Publications

"Like every writer, he measured the virtues of other writers by their performances, and asked that they measure him by what he conjectured or planned." (Borges)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Aid and conditionality. Forthcoming in Dani Rodrik and Mark R. Rosenzweig (eds.)
Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 5, North-Holland, November 2009.
Labor markets and productivity in developing countries.
Review of Economic Dynamics, January 2009, 12(1), 183-204 (with Mathan Satchi)
Rich nations, poor nations: how much can multiple equilibria explain?
Journal of Economic Growth, March 2006, 11(1), 5-41. (with Bryan S. Graham)
Growth econometrics. In P. Aghion and S. N. Durlauf (eds.)
Handbook of Economic Growth, Volume 1A, North-Holland, 2005, pp. 555-677. (with Steven N. Durlauf and Paul A. Johnson)
Openness, inflation and the Phillips curve: a puzzle.
Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, May 2002, 34(2), 450-468.
The new growth evidence.
Journal of Economic Literature, March 1999, 37(1), 112-156.
Social capability and economic growth.
Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 1998, 113(3), 965-990 (with Paul A. Johnson).

LONGER PAPERS (WITH LINKS)

Aid and conditionality. Forthcoming in Dani Rodrik and Mark R. Rosenzweig (eds.)
Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 5, North-Holland, November 2009.
The geography of output volatility
Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming (with Adeel Malik)
Macroeconomic stability and the distribution of growth rates
World Bank Economic Review, forthcoming 2009 (with Vatcharin Sirimaneetham)
The econometrics of convergence Forthcoming in Terence C. Mills and Kerry Patterson (eds.)
Palgrave Handbook of Econometrics, Volume 2: Applied Econometrics. Palgrave Macmillan, June 2009 (with Steven N. Durlauf and Paul A. Johnson)
The methods of growth econometrics Forthcoming in Terence C. Mills and Kerry Patterson (eds.)
Palgrave Handbook of Econometrics, Volume 2: Applied Econometrics. Palgrave Macmillan, June 2009 (with Steven N. Durlauf and Paul A. Johnson)
Labor markets and productivity in developing countries
Review of Economic Dynamics, January 2009, 12(1), 183-204 (with Mathan Satchi)
Dualism and cross-country growth regressions
Journal of Economic Growth, September 2006, 11(3), 187-228 (with Ludger Wößmann)
Aggregate production functions and growth economics
International Review of Applied Economics, July 2006, 20(3), 301-317.
Rich nations, poor nations: how much can multiple equilibria explain?
Journal of Economic Growth, March 2006, 11(1), 5-41 (with Bryan S. Graham).
Growth econometrics In P. Aghion and S. N. Durlauf (eds.)
Handbook of Economic Growth, Volume 1A, North-Holland, 2005, pp. 555-677 (with Steven N. Durlauf and Paul A. Johnson).
Dual economy models: a primer for growth economists
The Manchester School, July 2005, 73(4), 435-478.
Growth and wage inequality in a dual economy
Bulletin of Economic Research, April 2005, 57(2), 145-169.
The long-run implications of growth theories
Journal of Economic Surveys, July 2003, 17(3), 497-510.
Covariate measurement error in quadratic regression
International Statistical Review, April 2003, 71(1), 131-150 (with Jouni Kuha).
Growing into trouble: Indonesia after 1966. In Dani Rodrik (ed.)
In search of prosperity: analytic narratives on economic growth. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2003.
The assessment: the New Economy
Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Autumn 2002, 18(3), 241-264.
Openness, inflation and the Phillips curve: a puzzle
Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, May 2002, 34(2), 450-468.
Growth effects of education and social capital in the OECD countries
OECD Economic Studies, 2001/2, 33, 57-101.
Generalizations that aren't? Evidence on education and growth
European Economic Review, May 2001, 45(4-6), 905-918.
Inflation and growth: stories short and tall
Journal of Economic Surveys, September 2000, 14(4), 395-426.
Growth regressions and what the textbooks don't tell you
Bulletin of Economic Research, July 2000, 52(3), 181-205.
The new growth evidence
Journal of Economic Literature, March 1999, 37(1), 112-156.
Initial conditions, social capital, and growth in Africa
Journal of African Economies, October 1998, 7(3), 309-347.
Social capability and economic growth
Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 1998, 113(3), 965-990 (with Paul A. Johnson).
Robustness tests of the augmented Solow model
Journal of Applied Econometrics, July-August 1998, 13(4), 361-375.
Human capital, equipment investment, and industrialization
European Economic Review, July 1998, 42(7), 1343-1362 (with Joachim Voth).
Equipment investment and the Solow model
Oxford Economic Papers, January 1998, 50, 39-62.
Growth in open economies. In P. Aghion and P. Howitt,
Endogenous Growth Theory, MIT Press 1998 (with P. Aghion, P. Howitt and S. Redding)
Testing for endogenous growth. In P. Aghion and P. Howitt,
Endogenous Growth Theory, MIT Press 1998 (with P. Aghion and P. Howitt)
St. Adam and the Dragons: neoclassical economics and the East Asian miracle
Oxford Development Studies, October 1997, 25(3), 279-300.

NOTES AND COMMENTS

Review article: "One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions and Economic Growth" by Dani Rodrik
Economic Journal, February 2009, Vol. 119, No. 535, F224-F230.
International income convergence. In K. A. Reinert, R. S. Rajan, A. J. Glass and L. S. Davis (eds.)
The Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy, Princeton University Press, 2008.
Balanced growth In S. N. Durlauf and L. E. Blume (eds.)
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (second edition), Palgrave Macmillan, May 2008.
Discussion of Chamon, Mauro and Okawa, Mass car ownership in the emerging market giants.
Economic Policy, April 2008, 54, 286-288.
Discussion of Inklaar, Timmer and van Ark, Market services productivity across Europe and the US.
Economic Policy, January 2008, 53, 175-177.
Discussion of Easterly, Are aid agencies improving?
Economic Policy, October 2007, 52, 673-675.
Discussion of Fabrizio and Mody, Can budget institutions counteract fiscal indiscipline?
Economic Policy, October 2006, 48, 728-730.
Education and economic growth.
in Economic Growth and Government Policy. HM Treasury, April 2001.
A positive effect of human capital on growth
Economics Letters, October 1999, 65(1), 131-134.
Central bank independence and inflation: good news and bad news
Economics Letters, November 1998, 61(2), 215-219.
Openness and TFP growth: comments and new directions. In J. Proudman and S. Redding (eds.)
Openness and growth. Bank of England, 1998.