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Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A; Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Because of their more limited inequality and more comprehensive social welfare systems, many perceive average welfare … entrepreneurs (thus greater inequality) increases entrepreneurial e¤ort and hence a country’s contribution to the world technology … “cutthroat”capitalism that generates greater inequality and more innovation and will become the technology leaders, while others …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083861
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Why did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality and Growth in Historical Perspective
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
curve in many Western economies during this period, with the fall in inequality following redistribution due to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791338
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A Theory of Political Transitions
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
redistributive than a nondemocratic regime, and this gives the elite an incentive to mount a coup. Because inequality makes democracy … relationship between inequality and redistribution is nonmonotonic; societies with intermediate levels of inequality consolidate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661707
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A Theory of Political Transitions
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James - Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of … - 1999
redistributive than a nondemocratic regime, and this gives the elite an incentive to mount a coup. Because inequality makes democracy … relationship between inequality and redistribution is nonmonotonic; societies with intermediate levels of unequality consolidate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005574256
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Income and democracy: a comment on Acemoglu, Johnson, Robinson, and Yared (2008)
Gundlach, Erich (contributor); Paldam, Martin (contributor);  … - 2008
Acemoglu, Johnson, Robinson, and Yared (2008) demonstrate that estimation of the standard adjustment model with country-fixed and time-fixed effects removes the statistical significance of income as a causal factor of democracy. We argue that their empirical approach must produce insignificant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003764592
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Can't we all be more like Scandinavians? : asymmetric growth and institutions in an Interdependent world
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A.; Verdier, Thierry - 2012
Because of their more limited inequality and more comprehensive social welfare systems, many perceive average welfare … entrepreneurs (thus greater inequality) increases entrepreneurial effort and hence a country's contribution to the world technology … “cutthroat” capitalism that generates greater inequality and more innovation and will become the technology leaders, while others …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825884
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The Power of the Street : Evidence from Egypt's Arab Spring
Acemoglu, Daron - 2016
During Egypt's Arab Spring, unprecedented popular mobilization and protests brought down Hosni Mubarak's government and ushered in an era of competition between three groups: elites associated with Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP), the military, and the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013006014
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Young, Restless and Creative : Openness to Disruption and Creative Innovations
Acemoglu, Daron - 2015
This paper argues that openness to new, unconventional and disruptive ideas has a first-order impact on creative innovations-innovations that break new ground in terms of knowledge creation. After presenting a motivating model focusing on the choice between incremental and radical innovation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013034169
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The Power of the Street: Evidence from Egypt's Arab Spring
Acemoglu, Daron; Hassan, Tarek A.; Tahoun, Ahmed - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
During Egypt's Arab Spring, unprecedented popular mobilization and protests brought down Hosni Mubarak's government and ushered in an era of competition between three groups: elites associated with Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP), the military, and the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960442
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Young, Restless and Creative : Openness to Disruption and Creative Innovations
Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Celik, Murat Alp - 2015
This paper argues that openness to new, unconventional and disruptive ideas has a first-order impact on creative innovations — innovations that break new ground in terms of knowledge creation. After presenting a motivating model focusing on the choice between incremental and radical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014037649