James A. Robinson
Institute Director of The Pearson Institute; Reverend Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor and University Professor; Harris School of Public Policy and Department of Political Science, University of Chicago; Recipient of the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Publications
Disease and Development in Historical Perspective
Citation Robinson, James A, Daron Acemoglu, and Simon Johnson. 2003. “Disease and Development in Historical Perspective”. Journal of the European Economic Association 1:397–405. Download (PDF) Disease and Development in Historical Perspective Abstract Health...
Institutional causes, macroeconomic symptoms: volatility, crises and growth
Citation Acemoglu, Daron, Simon Johnson, James A Robinson, and Yunyong Thaicharoen. 2003. “Institutional causes, macroeconomic symptoms: volatility, crises and growth”. Journal of Monetary Economics 50:49–123. Download (PDF) Institutional causes, macroeconomic...
An African Success Story: Botswana
Citation Robinson, James A, Daron Acemoglu, and Simon Johnson. 2003. “An African Success Story: Botswana”. Pp. 80-119 in In Search of Prosperity: Analytic Narratives on Economic Growth, edited by Dani Rodrik. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Download (PDF) An...
Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
Citation Robinson, James A, Daron Acemoglu, and Simon Johnson. 2002. “Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution”. Quarterly Journal of Economics 118:1231-1294. Download (PDF) Reversal of Fortune: Geography...
The Political Economy of the Kuznets Curve
Citation Robinson, James A, and Daron Acemoglu. 2002. “The Political Economy of the Kuznets Curve”. Review of Development Economics 6:183-203. Download (PDF) The Political Economy of the Kuznets Curve
Rotten Parents
Citation Robinson, James A, and Jean-Marie Baland. 2002. “Rotten Parents”. Journal of Public Economics 84:341-356. Download (PDF) Rotten Parents Abstract We study the implications of the trade-off between child quality and child quantity for the efficiency of the rate...
States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control by Jeffrey I. Herbst: A Review Essay
Citation Robinson, James A. 2002. “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. Download (PDF) States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority...
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
Citation Robinson, James A, Daron Acemoglu, and Simon Johnson. 2001. “The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation”. American Economic Review 91:1369-1401. Download (PDF) The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical...
Inefficient Redistribution
Citation Robinson, James A, and Daron Acemoglu. 2001. “Inefficient Redistribution”. American Political Science Review 95:649-661. Download (PDF) Inefficient Redistribution Abstract There are many well-developed theories that explain why governments redistribute...
A Theory of Political Transitions
Citation Robinson, James A, and Daron Acemoglu. 2001. “A Theory of Political Transitions”. American Economic Review 91:938-963. Download (PDF) A Theory of Political Transitions