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Why did the West extend the franchise? : Democracy, inequality, and growth in historical perspective
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A. - In: The quarterly journal of economics 115 (2000) 4, pp. 1167-1199
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Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Inequality and Growth in Historical Perspective
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A. - 2003
During the nineteenth century, most Western societies extended the franchise, a decision which led to unprecedented redistributive programs. We argue that these political reforms can be viewed as strategic decisions by political elites to prevent widespread social unrest and revolution....
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Why did the West extend the franchise? : democracy, inequality and growth in historical perspective
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A. - 1998
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Comment on a passage in "Why did the West extend the franchise? Democracy, inequality, and growth in historical perspective" by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
Osborne, Martin J. - 2024 - Minor changes February 21, 2021 and June 4, 2024
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Vertical integration and distance to frontier
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2002
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Vertical integration and distance to frontier
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 1 (2003) 2/3, pp. 630-638
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Vertical integration and distance to frontier
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2002
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Mirage on the horizon : geoengineering and carbon taxation without commitment
Acemoglu, Daron; Rafey, Will - 2018
We show that, in a model without commitment to future policies, geoengineering breakthroughs can have adverse environmental and welfare effects because they change the (equilibrium) carbon taxes. In our model, energy producers emit carbon, which creates a negative environmental externality, and...
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Innovation network
Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, William R. - 2016
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Innovation network
Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, William R. - 2016
linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its … strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology classes during 1975 … predictive power on future innovation after 1995. This pattern is consistent with the idea that when there is more past upstream …
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