Browsing Department of Economics by Author "Acemoglu, Daron"

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    • Contracts and the division of labor 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Antrs, Pol; Helpman, Elhanan (Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2005)

    • Corporate control and balance of powers 

      Acemoglu, Daron (Cambridge, Mass. : Dept. of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994)

    • Credit market imperfections and persistent unemployment 

      Acemoglu, Daron (Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2000)

    • Credit market imperfections and separation of ownership from control as a strategic decision 

      Acemoglu, Daron (Cambridge, Mass. : Dept. of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993)

    • Cross country inequality trends 

      Acemoglu, Daron (Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2002)

    • Cycles of Distrust: An Economic Model 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Wolitzky, Alexander (Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012-06-17)
      We propose a model of cycles of distrust and conflict. Overlapping generations of agents from two groups sequentially play coordination games under incomplete information about whether the other side consists of “extremists” ...

    • Democracy, Redistribution and Inequality 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Naidu, Suresh; Restrepo, Pascual; Robinson, James A. (Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013-10-30)
      In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution and inequality. We first explain the theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution and reduce inequality, and why this ...

    • Democratization or repression? 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A. (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1999)

    • Distance to frontier, selection, and economic growth 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2002)

    • Diversity and Technological Progress 

      Acemoglu, Daron (Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011-12-15)
      This paper proposes a tractable model to study the equilibrium diversity of technological progress and shows that equilibrium technological progress may exhibit too little diversity (too much conformity), in particular ...

    • Dynamic Mirrlees Taxation under political economy constraints 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Golosov, Mikhail; Tsyvinski, Aleh (Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2008)

    • A Dynamic Theory of Resource Wars 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Golosov, Michael; Tsyvinski, Aleh; Yared, Pierre (Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010-12-31)
      We develop a dynamic theory of resource wars and study the conditions under which such wars can be prevented. The interaction between the scarcity of resources and the incentives for war in the presence of limited commitment ...

    • Dynamics and stability of constitutions, coalitions, and clubs 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Egorov, Georgy; Sonin, Konstantin (Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2008)

    • Dynamics of Information Exchange in Endogenou Social Networks 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Bimpikis, Kostas; Ozdaglar, Asuman (Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010-09-24)
      We develop a model of information exchange through communication and investigate its implications for information aggregation in large societies. An underlying state determines payoffs from different actions. Agents ...

    • Economic and political inequality in development : the case of Cundinamarca, Colombia 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Bautista, Mara Anglica; Querubn Borrero, Pablo; Robinson, James A. (Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2007)

    • Economic backwardness in political perspective 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A. (Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2002)

    • The Economics of labor coercion 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Wolitzky, Alexander (Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2009)

    • Economics versus Politics: Pitfalls of Policy Advice 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James (Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013-06-05)
      The standard approach to policy-making and advice in economics implicitly or explicitly ignores politics and political economy, and maintains that if possible, any market failure should be rapidly removed. This essay ...

    • Efficient unemployment insurance 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Shimer, Robert (Cambridge, Mass. : Dept. of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997)

    • Efficient wage dispersion 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Shimer, Robert (Cambridge, Mass. : Dept. of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997)