WCFIA Directory
Robinson, James A.- Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.
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Research Interests
- Why some societies are more economically successful and democratic than others.
Publications
Books
Published Papers
- Are Endowments Fate?
- White Elephants
- Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms: Volatility, Crises and Growth
- The Political Economy of the Kuznets Curve
- Institutions, Volatility, and Crises
- An African Success Story: Botswana
- Rotten Parents
- Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
- States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control by Jeffrey I. Herbst: A Review Essay
- The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
- A Theory of Political Transitions
- Inefficient Redistribution
- Social Identity, Inequality, and Conflict
- Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Growth, Inequality and Democracy in Historical Perspective
- Political Losers as Barriers to Economic Development
- Is Child Labor Inefficient?
- Democratization or Repression?
- Dynamic Contractual Enforcement: A Model of Strikes
- Theories of Bad Policy
- Long-Term Consequences of Population Growth: Technological Change, Natural Resources, and the Environment
WCFIA Working Papers
- Reevaluating the Modernization Hypothesis
- Economic and Political Inequality in Development: The Case of Cundinamarca, Colombia
- From Ancien Régime to Capitalism: The French Revolution as a Natural Experiment
- The Political Economy of Equality and Growth in Mexico: Lessons from the History of the United States
- When is Democracy an Equilibrium?: Theory and Evidence from Colombia's 'La Violencia'
- Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions
- Political Conflict and Power-sharing in the Origins of Modern Colombia