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
Finding El Dorado: Slavery and Long-Run Development in Colombia
Citation Acemoglu, Daron, Camilo García-Jimeno, and James A Robinson. 2012. “Finding El Dorado: Slavery and Long-Run Development in Colombia”. Journal of Comparative Economics 40:534-564. Download (PDF) Finding El Dorado: Slavery and Long-Run Development in...
The Political Value of Land: Political Reform and Land Prices in Chile
Citation Baland, Jean-Marie, and James A Robinson. 2012. “The Political Value of Land: Political Reform and Land Prices in Chile”. American Journal of Political Science 56:601-619. Download (PDF) The Political Value of Land: Political Reform and Land Prices in...
The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution
Citation Acemoglu, Daron, Davide Cantoni, Simon Johnson, and James A Robinson. 2011. “The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution”. American Economic Review 101:3286-3307. Download (PDF) The Consequences of Radical Refrom: The French Revolution
The Myth of the Frontier
Citation García-Jimeno, Camilo, and James A Robinson. 2011. “The Myth of the Frontier”. in Understanding Long-Run Economic Growth. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Download (PDF) The Myth of the Frontier
Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia
Citation Robinson, James A. 2011. “Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia”. Quarterly Journal of Economic 126:895–946. Download (PDF) Social Structure and Development: A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia
When is Democracy an Equilibrium? Theory and Evidence from Colombia’s La Violencia
Citation Robinson, James A. 2011. “When is Democracy an Equilibrium? Theory and Evidence from Colombia’s La Violencia”. Journal of Conflict Resolution 55:366-396. Download (PDF) When is Democracy an Equilibrium? Theory and Evidence from Colombia’s La...
Africa’s Development in Historical Perspective
Citation 2014. Africa's Development in Historical Perspective. edited by Akyeampong, Emmanuel, Robert H. Bates, Nathan Nunn, and James A. Robinson. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press. Abstract This edited volume addresses the root causes of...
The Role of Elites in Economic Development
Citation 2012. The Role of Elites in Economic Development. edited by Amsden, Alice H., Alisa DiCaprio, and James A. Robinson. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Abstract Elites have a disproportionate impact on development outcomes. While a country's...
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Citation 2012. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty. by Daron Acemoglu and James A Robinson. New York, NY: Crown. Abstract This book is about the huge differences in incomes and standards of living that separate the rich countries...
Natural Experiments of History
Citation 2010. Natural Experiments of History. edited by James A Robinson and Diamond, Jared. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Abstract We propose a general equilibrium model where the economic organization of agriculture and the political...