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
Political Institutions and Comparative Development
Citation Acemoglu, Daron, and James A Robinson. 2015. “Political Institutions and Comparative Development”. NBER Reporter 2015(2):10-13. Download (PDF) Political Institutions and Comparative Development
State Capacity and Development: A Network Approach
Citation Acemoglu, Daron, Camilo García-Jimeno, and James A Robinson. 2015. “State Capacity and Development: A Network Approach”. American Economic Review. Download (PDF) State Capacity and Development: A Network Approach
The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism
Citation Acemoglu, Daron, and James A Robinson. 2015. “The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism”. Journal of Economic Perspectives 29:3-28. Download (PDF) The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism Online Appendix
The Role of State Capacity in Economic Development
Citation Acemoglu, Daron, Camilo García-Jimeno, and James A Robinson. 2015. “The Role of State Capacity in Economic Development”. The Political Economist XI:7-9. Download (PDF) The Role of State Capacity in Economic Development
Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone
Citation Acemoglu, Daron, Tristan Reed, and James A Robinson. 2014. “Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone”. Journal of Political Economy 122:319-368. Download (PDF) Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil...
Institutions, Human Capital and Development
Citation Acemoglu, Daron, Francisco Gallego, and James A Robinson. 2014. “Institutions, Human Capital and Development”. Annual Reviews of Economics 6:875-912. Download (PDF) Institutions, Human Capital and Development
Political foundations of the resource curse: A simplification and a comment
Citation Robinson, James, Ragnar Torvik, and Thierry Verdier. 2014. “Political foundations of the resource curse: A simplification and a comment”. Journal of Development Economics 106:194-198. Download (PDF) Political foundations of the resource curse: A...
Reinventing the Wheel: The Economic Benefits of Wheeled Transportation in Early Colonial British West Africa
Citation Chaves, Isaías N, Stanley L Engerman, and James A Robinson. 2014. “Reinventing the Wheel: The Economic Benefits of Wheeled Transportation in Early Colonial British West Africa”. in Africa’s Development in Historical Perspective. New York: Cambridge University...
What Really Happened During the Glorious Revolution?
Citation Pincus, Steve CA, and James A Robinson. 2014. “What Really Happened During the Glorious Revolution?”. in Institutions, Property Rights, and Economic Growth: The Legacy of Douglass North. New York: Cambridge University Press. Download (PDF) What Really...
Colombia: Another 100 Years of Solitude?
Citation Robinson, James A. 2013. “Colombia: Another 100 Years of Solitude?”. Current History 112:43-48. Download (PDF) Colombia: Another 100 Years of Solitude? Colombia: ¿Otros cien años de Soledad?