Professor of economics, university of british columbia. The primacy of institutions over geography and integration in economic development dani rodrik, arvind subramanian, and francesco trebbi. Stock is professor of economics, and francesco trebbi is a graduate student in the department of economics, harvard university, cambridge, massachusetts. By marianne bertrand, matilde bombardini, and francesco trebbi. The revolving door and worker flows in banking regulation.
Symposium on the global dimensions of the financial crisis. Martinez, jake shapiro, drew shaver, austin wright, and seminar participants at ucsd, penn, chicago harris, columbia, stanford, berkeley, rochester, uqam, kobe. Kreisman working papers series in housing law and policy no. Columbia, department of economics, and nber, francesco. Francesco trebbi, university of british columbia department of. Our results indicate that the quality of institutions trumps everything else. This paper presents new evidence on the power sharing layout of national political elites in a panel of african countries, most of them autocracies. Francesco trebbi is professor of economics at vancouver school of economics, university of british columbia, and a research associate of the national bureau of economic research. Political uncertainty and risk premia sciencedirect. The rights and wrongs of the dismal science dani rodrik book online download book economics rules. Learn more about our online services in compliance with governmental orders the library will remain closed for the foreseeable future. Electoral rules and corruption journal of the european. Francesco trebbiprofessormy main research areas are political economy and macroeconomics.
In this masterful book, three of todays leading policy experts cut through the political noise to demonstrate that there is not one type of austerity but many. An empirical assessment of the lobbying process by marianne bertrand, matilde bombardini and francesco trebbi. The revolving door and worker flows in banking regulation david lucca, amit seru, and francesco trebbi. Francesco trebbi, electoral rules and corruption, journal of the european economic association, volume 1. Alberto alesinay, guido tabellini z, and francesco trebbi x march 2017 abstract employing a wide range of individuallevel surveys, we study the extent of. The primacy of institutions over geography and integration in economic development, journal of economic growth, springer, vol. He is also a visiting professor at stanford university during 201718. Stock is also research associate, national bureau of economic research, cambridge. Franco peracchi is a professor of econometrics at tor vergata university in rome. The authors would like to thank hiro kasahara, thomas lemieux, and seminar participants at bcep 20 and ubc for useful. Selected bibliography for amir sufi the university of. Kiel institute for world economics, may 1992, may 1994, february 1996, may 1999. My prediction this year is philippe aghion, peter howitt, paul romer for endogenous growth theory.
Aug 01, 2005 this book provides the first comprehensive analysis and critical discussion of the methodology of experimental economics, written by a philosopher of science with expertise in the field. Moshary, sarah workingpaper \price discrimination across political action committees. Stock is professor of economics and francesco trebbi is a graduate student in the department of economics, harvard university, cambridge, massachusetts. Francesco trebbi a graduate student in the harvard economics department and i did some historical digging and conducted a stylometric analysis a statistical analysis of the writing style in appendix b, compared with those of known works by philip and sewall wright. Mar 23, 2017 mortality and morbidity in the 21st century. We examine the effects of the doddfrank act and its corollary parts such as the volcker rule on market liquidity of the u. Fisman would like to thank national science foundation grant number. Corporate philanthropy and strategic advocacy latest version lesbradhackinen jmp. Federal reserve bank of new york staff reports, no. Bertrand, marianne, bombardini, matilde, and trebbi, francesco.
As discussed in stock and watson, introduction to econometrics 2003, ch. Daron acemoglu, simon johnson, and james robinson 2004, p. We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining income levels around the world, using recently developed instrumental variables for institutions and trade. Once institutions are controlled for, conventional measures of geography have at best weak direct effects on. For philanthropic foundations associated with large u. Professor of economics and government, harvard university. Social ties and the selection of chinas political elite. The library is onlinewere here and ready to help you. World bank, public economics division, julyaugust 1992. Prior to converging on this coding method, we run about 200 manual spot searches to. Wells 29 professor of economics and public affairs, july 2014june 2017. Foreclosures, house prices, and the real economy by atif r.
Journal of public economics, 2011, 95, 7, 587611 view citations 27 also in journal of public economics, 2011, 95, 78, 587611 2011 view citations 33 see also working paper 2007 2010. I have also worked on the political economy of development, political behavior, electoral. Class of 1967 professor of economics, public policy and finance, july 2017present. We thank daniel berkowitz, patrick francois, ruixue jia, victor shih, and francesco trebbi for useful feedback. Political constraints in the aftermath of financial crises by atif mian, amir sufi and francesco trebbi. Francesco trebbi and eric weese march 2018 abstract insurgency and guerrilla warfare impose enormous socioeconomic costs and often persist for decades. Political economy university of pennsylvania, fall. My academic research focuses on political economy and applied economics more generally. Francesco trebbi is a political economist working here at the vancouver school of economics. Insurgent learning francesco trebbi, eric weese, austin l. Essays in economics and management in honor of lars wahlbeck. Rodrik, dani, arvind subramanian and francesco trebbi.
Eisenhower professor of economics and international. Regulation and market liquidity francesco trebbi and kairong xiao may 27, 2016 abstract we examine the effects of postcrisis. Is corruption systematically related to electoral rules. His research interests include econometric theory and methods, nonparametric and robust statistical methods, and labour economics. Together with francesco trebbi and a team of research assistants, her second project explores the subject of financial regulation, especially the ways in which the doddfrank wall street reform of 2010 is implemented. Tabellini and francesco trebbi political budget cycles. The primacy of institutions over integration and geography in economic development november 2002. Their combined citations are counted only for the first article. Stock is also research associate, national bureau of economic research, cambridge, massachusetts. Bertrand, marianne, matilde bombardini and francesco trebbi 2014 \is it whom you know or what you know. Mark hallerberg, mark kayser, vincent koen, francesco trebbi, as well as the imfs marco cangiano, tim irwin, gian maria milesiferretti, mike seiferling, and anke weber for comments and sharing data. Originally from italy, after receiving his laurea in political economy from bocconi university in milan, he went on to complete his m. Francesco trebbi department of economics harvard university cambridge, ma 028. Foreclosures, house prices, and the real economy with amir sufi and francesco trebbi.
Ilia rainer is assistant professor of economics at george mason university. Francois, patrick, ilya rainer and francesco trebbi 2015. His primary research and teaching interests are in political economics. Lebreton, michel and shlomo weber 2003 \the art of making everybody happy. Nobel prize in economics won by nordhaus and romer for.
We explore the role of charitable giving as a means of political influence. Drawing on a large sample of publicly available curricula vitae. We estimate structural breaks in a large panel of liquidity measures of corporate and treasury. Francesco trebbi is a professor of economics at the university of british columbia. The authors would like to thank an editor and three anonymous referees for extensive comments on an earlier version. Francesco trebbi is canada research chair and professor of economics at the vancouver school of economics, research associate at nber, and a fellow of the canadian institute for advanced research and of the bank of canada. The political economy of reforms by alberto alesina, silv. Director of julis rabinowitz center for public policy and finance, july 2012present. Development economics, political economy we study a model of insurgent learning during a counterinsurgency campaign. The authors would like to thank hiro kasahara, thomas lemieux, and seminar participants at. Political economy, institutions, and business professor. How to prevent a secession, imf sta papers, vol 50, no. Harvard universitys alberto alesina, bocconi universitys guido tabellini and university of british columbias francesco trebbi examine 15 eu countries and norway from 19802009 to. The rights and wrongs of the dismal science by dani rodrik pdf.
Although empirical evidence of a positive effect of democracy on economic performance in the aggregate is weak, we provide evidence that democracy influences productivity growth in different sectors differently and that this differential effect may be one of the reasons of the. Francesco trebbi is an assistant professor of economics at the university of chicago graduate school of. Regulation and market liquidity francesco trebbi and kairong xiao december 23, 2015 abstract the aftermath of the 200809 u. Recent theoretical work suggests a positive answer. Evidence from a randomized campaign by chad kendall, tommaso nannicini and francesco trebbi. Looking at thousands of fiscal measures adopted by sixteen advanced economies since the late 1970s, austerity assesses the relative effectiveness of tax increases and spending cuts at. Feb 06, 2006 rodrik, dani and subramanian, arvind and trebbi, francesco, institutions rule. Francesco trebbi, university of british columbia department. Mortality and morbidity in the 21st century brookings. The primacy of institutions over geography and integration in economic development.
The authors would like to thank matilde bombardini and patrick francois for useful com. Evidence from italian cities economics and politics, july 2017, 29 15777. An interesting footnote in the history of iv regression. Vancouver school of economics university of british columbia 6000 iona drive vancouver, bc v6t 1l4 canada and cifar and rcea and also nber matilde. The opacity of such forms of con ict is an obstacle to. Getting the properties right to secure property rights. Department of economics, tel aviv university, april 1986.
We also received valuable comments from seminar participants at. Francesco trebbi vancouver school of economics tel. Jun 01, 2003 torsten persson, guido tabellini, francesco trebbi, electoral rules and corruption. Estimation of unobserved coalition structures, discussion papers 1628, graduate school of economics, kobe university. Francesco trebbi is professor of economics in the vancouver school of economics at. Voter responses to campaign promises coauthored with cesi cruz, philip keefer, and julien labonne. Wrights book, the tariff on animal and vegetable oils. He will present a paper entitled making policies matter. The authors would like to thank david green, hiro kasahara, thomas lemieux, and seminar participants at bcep 20 and. Dictatorship october 18 models of dictatorship and their predictions about institutions and development.
The primacy of institutions over geography and integration in economic development, cid working papers 97, center for international development at harvard university. Table 1 shows the number of pages published by section from 19802018. Going back in time, 39 percent of 189 countries73had state religions in 1970, and 59 percent of 188111had state religions in 1900. Published in volume 6, issue 2, pages 128 of american economic journal. Democracy, technology, and growth by philippe aghion. Theory and evidence from the chinese communist party patrick francois, francesco trebbi, and kairong xiao may 2017 abstract this paper investigates theoretically and empirically the factional arrangements and dynamics within the chinese communist party ccp, the governing political party of the peoples republic. Mian, amir sufi and francesco trebbi princeton university department of economics, university of chicago booth school of business and vancouver school of economics downloads 2,696 4,655. We explore the question of how political institutions and particularly democracy affect economic growth. The book is obscure and has long been out of print. A complete documentation of the methodology and the data can be. The primacy of institutions over geography and integration in economic development, journal of economic growth, 2004, v92,jun, 1165.
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