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ROMAIN WACZIARG |
RESEARCH
I. WORKING PAPERS
Cultural Remittances and Modern Fertility
(with Mickael Melki, Hillel Rapoport and
Enrico Spolaore) - April 2024
- Coverage in the Anderson
Review (01-10-2024)
- Paper
Does Anger Drive Populism?
(with Omer Ali and Klaus Desmet) -
January 2024
- Coverage in the Washington
Post (08-09-2023), the New
York Times (06-28-2023), Marginal
Revolution (06-26-2023) and the Anderson
Review (01-03-2024)
- Paper / NBER Working Paper #31383
Endogenous Partitions
(with Klaus Desmet and Ignacio Ortuño-Ortín) - May 2023
- Paper
Barriers to Global Capital Allocation
(with Bruno Pellegrino and Enrico
Spolaore) - May 2023
- Coverage in the Anderson
Review (04-07-2021)
- Paper
/ NBER Working Paper #28694
Who Voted for Trump? Populism and Social Capital
(with Paola Giuliano) - July 2020
- Coverage in the Boston
Globe (08-20-2020), Diario Financiero
(08-25-2020), the Anderson
Review (09-02-2020) and the Washington
Examiner (12-03-2020).
- Paper / Appendix / NBER Working Paper #27651 / CEPR Working Paper #15140
The
Geography of Diversification
(with Jean Imbs and Ting Ji) - January 2019
- Paper
II. BOOK
Trade Liberalization
Romain Wacziarg, editor. A two-volume
collection of papers, with an introduction by the editor, in The International Library of Critical
Writings in Economics, Edward Elgar, October 2018.
- Book website / Introduction by request
III. PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
Disentangling the Evolutionary Drivers of Social Complexity: A
Comprehensive Test of Hypotheses
(with Peter Turchin, Harvey Whitehouse,
(...), Majid Benam) - Science Advances,
vol. 8, no. 25, June 2022, eabn3517.
- Paper and
Supplementary Materials
Fertility and Modernity
(with Enrico Spolaore) - The Economic Journal, vol. 132, no. 642,
February 2022, pp. 796-833.
- Shorter
version in Vox
(02-10-2017) and coverage in the Anderson
Review (09-12-2018), the Washington
Free Beacon (06-19-2019), WSJ
Real Time Economics (06-20-2019), The
Economist (07-25-2019), Economic
Principals (08-04-2019), LiveMint.com
(08-08-2019), and The
Economist (12- 11-2021).
- Paper / Appendix / NBER Working Paper #25957 / Data archive
Understanding Spatial Variation in COVID-19 across the United
States
(with Klaus Desmet) - Journal of Urban Economics,
vol. 127, January 2022, 103332.
- Coverage in the National
Post (06-22-2020), SMU
press release (07-02-2020), LSE
US Centre Blog (03-30-2021).
- Paper
/ Appendix / NBER Working Paper
#27329 / CEPR Working Paper #14842
/ Data archive
The Cultural Divide
(with Klaus Desmet) - The Economic Journal, vol. 131, no. 637,
July 2021, pp. 2058-2088.
- Shorter version on the ProMarket blog (07-12-2018) and coverage in The
Economist (07-17-2018) and the Anderson
Review (07-18-2018).
- Paper / Appendix / NBER Working
Paper #24630 / CEPR Working
Paper #12947
/ Data
archive
Change and Persistence in the Age of Modernization:
Saint-Germain-d'Anxure 1730-1895
(with Guillaume Blanc) - Explorations in Economic History, vol.
78, October 2020, 101352.
- Winner of the Larry
Neal Prize 2021 for best article in Explorations
in Economic History.
- Coverage
in the Anderson
Review (09-12-2018).
- Paper / Appendix / NBER Working Paper #25490 / Data Archive
The Political Economy of Heterogeneity and Conflict
(with Enrico Spolaore) - in Tibor Besedeš and Volker Nitsch, eds., Disrupted Economic Relationships: Disasters, Sanctions, Dissolutions,
Chapter 1, pp. 7-43, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2019.
- Paper / NBER Working Paper #23278
Ancestry and Development: New Evidence
(with Enrico Spolaore) - Journal of Applied Econometrics, vol.
33, no. 5, August 2018, pp. 748-762.
- Coverage
at the Fundación
Ramón Areces (04-04-2019) and ABC.es
(05-13-2019).
- Paper / Appendix / New genetic distance data / Data archive
Culture, Ethnicity, and Diversity
(with Klaus Desmet and Ignacio Ortuño-Ortín) - American Economic Review,
vol. 107, no. 9, September 2017, pp. 2479-2513. (lead article)
- Shorter version in Vox
(07-31-2016)
- Paper / Appendix / NBER Working Paper #20989 / CEPR Working Paper #10451
/ Replication archive
War and Relatedness
(with Enrico Spolaore) - The Review of Economics and Statistics,
vol. 98, no. 5, December 2016, pp. 925–939.
- Shorter version in Vox (07-07-2009)
and coverage in Newsweek
Russia (07-13-2009, in Russian), Vanity
Fair Italy (08-26-2009, in Italian) and Les
Echos (12-05-2015, in French).
- Paper
/ NBER Working Paper #15095 / Appendix / Data
archive
Ancestry,
Language and Culture
(with Enrico Spolaore) - in Victor
Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber (eds.), The
Palgrave Handbook of Economics and Language, Chapter 6, pp. 174-211,
London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
- Shorter version in Vox (06-27-2015)
- Paper / NBER Working Paper #21242 / CEPR Working Paper #10644
/ Appendix / Cultural distance data
Linguistic Cleavages and Economic Development
(with Klaus Desmet and Ignacio Ortuño-Ortín) - in Victor Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Economics and Language, Chapter 15, pp.
425-446, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
- Paper
The
Diffusion of Institutions
(with Enrico Spolaore) - in Wilson, D. S. and A. Kirman, eds. Complexity and Evolution: Toward a New
Synthesis for Economics. Strüngmann Forum Reports, vol. 19, chapter 9, pp. 147-166. Cambridge, MA:
The MIT Press, 2016.
- Shorter
version in Vox
(02-10-2017)
- Paper
Evolution of
Institutions and Organizations
(with Thomas Currie, Peter Turchin, Jenna Bednar, Peter J. Richerson, Georg Schwesinger,
Sven Steinmo and John Wallis) - in Wilson, D. S. and
A. Kirman, eds. Complexity
and Evolution: Toward a New Synthesis for Economics. Strüngmann Forum
Reports, vol. 19, chapter 12, pp. 201-236. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2016.
- Paper
The Democratic Transition
(with Fabrice Murtin) - Journal of Economic Growth, vol. 19, no. 2, June
2014, pp. 141-181. (lead article)
- Shorter version in Vox (10-05-2011)
and coverage in Hurriyet Daily News, Livemint, Freakonomics
Blog, The
Globe and Mail, NCPA, Les
Echos.
- Paper / NBER Working Paper #17432 / CEPR Working Paper #8599
/ Data Appendix
Long-Term Barriers to Economic Development
(with Enrico Spolaore) - in Philippe Aghion and Steven Durlauf (eds.), Handbook
of Economic Growth, vol. 2A, Chapter 3, pp. 121-176. Amsterdam: North Holland, 2014.
- Shorter version in Vox, and
coverage in Marginal
Revolution, Mother
Jones and Salon.com.
- Paper / NBER Working Paper #19361 / CEPR Working Paper #9638
How Deep Are the Roots of Economic Development?
(with Enrico Spolaore) - Journal of Economic Literature, vol. 51,
no. 2, June 2013, pp. 325-369. (lead article)
- Paper / NBER Working Paper #18130 / CEPR Working Paper #8998
/ Cross-sectional dataset
The First Law of Petropolitics
Economica, vol.
79, no. 316, October 2012, pp. 641-657.
- Coverage in Foreign
Policy and Tom
Friedman’s response
- Paper
Long-Term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations
(with Enrico Spolaore) - in Jeffrey Frankel and Christopher Pissarides, eds., NBER
International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2011, Chapter 1, pp. 11-46.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, May 2012.
- Paper / NBER Working Paper #17271 / CEPR Working Paper #8541
The Political Economy of Linguistic Cleavages
(with Klaus Desmet and Ignacio Ortuño-Ortín) - Journal of Development
Economics, vol. 97, no. 2, March 2012, pp. 322-338.
- Coverage in The
Economist.
- Paper / NBER Working
Paper #15360 / CEPR Working
Paper #7478
/ Linguistic heterogeneity data / Appendix
A Monte
Carlo Study of Growth Regressions
(with William R. Hauk, Jr.) - Journal of
Economic Growth, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2009, pp. 103-147.
- Paper / NBER Technical Working
Paper #T0296
The Diffusion of Development
(with Enrico Spolaore) - The Quarterly Journal
of Economics, vol. 124, no. 2, May 2009, pp. 469-529.
- Coverage in Economic
Principals (08-26-2007) and SmartMoney Russia (05-02-2006, in Russian).
- Paper / NBER Working
Paper #12153 / CEPR Working
Paper #5630
/ Genetic
distance data / Appendix
Trade
Liberalization and Growth: New Evidence
(with Karen Horn Welch) - The World Bank
Economic Review, vol. 22, no. 2, June 2008, pp. 187-231. (lead article)
- Paper / Liberalization Data / NBER Working
Paper #10152
Death and Development
(with Peter Lorentzen and John McMillan) - Journal
of Economic Growth, vol. 13, no. 2, June 2008, pp. 81-124. (lead article)
- Coverage in La Vanguardia
(10-27-2005, in Spanish).
- Paper / NBER Working Paper #11620 / CEPR Working Paper #5246
Small States, Big Pork
(with William R. Hauk, Jr.) - Quarterly
Journal of Political Science, vol.
2, no. 1, January 2007, pp. 95-106.
- Paper
Review of Acemoglu and Robinson's "Economic Origins of
Dictatorship and Democracy"
Science, vol. 313, no. 5793, pp.
1576-1577 (15 September 2006).
- Paper
Trade,
Growth and the Size of Countries
(with Alberto Alesina and Enrico Spolaore) - in Philippe Aghion and Steven Durlauf (eds.), Handbook
of Economic Growth, vol. 1, part 2, Chapter 23, pp. 1499-1542. Amsterdam:
North Holland, 2005.
- Paper
Borders and
Growth
(with Enrico Spolaore) - Journal of Economic Growth, vol. 10, no. 4,
December 2005, pp. 331-386.
- Paper / NBER Working Paper #9223 / CEPR Working Paper #5202
Do Democratic Transitions Produce Bad Economic Outcomes?
(with Dani Rodrik) - American Economic Review Papers and
Proceedings, May 2005, pp. 50-55.
- Coverage in International Herald
Tribune (01-07-2005).
- Paper
Trade
Liberalization and Intersectoral Labor Movements
(with Jessica Wallack) - Journal of International Economics, vol. 64,
no. 2, December 2004, pp. 411-439.
- Paper / Appendix
Fractionalization
(with Alberto Alesina, Arnaud Devleeschauwer, William Easterly and Sergio
Kurlat) - Journal of Economic Growth, vol. 8, no. 2, June 2003, pp.
155-194. (lead article)
- Paper / Fractionalization Data / NBER
Working Paper #9411
Stages of Diversification
(with Jean Imbs) - American Economic Review, vol. 93, no. 1, March 2003,
pp. 63-86.
- Paper / Appendix
Review of
Easterly's “The Elusive Quest for Growth”
Journal of Economic Literature, vol. 40, no. 3, September 2002, pp.
907-918.
- Paper / Paper in Spanish
Measuring
the Dynamic Gains From Trade
The World Bank Economic Review, vol. 15. no. 3, October 2001, pp.
393-429.
- Paper
How
Democracy Affects Growth
(with José Tavares) - European Economic Review, vol. 45, no. 8, August
2001, pp. 1341-1379. (lead article)
- Coverage in The New York Times
(04-13-2000).
- Paper
Economic
Integration and Political Disintegration
(with Alberto Alesina and Enrico Spolaore) - American Economic Review,
vol. 90, no. 5. December 2000, pp. 1276-1296.
- Reprinted in Pomfret, Richard (ed.), The
Economics of Regional Trading Arrangements, The International Library
of Critical Writings in Economics, vol. 161, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2003
(Chapter 23, pp. 471-491).
- Coverage in Financial Times
(7-1-1997), Financial Times
(12-22-1997), The Economist,
(3-1-1998), Le Monde (12-08-1998)
and Business Week
(03-19-2001).
- Paper / NBER Working Paper #6163
The Economics of Civic Trust
(with Alberto Alesina) - in Susan J. Pharr and Robert D. Putnam (eds), Disaffected Democracies:
What's Troubling the Trilateral Countries?, Chapter 7. Princeton:
Princeton University Press, June 2000.
- Paper
Is Europe
Going Too Far?
(with Alberto Alesina) - Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public
Policy (supplement to the Journal of Monetary Economics), vol.
51, no. 1, December 1999, pp.1-42. (lead article)
- Shorter version in Vox
(06-22-2008) and coverage on CNN-fn (12-08-1998)
- Paper / NBER Working Paper #6883
Openness, Country Size and
Government
(with Alberto Alesina) - Journal of Public Economics, vol. 69, no. 3,
September 1998, pp.305-321. (lead article)
- Coverage in The Economist
(1-3-1998) and again in The
Economist (09-27-2014).
- Paper / NBER Working Paper #6024
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