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Publications

Coalition Formation in Nondemocracies
Daron Acemoglu
Georgy Egorov
Konstantin Sonin
forthcoming, Review of Economic Studies

Political Economy of Mechanisms
Daron Acemoglu
Michael Golosov
Aleh Tsyvinski
forthcoming, Econometrica
December 2007

Markets Versus Governments
Daron Acemoglu
Michael Golosov
Aleh Tsyvinski
forthcoming, Journal of Monetary Economics, Carnegie-Rochester Conference Proceedings
November 2007

Incentives in Markets, Firms and Government
Daron Acemoglu
Michael Kremer
Atif Mian
Journal of Law, Economics and Organization
December 2006

Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth
Daron Acemoglu
Simon Johnson
forthcoming, Journal of Political Economy

Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth Appendices B and C
(Not for publication)
Daron Acemoglu
Simon Johnson
December 2007

Local Indices for Degenerate Variational Inequalities
Alp Simsek
Asuman Ozdaglar
Daron Acemoglu
forthcoming, Mathematics of Operations Research

On the Stability of P-Matrices
A. Kevin Tang
Alp Simsek
Asuman Ozdaglar
Daron Acemoglu
Linear Algebra and Applications 426 (2007) 22-32.

Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions
Daron Acemoglu
James A. Robinson
forthcoming, American Economic Review

Income and Democracy

Daron Acemoglu
Simon Johnson
James A. Robinson
Pierre Yared
forthcoming, American Economic Review

Competition in Parallel-Serial Networks
Daron Acemoglu
Asuman Ozdaglar
IEEE Journal of Special Areas of Communication, Special Issue on Non-Cooperative Behavior in Networking, August 2007

Partially Optimal Routing
Daron Acemoglu
Ramesh Johari
Asuman Ozdaglar
IEEE Journal of Special Areas of Communication, Special Issue on Non-Cooperative Behavior in Networking, August 2007

Oligarchic vs. Democratic Societies
Daron Acemoglu
Journal of the European Economic Association March, 2008.

Competition and Efficiency in Congested Markets
Daron Acemoglu
Asuman E. Ozdaglar
Mathematics of Operations Research, 2007, 32, 1-31.

Generalized Poincare-Hopf Theorem for Compact Nonsmooth Regions
Alp Simsek
Asuman E. Ozdaglar
Daron Acemoglu
Mathematics of Operations Research, 2007, 32, 193-214.

Equilibrium Bias of Technology
Daron Acemoglu
Econometrica
volume 175, pp. 1371-1410

Contracts and Technology Adoption
Daron Acemoglu
Pol Antràs
Elhanan Helpman
American Economic Review, 2007 97(3), 916-943.

Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm
Daron Acemoglu
Philippe Aghion
Claire Lelarge
John Van Reenan
Fabrizio Zilibotti
Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 2007, 122(4), 1759–1799.

Appendix to Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm
Daron Acemoglu
Philippe Aghion
Claire Lelarge
John Van Reenan
Fabrizio Zilibotti
Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 2007, 122(4), 1759–1799.

A Simple Model of Inefficient Institutions
Daron Acemoglu
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2006, 108(4), 515-546.

De Facto Political Power and Institutional Persistence
Daron Acemoglu
James A. Robinson
American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings 2006, 96(2), 325-330.

Did Medicare Induce Pharmaceutical Innovation?
Daron Acemoglu
David Cutler
Amy Finkelstein
Joshua Linn
American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings 2006, 96(2), 103-107.

Modeling Inefficient Institutions
Daron Acemoglu
forthcoming, Proceedings of 2005 World Congress

Price Competition in Communication Networks
Daron Acemoglu
Asuman E. Ozdaglar
forthcoming, IEEE Infocom 2006

Efficiency and Braess' Paradox under Pricing in General Networks
Xin Huang
Asuman E. Ozdaglar
Daron Acemoglu
forthcoming, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication, Special Issue on Economics and Access-based Pricing in Communication Networks

Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective
Daron Acemoglu
James A. Robinson
American Political Science Review, February 2006

Politics and Economics in Weak and Strong States
Daron Acemoglu
Journal of Monetary Economics, December 2005

Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth
Daron Acemoglu
Simon Johnson
James A. Robinson
Handbook of Economic Growth
(Philippe Aghion and Stephen Durlauf, eds., North Holland), December 2005

Constitutions, Politics and Economics: A Review Essay on Persson and Tabellini's "The Economic Effects of Constitutions"
Daron Acemoglu
Journal of Economic Literature, December 2005

Unbundling Institutions
Daron Acemoglu
Simon Johnson
Journal of Political Economy, October 2005

The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth
Daron Acemoglu
Simon Johnson
James A. Robinson
American Economic Review, June 2005

Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth
Daron Acemoglu
Philippe Aghion
Fabrizio Zilibotti
forthcoming, Journal of the European Economic Association

From Education to Democracy?
Daron Acemoglu
Simon Johnson
James A. Robinson
Pierre Yared
American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, May 2005

Market Size in Innovation: Theory and Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry
Daron Acemoglu
Joshua Linn
Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 2004

Women, War and Wages: the Effect of Female Labor Supply on Labor Market Outcomes
Daron Acemoglu
David H. Author
David Lyle
Journal of Political Economics, June 2004

Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule (The Alfred Marshall Lecture)
Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson and Thierry Verdier
April 2004, Journal of the European Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, v.2, 162-192 

The Marginal User Principle for Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks
Daron Acemoglu, Asuman E. Ozdaglar and R. Srikant
2004, Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 

Why Not a Political Coase Theorem? Social Conflict, Commitment and Politics
Daron Acemoglu
December 2003, Journal of Comparative Economics, v.31, 620 - 652 

Patterns of Skill Premia
Daron Acemoglu
April 2003, Review of Economic Studies, volume 70, pp. 199-230.

Labor- and Capital-Augmenting Technical Change
Daron Acemoglu
March 2003, Journal of European Economic Association, volume 1, pp. 1-37. 

Cross-Country Inequality Trends
Daron Acemoglu
February 2003, Economic Journal, volume 113, pp 121-149. 

Disease and Development in Historical Perspective
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson
April 2003, Journal of the European Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, v.1, 397-405 

An African Success Story: Botswana
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson
2003, Published in In Search of Prosperity: Analytical Narrative on Economic Growth, edited by Dani Rodrik, Princeton University Press.

Factor Prices and Technical Change: from Induced Innovations to Recent Debates
Daron Acemoglu
Published in Knowledge, Information and Expectations in Modern Macroeconomics: In Honor of Edmund Phelps, edited by Philippe Aghion et al, Princeton University Press, 2003. 

The Labor Market and Corporate Structure
Daron Acemoglu and Andrew Newman
December 2002, European Economic Review, volume 46, pp. 1733-1756. 

Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James Robinson and Yunyong Thaicharoen
January 2003, Journal of Monetary Economics, volume 50, pp. 49-123 

Directed Technical Change
Daron Acemoglu
October 2002, Review of Economic Studies, volume 69. pp. 781-810. 

Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson
November 2002, Quarterly Journal of Economics, volume 117, pp. 1231-1294. 

The World Income Distribution
Daron Acemoglu and Jaume Ventura
May 2002, Quarterly Journal of Economics, volume 117, pp 659-694. 

Technical Change, Inequality, and The Labor Market
Daron Acemoglu
March 2002, Journal of Economic Literature, volume 40, pp. 7-72. 

The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson and Simon Johnson
December 2001, American Economic Review, volume 91, pp. 1369-1401. 

Inefficient Redistribution
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
September 2001, American Political Science Review, volume 95, pp. 649-661 

A Theory of Political Transitions
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
September 2001, American Economic Review, volume 91, pp 938-963. 

Consequences of Employment Protection? The Case of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Daron Acemoglu and Joshua Angrist
October 2001, Journal of Political Economy, volume 109, pp 915-957.

Deunionization, Technical Change, and Inequality
Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion and Gianluca Violante
2001, Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy 

Credit Market Imperfections and Persistent Unemployment
Daron Acemoglu
April 2001, European Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, volume 45. 

Changes in the Wage Structure, Family Income, and Children's Education
Daron Acemoglu and Jorn-Steffen Pischke
April 2001, European Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, volume 45, pp. 890-904. 

Productivity Differences
Daron Acemoglu and Fabrizio Zilibotti
May 2001, Quarterly Journal of Economics, volume 116, pp. 563-606. 

Good Jobs versus Bad Jobs
Daron Acemoglu
January 2001, Journal of Labor Economics, volume 19, pp. 1-22. 

Wage and Technology Dispersion
Daron Acemoglu and Robert Shimer
October 2000, Review of Economic Studies, volume 67, pp. 585-608. 

Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality, and Growth in Historical Perspective
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
November 2000, Quarterly Journal of Economics, volume 115, pp. 1167-1199. 

Political Losers As a Barrier to Economic Development
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
May 2000, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, volume 90, pp. 126-130 

How Large Are Human Capital Externalities? Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws
Daron Acemoglu and Joshua Angrist
2000, NBER Macroannual, pp. 9-59. 

The Choice Between Market Failures and Corruption
Daron Acemoglu and Thierry Verdier
March 2000, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, volume 90, pp. 194-211. 

Productivity Gains from Unemployment Insurance
Daron Acemoglu and Robert Shimer
June 2000, European Economics Review, volume 44, pp. 1195-1224. 

Democratization or Repression?
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
April 2000, European Economics Review, Papers and Proceedings, vol 44, 683-693

Certification of Training and Training Outcomes
Daron Acemoglu and Jorn-Steffen Pischke
April 2000, European Economics Review, Papers and Proceedings, vol 44, 917-927 

Efficient Unemployment Insurance
Daron Acemoglu and Robert Shimer
October 1999, Journal of Political Economy, volume 107, pp. 893-928. 

Changes in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: An Alternative Theory and Some Evidence
Daron Acemoglu
December 1999, American Economic Review, volume 89, pp. 1259-1278. 

Holdups and Efficiency with Search Frictions
Daron Acemoglu and Robert Shimer
November 1999, International Economic Review, volume 40, pp. 827-850. 

The Structure of Wages and Investment in General Training
Daron Acemoglu and Jorn-Steffen Pischke
June 1999, Jounal of Political Economy, volume 107, pp. 539-572. 

Information Accumulation in Development
Daron Acemoglu and Fabrizio Zilibotti
March 1999, Journal of Economic Growth, volume 4, pp. 5-38. 

Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labor Markets
Daron Acemoglu and Jorn-Steffen Pischke
February 1999, Economic Journal, volume 109, pp. 112-142. 

Why Do New Technologies Complement Skills? Directed Technical Change and Wage Inequality
Daron Acemoglu
November 1998, Quarterly Journal of Economics, volume 113, pp. 1055-1089. 

Property Rights, Corruption and the Allocation of Talent: A General Equilibrium Approach
Daron Acemoglu and Thierry Verdier
September 1998, Economic Journal, volume 108, pp. 1381-1403. 

Competition in Parallel-Serial Networks
Daron Acemoglu and Asuman Ozdaglar
2006, forthcoming, IEEE Journal of Special Areas of Communication, Special Issue on Non-Cooperative Behavior in Networking

Why Do Firms Train? Theory and Evidence
Daron Acemoglu and Jorn-Steffen Pischke
February 1998, Quarterly Journal of Economics, volume 113, pp. 79-119. 

Credit Market Imperfections and Separation of Ownership from Control
Daron Acemoglu
February 1998, Journal of Economic Theory, volume 78, pp. 355-381. 

Asymmetric Business Cycles: Theory and Time Series Evidence
Daron Acemoglu and Andrew Scott
December 1997, Journal of Monetary Economics, volume 40, pp. 501-522. 

Was Prometheus Unbound by Chance? Risk, Diversification and Growth
Daron Acemoglu and Fabrizio Zilibotti
August 1997, Journal of Political Economy, volume 105, pp. 709-751. 

Matching, Heterogeneity and the Evolution of Income Distribution
Daron Acemoglu
March 1997, Journal of Economic Growth, volume 2, pp. 61-92. 

Training and Innovation in an Imperfect Labor Market
Daron Acemoglu
July 1997, Review of Economic Studies, volume 64, pp. 445-464. 

Asymmetric Information, Bargaining and Unemployment Fluctuations
Daron Acemoglu
November 1995, International Economic Review, volume 36, pp. 1003-1024. 

A Microfoundation For Social Increasing Returns in Human Capital Accumulation
Daron Acemoglu
August 1996, Quarterly Journal of Economics, volume 111, pp. 779-804. 

Vertical Integration and Distance to Frontier
Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion and Fabrizio Zilibotti
forthcoming 2003, Journal of the European Economic Association 

Reward Structures and Allocation of Talent
Daron Acemoglu
January 1995, European Economic Review, volume 39, pp. 17-33.