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Daron Acemoglu
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Forthcoming
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics
Distorted Innovation: Does the Market Get the Direction of Technology Right?
forthcoming, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2023
Daron Acemoglu
January 2023
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics
Advanced Technology Adoption: Selection or Causal Effects?
Forthcoming, American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings
Daron Acemoglu, Gary Anderson, David Beede, Catherine Buffington, Eric Childress, Emin Dinlersoz, Lucia Foster, Nathan Goldschlag, John Haltiwanger, Zachary Kroff, Pascual Restrepo, Nikolas Zolas
January 2023
Behavioral Economics, Economic Theory, Macroeconomics
Equilibrium Analysis in the Behavioral Neoclassical Growth Model
forthcoming, Review of Economic Studies
Daron Acemoglu, Martin Kaae Jensen
December 2020
Industrial Organization, Political Economy
Harms of AI
forthcoming, Oxford Handbook of AI Governance
Daron Acemoglu
August 2021
Industrial Organization, Political Economy
Too Much Data: Prices and Inefficiencies in Data Markets
forthcoming, American Economic Journal: Micro
Daron Acemoglu, Ali Makhdoumi, Azarakhsh Malekian, Asu Ozdaglar
January 2021
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
Publications
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
Sources
Replication Files
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
Sources
Replication Files
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
Sources
Replication Files
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
Sources
Replication Files
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
Sources
Replication Files
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
Sources
Replication Files
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
Sources
Online Appendix
Replication Files
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
Sources
Replication Files
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
Sources
Replication Files
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
Sources
Replication Files
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
Sources
Replication Data
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
Sources
Replication Data
Numerical Codes
Instructions
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
Sources
Replication files and instructions
File package containing datasets, and do-files (zipped)
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
Sources
Replication files
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
Sources
Replication materials and instructions
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
Sources
Data and programs
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
Sources
Online Appendix
Zip file with the public available data and all dofiles
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
Sources
Data and replication programs
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
Sources
Replication files and instructions
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
Sources
Online Appendix
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
Sources
Data and replication files
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
Sources
Online Appendix
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
Sources
Replication files
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
Sources
Online Appendices and Appendix Tables
Main dataset
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
Sources
Replication files and instructions
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
Sources
Replication files
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
Sources
Online Appendix
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
Sources
Correction
Appendix B: Multiple Output Levels
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
Sources
Readme: Instructions for Reproducing Acemoglu and Dell (2010)
Geospatial Data Construction (Program Files)
Table 1: Labor Income Inequality (All Individuals) and Table 2: Inequality Decomposition, Theil Index (Males 18-55) (Program Files)
Table 3: Proximity to Paved Roads (Program Files)
All Publicly Available Data
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
Sources
Alternate Access
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
Sources
Documentation
Data and Commands
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
Sources
Appendices B and C
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
Sources
Appendix
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
Sources
Table 3: Robustness Checks (Program File)
Table 4: Potential Supply Side and Demand Side Determinants of Innovation
Baseline Data
Data with Ten Year Intervals
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
Sources
Readme
Table 1 and Figures (Program File)
Data
Macroeconomics, Political Economy
The World Income Distribution
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117, pp 659-694
Daron Acemoglu, Jaume Ventura
May 2002
Sources
Figure 1: Relative Supply of College Skills and College Premium (Program File)
Figure 5: Alternative Time Trends for the Relative Demand for Skills (Program File)
Data
Macroeconomics, Political Economy
Technical Change, Inequality, and The Labor Market
Journal of Economic Literature, 40, pp. 7-72
Daron Acemoglu
March 2002
Sources
Table 1: Summary Statistics
Table 2: Initial Results
Table 3: Baseline and Alternative Estimates
Table 4: Exploring the Role of SSI/Disability Insurance Benefits
Data for reproducing all tables
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
Sources
Table 5: The Effect of State of Birth Compulsory Schooling Laws on Discrete Levels of Schooling
Table 6: 2SLS Estimates of Private Returns to Schooling
CompSchoolLaws contains data and documentation on compulsory attendance laws by state.
three.rar is the micro data set used by the programs posted above.
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