering and Carbon Taxation Without Commitment

Journal of Public Economics, 219 (2023), pp. 1-22.

Daron Acemoglu, Will Rafey

December 2022

Industrial Organization, Political Economy

Too Much Data: Prices and Inefficiencies in Data Markets

American Economic Journal: Micro, 14(4), pp. 218-526

Daron Acemoglu, Ali Makhdoumi, Azarakhsh Malekian, Asu Ozdaglar

November 2022

Industrial Organization, Political Economy

Harms of AI

In Justin B. Bullock and others (eds), The Oxford Handbook of AI Governance (online edn, Oxford Academic)

Daron Acemoglu

February 2022

Political Economy

War, Socialism and the Rise of Fascism: An Empirical Exploration

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 137(2), pp. 1233–1296.

Daron Acemoglu, Giuseppe De Feo, Giacomo De Luca, Gianluca Russo

January 2021

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

The Rise of Age-Friendly Jobs

The Journal of the Economics of Aging, 23(2022), pp. 1-13

Daron Acemoglu, Nicolaj Søndergaard Mühlbach, Andrew J. Scott

September 2022

Economic Theory

Learning From Reviews: The Selection Effect and the Speed of Learning

Econometrica 90(6), pp. 2857–2899

Daron Acemoglu, Ali Makhdoumi, Azarakhsh Malekian, Asu Ozdaglar

November 2022

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Tasks, Automation and the Rise in US Wage Inequality

Econometrica, 90(5), pp. 1973–2016.

Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo

September 2022

Macroeconomics

Radical and Incremental Innovation: The Roles of Firms, Managers and Innovators

American Economic Review, 14(3): 199–249.

Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Murat Alp Celik

July 2022

Labor Economics

Forward to the Handbook of Turkish Politics

Prepared for the Oxford Handbook of Turkish Politics, Güneş Murat Tezcür, ed., Oxford University Press, pp. 1-9.

Daron Acemoglu

April 2022

Labor Economics

Artificial Intelligence and Jobs - Evidence from Online Vacancies

Journal of Labor Economics, 40(S1), pp. S293-S340.

Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, Jonathon Hazell, Pascual Restrepo

April 2022

Political Economy

Non-Modernization: Power-Culture Trajectories and the Dynamics of Political Institutions

Annual Review of Political Science, 25: pp. 323-339

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

February 2022

Political Economy

Obedience in the Labor Market and Social Mobility: A Socio-Economic Approach

Economica, 89, S2–S37

Daron Acemoglu

January 2022

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Converging to Converge: A Comment

Published in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2021, v. 36, pp 425-442. University of Chicago Press

Daron Acemoglu, Carlos Molina

January 2022

Health Economics, Macroeconomics

Optimal Targeted Lockdowns in a Multi-Group SIR Model

American Economic Review: Insights 3(4), pp. 487-502.

Daron Acemoglu, Victor Chernozhukov, Iván Werning, Michael D. Whinston

December 2021

Economic Theory, Financial Economics

Systemic Credit Freezes in Financial Lending Networks

Mathematics and Financial Economics, 15, pp. 185–232.

Daron Acemoglu, Asuman Ozdaglar, James Siderius, Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi

July 2021

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Demographics and Automation

The Review of Economic Studies, 89(1), pp. 1-44

Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo

June 2021

Political Economy

A Theory of Equality Before the Law

The Economic Journal, 131(636), 1429-1465

Daron Acemoglu, Alexander Wolitzky

May 2021

Political Economy

The Political Agenda Effect and State Centralization

Journal of Comparative Economics, 48(4), pp. 749-778.

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson, Ragnar Torvik

December 2020

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

High-Quality Versus Low-Quality Growth in Turkey - Causes and Consequences

Published in Turkish Economy at the Crossroads

Daron Acemoglu, Murat Üçer

November 2020

Political Economy

Institutional Change and Institutional Persistence

The Handbook of Historical Economics (2020), Alberto Bisin and Giovanni Federico, eds., El Sevier, pp. 365-389

Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin

September 2020

Political Economy

Population and Conflict

The Review of Economic Studies, (87)4, pp. 1565–1604.

Daron Acemoglu, Leopoldo Fergusson, Simon Johnson

July 2020

Political Economy

The Perils of High Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia's False Positives

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 12(3), pp. 1-43

Daron Acemoglu, Leopoldo Fergusson, James Robinson, Dario Romero, Juan F. Vargask

August 2020

Development Economics, Political Economy

Trust in State and Non-State Actors: Evidence from Dispute Resolution in Pakistan

Journal of Political Economy, 128(8), pp. 3090-3147.

Daron Acemoglu, Ali Cheema, Asim I. Khwaja, James A. Robinson

August 2020

Labor Economics

Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets

Journal of Political Economy, 128(6), pp. 2188–2244

Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo

June 2020

Labor Economics

Competing with Robots: Firm-Level Evidence from France

AEA Papers and Proceedings, Volume 110, pp. 383-88

Daron Acemoglu, Claire LeLarge, Pascual Restrepo

May 2020

Labor Economics

Unpacking Skill Bias: Automation and New Tasks

AEA Papers and Proceedings, Volume 110, pp. 356-61.

Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo

May 2020

Economic Theory, Political Economy

Sustaining Cooperation: Community Enforcement Versus Specialized Enforcement

Journal of the European Economic Association, 18(2),1078–1122

Daron Acemoglu, Alexander Wolitzky

April 2020

Political Economy

Weak States: Causes and Consequences of the Sicilian Mafia

The Review of Economic Studies, 87(2), pp. 537–581

Daron Acemoglu, Giuseppe De Feo, Giacomo De Luca

March 2020

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Does the US Tax Code Favor Automation?

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 2020(1), 231-300

Daron Acemoglu,rea Mandera, Pascual Restrepo

March 2020

Labor Economics

Endogenous Production Networks

Econometrica, 88(1), pp. 33–82.

Daron Acemoglu, Pablo D. Azar

January 2020

Labor Economics

Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and Work

Published in The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda

Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo

December 2019

Labor Economics

The Wrong Kind of AI? Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Labor Demand

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo

November 2019

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 33(2), pp. 3-30.

Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo

May 2019

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Democracy Does Cause Growth

Journal of Political Economy, 127(1), pp. 47-100

Daron Acemoglu, Suresh Naidu, Pascual Restrepo, James A. Robinson

February 2019

Macroeconomics

Innovation, Reallocation and Growth

American Economic Review, 108(11), pp. 3450–3491

Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Nicholas Bloom, William Kerr

November 2018

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Low-Skill and High-Skill Automation

Journal of Human Capital, 12(2), pp. 204-232

Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo

August 2018

Economic Theory

Informational Braess Paradox: The Effect of Information on Traffic Congestion

Operations Research, 66(4), pp. 893-1188

Daron Acemoglu, Ali Makhdoumi, Azarakhsh Malekian, Asuman Ozdaglar

August 2018

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

The Race Between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares and Employment

American Economic Review, 108(6), pp. 1488–1542

Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo

June 2018

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Modeling Automation

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 108, pp. 48-53

Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo

May 2018

Political Economy

Social Mobility and Stability of Democracy: Reevaluating De Tocqueville

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(2), pp. 1041–1105

Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin

May 2018

Financial Economics, Political Economy

The Power of the Street: Evidence from Egypt's Arab Spring

Review of Financial Studies, 31(1), pp. 1-42

Daron Acemoglu, Tarek A. Hassan, Ahmed Tahoun

January 2018

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World

Journal of Political Economy, 125(5), pp. 1245-1303

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson, Thierry Verdier

August 2017

Economic Theory

Privacy-Constrained Network Formation

Games and Economic Behavior, 105(2017), pp. 255–275

Daron Acemoglu, Ali Makhdoumi, Azarakhsh Malekian, Asuman Ozdaglar

August 2017

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Secular Stagnation? The Effect of Aging on Economic Growth in the Age of Automation

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 107(5), pp. 174-79

Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo

May 2017

Economic Theory, Political Economy

Social Norms and the Enforcement of Laws

Journal of the European Economic Association, 15(2), pp. 245-295

Daron Acemoglu, Matthew O. Jackson

April 2017

Macroeconomics

Microeconomic Origins of Macroeconomic Tail Risks

American Economic Review, 107(1), pp. 54–108

Daron Acemoglu, Asuman Ozdaglar, Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi

January 2017

Political Economy

Paths to Inclusive Political Institutions

Published in Economic History of Warfare and State Formation

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

December 2016

Industrial Organization, Macroeconomics

Innovation Network

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(41), pp. 11483–11488

Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, William Kerr

October 2016

Economic Theory

Network Security and Contagion

Journal of Economic Theory, 166 (2016), pp. 536–585

Daron Acemoglu, Azarakhsh Malekian, Asuman Ozdaglar

October 2016

Financial Economics, Political Economy

The Value of Connections in Turbulent Times: Evidence from the United States

Journal of Financial Economics, 121(2), pp, 368-391

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, Amir Kermani, James Kwak, Todd Mitton

August 2016

Macroeconomics

Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration

Published in NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, William Kerr

July 2016

Economic Theory, Financial Economics, Macroeconomics

Networks, Shocks, and Systemic Risk

Handbook of Network Economics

Daron Acemoglu, Asuman Ozdaglar, Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi

June 2016

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

State Capacity and American Technology: Evidence from the 19th Century

American Economic Review, 106(5), pp. 61-67

Daron Acemoglu, Jacob Moscona, James A. Robinson

May 2016

Environmental Economics, Macroeconomics

Transition to Clean Technology

Journal of Political Economy, 124(1), pp. 52-104

Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley, William Kerr

February 2016

Economic Theory

Fragility of Asymptotic Agreement under Bayesian Learning

Theoretical Economics, 11, 187-227

Daron Acemoglu, Victor Chernozkukov, Muhamet Yildiz

February 2015

International Economics, Labor Economics

Import Competition and the Great US Employment Sag of the 2000s

Journal of Labor Economics, 34(S1), pp. S141-S198

Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Brendan Price

January 2016

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

The Ups and Downs of Turkish Growth, 2002-2015: Political Dynamics, the European Union and the Institutional Slide

Published in The Search for Europe: Contrasting Approaches BBVA OpenMind Press

Daron Acemoglu, Murat Ucer

January 2016

Political Economy

The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 29(1), pp. 3–28

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

December 2015

Economic Theory, Political Economy

Political Economy in a Changing World

Journal of Political Economy, 123(5), pp. 1038-1086

Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin

October 2015

Development Economics, Political Economy

State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach

American Economic Review 105(8), pp. 2364-2409

Daron Acemoglu, Camilo Garcia-Jimeno , James A. Robinson

July 2015

International Economics, Macroeconomics

Offshoring and Directed Technical Change

American Economic Journal: Macro, 7(3), pp. 84–12

Daron Acemoglu, Gino Gancia, Fabrizio Zilibotti

July 2015

Economic Theory, Macroeconomics

Robust Comparative Statics in Large Dynamic Economies

Journal of Political Economy, 123(3), pp. 587-640

Daron Acemoglu, Martin Kaae Jensen

June 2015

Industrial Organization, Macroeconomics

Innovation by Entrants and Incumbents

Journal of Economic Theory, 157, pp. 255–294

Daron Acemoglu, Dan Cao

May 2015

Macroeconomics

Localised and Biased Technologies: Atkinson and Stiglitz's New View, Induced Innovations, and Directed Technological Change

Economic Journal, 125(583), pp. 443–463

Daron Acemoglu

March 2015

Economic Theory, Financial Economics, Macroeconomics

Systemic Risk and Stability in Financial Networks

American Economic Review, 105(2), pp. 564–60

Daron Acemoglu, Asuman Ozdaglar, Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi

February 2015

Development Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economy

History, Expectations, and Leadership in the Evolution of Social Norms

The Review of Economic Studies, 82(1), pp. 1-34

Daron Acemoglu, Matthew O. Jackson

January 2015

Development Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Disease and Development - A Reply to Bloom, Canning and Fink

Journal of Political Economy, 122(6), pp. 1367-1375

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson

December 2014

Political Economy

Democracy, Redistribution and Inequality

Handbook of Income Distribution, Volume 2, pp. 1885-1966

Daron Acemoglu, Suresh Naidu, Pascual Restrepo, James A. Robinson

December 2014

Economic Theory, Macroeconomics

Search with Multi-Worker Firms

Theoretical Economics, 9(3), pp. 583–628

Daron Acemoglu, William Hawkins

September 2014

Development Economics, Political Economy

Chiefs: Economic Developement and Elite Control of Civil Soceity in Sierra Leone

Journal of Political Economy, 122 (2), pp. 319-36

Daron Acemoglu, Tristan Reed, James A. Robinson

April 2014

Economic Theory, Political Economy

Cycles of Conflict: An Economic Model

American Economic Review, 104(4), 1350-67.

Daron Acemoglu, Alexander Wolitzky

April 2014

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Institutions, Human Capital and Development

Annual Reviews of Economics, 6, pp. 875–912

Daron Acemoglu, Francisco A. Gallego, James A. Robinson

January 2014

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Return of the Solow Paradox: IT, Productivity, and Employment in US Manufacturing

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 104(5), pp. 394–399.

Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Brendan Price

January 2014

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Equalizing Superstars: The Internet and the Democratization of Education

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 104(5), pp. 523–527

Daron Acemoglu, David Laibson, John A. List

January 2014

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

The World Our Grandchildren Will Inherit: The Rights Revolution and Beyond

Published in: "In 100 Years: Leading Economists Predict the Future"

Daron Acemoglu

January 2014

Economic Theory

Dynamics of Information Exchange in Endogenous Social Networks

Theoretical Economics, Theoretical Economics, 9(1), 2014, pp. 41-97

Daron Acemoglu, Kostas Bimpikis, Asuman Ozdaglar

January 2014

Public Economics

Income and Health Spending: Evidence from Oil Price Shocks

Review of Economics and Statistics, 95(4), pp. 1079-1095

Daron Acemoglu, Amy Finkelstein, Matthew J. Notowidigdo

October 2013

Economic Theory

Aggregate Comparative Statics

Games and Economic Behavior, 81(2013), 27-49

Daron Acemoglu, Martin Kaae Jensen

September 2013

Political Economy

Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances?

The Review of Economic Studies, 80 (3), pp. 845-87

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson, Ragnar Torvik

July 2013

Political Economy

Economics versus Politics: Pitfalls of Policy Advice

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 27(2), pp. 173-192

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

May 2013

Political Economy

A Political Theory of Populism

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 128(2), pp. 771-805.

Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin

May 2013

Economic Theory, Political Economy

Opinion Fluctuations and Disagreement in Social Networks

Mathematics of Operations Research, 38(1), pp. 1-27

Daron Acemoglu, Giacomo Como, Fabio Fagnani, Asuman Ozdaglar

February 2013

Development Economics, Political Economy

The Monopoly of Violence: Evidence from Colombia

Journal of the European Economic Association, 11(s1), pp 5–44

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson, Rafael J. Santos-Villagran

January 2013

Political Economy

The Consequences of Radical Reform - The French Revolution

American Economic Review, 101(7), pp. 3286–3307

Daron Acemoglu, Davide Cantoni, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson

December 2012

Political Economy

Finding Eldorado: Slavery and Long-run Development in Colombia

Journal of Comparative Economics, 40(4), pp. 534-564

Daron Acemoglu, Camilo Garcia-Jimeno , James A. Robinson

November 2012

Industrial Organization, Macroeconomics

Diversity and Technological Progress

Published in The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited

Daron Acemoglu

December 2012

Political Economy

The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply

American Economic Review, 102(6), pp. 3077–3110

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson

October 2012

Macroeconomics

The Network Origins of Aggregate Fluctuations

Econometrica, 80(5), pp. 1977-2016

Daron Acemoglu, Vasco M. Carvalho, Asuman Ozdaglar, Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi

September 2012

Political Economy

Social Structure and Development - A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 126(2), pp. 895-946

Daron Acemoglu, Tarek A. Hassan, James A. Robinson

August 2012

Economic Theory, Political Economy

What Does Human Capital Do? A Review of Goldin and Katz's The Race between Education and Technology

Journal of Economic Literature, 50(2), pp. 426–463

Daron Acemoglu, David Autor

June 2012

Economic Theory, Political Economy

Dynamics and Stability of Constitutions, Coalitions, and Clubs

American Economic Review, 102(4), pp. 1446–1476

Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin

June 2012

Industrial Organization, Macroeconomics

Competing Engines of Growth: Innovation and Standardization

Journal of Economic Theory, 147(2), pp. 570–601

Daron Acemoglu, Gino Gancia, Fabrizio Zilibotti

March 2012

Environmental Economics, Macroeconomics

The Environment and Directed Technical Change

American Economic Review, 102(1), pp. 131–166

Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Leonardo Bursztyn, David Hemous

February 2012

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

A Dynamic Theory of Resource Wars

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127 (1), pp. 283-331

Daron Acemoglu, Michael Golosov, Aleh Tsyvinski, Pierre Yared

February 2012

Industrial Organization, Macroeconomics

Intellectual Property Rights Policy, Competition and Innovation

Journal of the European Economic Association, 10(1), pp. 1-4

Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit

February 2012

Economic Theory, Political Economy

A Political Model of Social Evolution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108 (supplement 4), pp. 21292–21296

Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin

December 2011

Macroeconomics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Political Economy of Ramsey Taxation

Journal of Public Economics, 95(7-8), pp. 467-475

Daron Acemoglu, Michael Golosov, Aleh Tsyvinski

August 2011

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Skills, Tasks and Technologies: Implications for Employment and Earnings

Handbook of Labor Economics, 4(B), pp. 1043-1171

Daron Acemoglu, David Autor

June 2011

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Power Fluctuations and Political Economy

Journal of Economic Theory, 146(3), pp. 1009–1041

Daron Acemoglu, Michael Golosov, Aleh Tsyvinski

May 2011

Political Economy

Persistence of Civil Wars

Journal of the European Economic Association, 8(2-3), pp. 664-676

Daron Acemoglu, Davide Ticchi,rea Vindigni

April 2011

Political Economy

Emergence and Persistence of Inefficient States

Journal of European Economic Association, 9(2), pp. 177-208

Daron Acemoglu, Davide Ticchi,rea Vindigni

April 2011

Economic Theory, Political Economy

Bayesian Learning in Social Networks

The Review of Economic Studies, 78(4), pp.1201-1236

Daron Acemoglu, Munzer A. Dahleh, Ilan Lobel, Asuman Ozdaglar

March 2011

Economic Theory, Political Economy

The Economics of Labor Coercion

Econometrica, 79(2), 555-600

Daron Acemoglu, Alexander Wolitzky

March 2011

Economic Theory, Industrial Organization

Experimentation, Patents and Innovation

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 3(1), pp. 37-77

Daron Acemoglu, Kostas Bimpikis, Asuman Ozdaglar

February 2011

Industrial Organization, Macroeconomics

When Does Labor Scarcity Encourage Innovation?

Journal of Political Economy, 118(6), pp. 1037-1078.

Daron Acemoglu

December 2010

Economic Theory, Political Economy

Spread of (Mis)Information in Social Networks

Games and Economic Behavior, 70(2), pp. 194-227

Daron Acemoglu, Asuman Ozdaglar, Ali ParandehGheibi

November 2010

Economic Theory, Political Economy

Political Selection and Persistence of Bad Governments

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 125(4), pp. 1511-1576

Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin

November 2010

Economic Theory, Political Economy

Opinion Dynamics and Learning in Social Networks

Dynamic Games and Applications, 1(1), pp. 3-49

Daron Acemoglu, Asuman Ozdaglar

October 2010

Industrial Organization

Vertical Integration and Technology: Theory and Evidence

Journal of European Economic Association, 8(5), pp. 989-1033

Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Rachel Griffith, Fabrizio Zilibotti

September 2010

Development Economics, Political Economy

Theory, General Equilibrium, Political Economy and Empirics in Development Economics

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 24(3), pp. 17-32

Daron Acemoglu

August 2010

Macroeconomics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Dynamic Mirrlees Taxation Under Political Economy Constraints

The Review of Economic Studies, 77(3), pp. 841-881

Daron Acemoglu, Michael Golosov, Aleh Tsyvinski

July 2010

Economic Theory, Political Economy

Why is Africa Poor?

Economic History of Developing Regions, 25(1), pp. 21-50

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

June 2010

Political Economy

Institutions, Factor Prices and Taxation: Virtues of Strong States?

American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 100(2), pp. 115-119

Daron Acemoglu

May 2010

International Economics, Political Economy

Political Limits to Globalization

American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 100(2), pp. 83-88

Daron Acemoglu, Pierre Yared

May 2010

Political Economy

A Theory of Military Dictatorships

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2(1), pp. 1-42

Daron Acemoglu, Davide Ticchi,rea Vindigni

January 2010

Development Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Productivity Differences Between and Within Countries

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2(1), pp. 169–188

Daron Acemoglu, Melissa Dell

January 2010

Political Economy

Reevaluating the Modernization Hypothesis

Journal of Monetary Economics, 56(8), pp. 1043–1058

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson, Pierre Yared

November 2009

Political Economy

Foundations of Societal Inequality

Science, October 2009, 326(5953), pp. 678-679

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

October 2009

Economic Theory

Price and Capacity Competition

Games and Economic Behavior, 66 (2009), pp. 1–26

Daron Acemoglu, Kostas Bimpikis, Asuman Ozdaglar

May 2009

Political Economy

Do Juntas Lead to Personal Rule?

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 99, pp. 298-303

Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin

May 2009

Health Economics, Industrial Organization, Macroeconomics

Input and Technology Choices in Regulated Industries - Evidence from the Health Care Sector

Journal of Political Economy, 116(5) pp. 837–88

Daron Acemoglu, Amy Finkelstein

October 2008

Industrial Organization, Political Economy

Incentives in Markets, Firms and Government

Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 24(2), pp. 273-306

Daron Acemoglu, Michael Kremer, Atif Mian

October 2008

Financial Economics, Industrial Organization, Political Economy

Determinants of Vertical Integration: Financial Development and Contracting Costs

The Journal of Finance, 63(3), pp. 1251-1290

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, Todd Mitton

June 2008

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Income and Democracy

American Economic Review, 98(3), pp. 808-42

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson, Pierre Yared

June 2008

Development Economics, Political Economy

Economic and Political Inequality in Development: The Case of Cundinamarca, Colombia

Published in Institutions and Economic Performance

Daron Acemoglu, Maria Angelica Bautista, Pablo Querubin, James A. Robinson

June 2008

Capital Deepening and Nonbalanced Economic Growth

Journal of Political Economy, 116(3), pp. 467-498

Daron Acemoglu, Veronica Guerrieri

June 2008

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

When Does Policy Reform Work - The Case of Central Bank Independence

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2008(1), pp. 351-418

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, Pablo Querubin, James A. Robinson

May 2008

Economic Theory

Local Indices for Degenerate Variational Inequalities

Mathematics of Operations Research, 33(2), pp. 291-300

Daron Acemoglu, Asuman Ozdaglar, Alp Simsek

May 2008

Economic Theory, Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Political Economy of Mechanisms

Econometrica, 76(3), pp. 619-641

Daron Acemoglu, Michael Golosov, Aleh Tsyvinski

May 2008

Development Economics, Political Economy

Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions

American Economic Review, 98(1), pp. 267-93.

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

March 2008

Political Economy

Oligarchic vs. Democratic Societies

Journal of the European Economic Association 6, pp. 1-44

Daron Acemoglu

March 2008

Economic Theory, Political Economy

Coalition Formation in Non-Democracies

The Review of Economic Studies, 75(4), pp. 987-1009

Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin

February 2008

Economic Theory, Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Markets Versus Governments

Journal of Monetary Economics 55(1), pp. 159-189

Daron Acemoglu, Michael Golosov, Aleh Tsyvinski

January 2008

Development Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth

Journal of Political Economy 115, pp. 925-985

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson

December 2007

Industrial Organization, Macroeconomics

Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm

The Quarterly Journal of Economics 122(4), pp. 1759–1799

Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Claire Lelarge, John Van Reenan, Fabrizio Zilibotti

November 2007

Economic Theory

On the Stability of P-Matrices

Linear Algebra and Applications 426, pp. 22-32

Daron Acemoglu, Asuman Ozdaglar, Alp Simsek, A. Kevin Tang

October 2007

Industrial Organization, Macroeconomics

Equilibrium Bias of Technology

Econometrica 175, pp. 1371-1410

Daron Acemoglu

September 2007

Economic Theory

Competition in Parallel-Serial Networks

IEEE Journal of Special Areas of Communication, Special Issue on Non-Cooperative Behavior in Networking 25, pp. 1180-1192

Daron Acemoglu, Asuman Ozdaglar

August 2007

Economic Theory

Partially Optimal Routing

IEEE Journal of Special Areas of Communication, Special Issue on Non-Cooperative Behavior in Networking 25, pp. 1148-1160

Daron Acemoglu, Ramesh Johari, Asuman Ozdaglar

August 2007

Political Economy

The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth

American Economic Review, 95(3), pp. 546-579

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson

June 2005

Industrial Organization, Macroeconomics

Contracts and Technology Adoption

American Economic Review 97(3), pp. 916-943

Daron Acemoglu, Pol Antràs, Elhanan Helpman

June 2007

Economic Theory, Industrial Organization

Competition and Efficiency in Congested Markets

Mathematics of Operations Research 32, pp. 1-31

Daron Acemoglu, Asuman E. Ozdaglar

February 2007

Economic Theory

Generalized Poincare-Hopf Theorem for Compact Nonsmooth Regions

Mathematics of Operations Research 32, 193-214

Daron Acemoglu, Asuman E. Ozdaglar, Alp Simsek

February 2007

Political Economy

A Simple Model of Inefficient Institutions

Scandinavian Journal of Economics 108(4), pp. 515-546

Daron Acemoglu

December 2006

Political Economy

De Facto Political Power and Institutional Persistence

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings 96(2), pp. 325-330

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

May 2006

Political Economy

Modeling Inefficient Institutions

Published in Advances in Economic Thoery, Proceedings of 2005 World Congress

Daron Acemoglu

May 2006

Economic Theory

Efficiency and Braess' Paradox under Pricing in General Networks

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication, Special Issue on Economics and Access-based Pricing in Communication Networks 24(5), pp. 977-991

Daron Acemoglu, Asuman E. Ozdaglar, Xin Huang

May 2006

Economic Theory

Price Competition in Communication Networks

IEEE Infocom 2006, pp. 1-12

Daron Acemoglu, Asuman E. Ozdaglar

April 2006

Economic Theory

Competition in Parallel-Serial Networks

IEEE Journal of Special Areas of Communication, Special Issue on Non-Cooperative Behavior in Networking 25, pp. 1180-1192

Daron Acemoglu, Asuman Ozdaglar

August 2007

Development Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth

Journal of the European Economic Association, 4(1), pp. 37-74

Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Fabrizio Zilibotti

March 2006

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective

American Political Science Review 100, pp. 115-131.

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

February 2006

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Politics and Economics in Weak and Strong States

Journal of Monetary Economics, Swiss National Bank Special Issue, 52, pp. 1199-1226

Daron Acemoglu

December 2005

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth

Published in Handbook of Economic Growth

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson

December 2005

Political Economy

Constitutions, Politics and Economics: A Review Essay on Persson and Tabellini's "The Economic Effects of Constitutions"

Journal of Economic Literature, 43(4). pp. 1025-1048

Daron Acemoglu

December 2005

Political Economy

Unbundling Institutions

Journal of Political Economy, 113(5), pp. 949-99

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson

October 2005

Political Economy

From Education to Democracy?

American Economic Association, Papers and Proceedings, 95(2), pp. 44-49

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson, Pierre Yared

May 2005

Economic Theory

The Marginal User Principle for Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks

Proceedings of the 2004 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2, pp. 1544-1549

Daron Acemoglu, Asuman E. Ozdaglar, R. Srikant

December 2004

Industrial Organization, Macroeconomics

Market Size in Innovation: Theory and Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119(3), pp. 1049–1090

Daron Acemoglu, Joshua Linn

August 2004

Labor Economics

Women, War and Wages: the Effect of Female Labor Supply on Labor Market Outcomes

Journal of Political Economics, 112, pp. 497-551

Daron Acemoglu, David Autor with David Lyle

June 2004

Political Economy

Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule (The Alfred Marshall Lecture)

Journal of the European Economic Association, Papers and Proceedings, 2, pp. 162-19

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson, Thierry Verdier

April 2004

Economic Theory, Political Economy

Why Not a Political Coase Theorem? Social Conflict, Commitment and Politics

Journal of the European Economic Association, Papers and Proceedings, 1(2-3), pp. 397-405

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson

April 2003

Development Economics, Political Economy

Disease and Development in Historical Perspective

Journal of the European Economic Association, Papers and Proceedings, 1(2-3), 397-405.

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James Robinson

April 2003

International Economics, Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Patterns of Skill Premia

The Review of Economic Studies, 70, pp. 199-230

Daron Acemoglu

April 2003

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Labor- and Capital-Augmenting Technical Change

Journal of European Economic Association, 1, pp. 1-37

Daron Acemoglu

March 2003

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Cross-Country Inequality Trends

The Economic Journal, 113 (F121–F149)

Daron Acemoglu

February 2003

Development Economics, Political Economy

An African Success Story: Botswana

Published in In Search of Prosperity: Analytical Narrative on Economic Growth.

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson

February 2003

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Factor Prices and Technical Change: from Induced Innovations to Recent Debates

Published in Knowledge, Information and Expectations in Modern Macroeconomics: In Honor of Edmund Phelps

Daron Acemoglu

February 2003

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth

Journal of Monetary Economics, 50, pp. 49-123

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson, Yunyong Thaicharoen

January 2003

Labor Economics

The Labor Market and Corporate Structure

European Economic Review, 46, pp. 1733-1756

Daron Acemoglu, Andrew Newman

December 2002

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117, pp. 1231-1294

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson

November 2002

International Economics, Macroeconomics

Directed Technical Change

The Review of Economic Studies, 69. pp. 781-810

Daron Acemoglu

October 2002

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

The World Income Distribution

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117, pp 659-694

Daron Acemoglu, Jaume Ventura

May 2002

Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Technical Change, Inequality, and The Labor Market

Journal of Economic Literature, 40, pp. 7-72

Daron Acemoglu

March 2002

Labor Economics

Consequences of Employment Protection? The Case of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Journal of Political Economy, 109, pp 915-957

Daron Acemoglu, Joshua Angrist

October 2001

Political Economy

Inefficient Redistribution

American Political Science Review, 95, pp. 649-661

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

September 2001

Political Economy

A Theory of Political Transitions

American Economic Review, 91, pp 938-963

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

September 2001

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Deunionization, Technical Change and Inequality

Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 55(1) , pp. 229-264

Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Gianluca Violante

December 2001

Development Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economy

The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation

American Economic Review, 91(5), pp. 1369-1401

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson

May 2001

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Credit Market Imperfections and Persistent Unemployment

European Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 45(4-6), pp. 665-679

Daron Acemoglu

May 2001

International Economics, Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Productivity Differences

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 116, pp. 563-606

Daron Acemoglu, Fabrizio Zilibotti

May 2001

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Changes in the Wage Structure, Family Income, and Children's Education

European Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 45, pp. 890-904

Daron Acemoglu, Jorn-Steffen Pischke

April 2001

Labor Economics

Good Jobs Versus Bad Jobs

Journal of Labor Economics, 19, pp. 1-22.

Daron Acemoglu

January 2001

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

How Large Are Human Capital Externalities Evidence? Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws

NBER Macroeconomics Annual, pp. 9-59

Daron Acemoglu, Joshua Angrist

January 2001

Political Economy

Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequlaity and Growth in Historical Perpective

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115, pp. 1167-1199

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

November 2000

Economic Theory, Labor Economics

Wage and Technology Dispersion

The Review of Economic Studies, 67, pp. 585-608

Daron Acemoglu, Robert Shimer

October 2000

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Public Economics

Productivity Gains from Unemployment Insurance

European Economics Review, 44, pp. 1195-1224

Daron Acemoglu, Robert Shimer

June 2000

Political Economy

Political Losers as a Barrier to Economic Development

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 90, pp. 126-130

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

May 2000

Political Economy

Democratization or Repression?

European Economics Review, Papers and Proceedings, 44, 683-693

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

April 2000

Labor Economics

Certification of Training and Training Outcomes

European Economics Review, Papers and Proceedings, 44, pp. 917-927

Daron Acemoglu, Jorn-Steffen Pischke

April 2000

Political Economy

The Choice between Market Failures and Corruption

American Economic Review, 90(1), pp. 194-211

Daron Acemoglu, Thierry Verdier

March 2000

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Changes in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: An Alternative Theory and Some Evidence

American Economic Review, 89, pp. 1259-1278

Daron Acemoglu

December 1999

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Holdups and Efficieny Search Frictions

International Economic Review, 40, pp. 827-850

Daron Acemoglu, Robert Shimer

November 1999

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Public Economics

Efficient Unemployment Insurance

Journal of Political Economy, 107, pp. 893-928

Daron Acemoglu, Robert Shimer

October 1999

Labor Economics

The Structure of Wages and Investment in General Training

Jounal of Political Economy, 107, pp. 539-572

Daron Acemoglu, Jorn-Steffen Pischke

June 1999

Development Economics, Macroeconomics

Information Accumulation in Development

Journal of Economic Growth, 4, pp. 5-38

Daron Acemoglu, Fabrizio Zilibotti

March 1999

Labor Economics

Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labour Markets

Economic Journal, 109, pp. 112-142

Daron Acemoglu, Jorn-Steffen Pischke

February 1999

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Why Do New Technologies Complement Skills? Directed Technical Change and Wage Inequality

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 113, pp. 1055-1089

Daron Acemoglu

November 1998

Political Economy

Property Rights, Corruption and the Allocation of Talent: A General Equilibrium Approach

Economic Journal, 108, pp. 1381-1403

Daron Acemoglu, Thierry Verdier

September 1998

Labor Economics

Why Do Firms Train? Theory and Evidence

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 113, pp. 79-119

Daron Acemoglu, Jorn-Steffen Pischke

February 1998

Economic Theory

Credit Market Imperfections and the Separation of Ownership from Control

Journal of Economic Theory, 78, pp. 355-381

Daron Acemoglu

February 1998

Macroeconomics

Asymmetric Business Cycles: Theory and Time Series Evidence

Journal of Monetary Economics, 40, pp. 501-522

Daron Acemoglu, Andrew Scott

December 1997

Development Economics, Macroeconomics

Was Prometheus Unbound by Chance? Risk, Diversification, and Growth

Journal of Political Economy, 105, pp. 709-751

Daron Acemoglu, Fabrizio Zilibotti

August 1997

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Training and Innovation in an Imperfect Labour Market

The Review of Economic Studies, 64, pp. 445-464

Daron Acemoglu

July 1997

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Matching, Heterogeneity, and the Evolution of Income Distribution

Journal of Economic Growth, 2, pp. 61-92

Daron Acemoglu

March 1997

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

A Microfoundation for Social Increasing Returns in Human Capital Accumulation

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 111, pp. 779-804

Daron Acemoglu

August 1996

Macroeconomics

Asymmetric Information, Bargaining, and Unemployment Fluctuations

International Economic Review, 36, pp. 1003-1024

Daron Acemoglu

November 1995

Development Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economy

Reward Structures and the Allocation of Talent

European Economic Review 39, pp. 17-33

Daron Acemoglu

January 1995

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