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James A. Robinson

University of Nigeria ORCID

432

Works

57,969

Citations

80

h-index

194

i10-index

Research Topics

Culture, Economy, and Development Studies Corruption and Economic Development Income, Poverty, and Inequality

Affiliations

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research2009–2014

Northwestern University1958–1963

University of Southern California1997–1999

University of Nigeria2025–2025

University of Copenhagen2015–2015

Top Works

The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation

Daron Acemoğlu,Simon Johnson,et al.

20018,119 citations

Historical Economic and Social Studies

Political Conflict and Governance

The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply

Daron Acemoğlu,Simon Johnson,et al.

20126,140 citations

The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation

Daron Acemoğlu,Simon Johnson,et al.

20002,741 citations

Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution

Daron Acemoğlu,Simon Johnson,et al.

20022,695 citations

Chapter 6 Institutions as a Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth

Daron Acemoğlu,Simon Johnson,et al.

20052,287 citations

Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth

Daron Acemoğlu,Simon Johnson,et al.

20042,030 citations

Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality, and Growth in Historical Perspective

Daron Acemoğlu,James A. Robinson

20001,968 citations

The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth

Daron Acemoğlu,Simon Johnson,et al.

20051,771 citations

Political foundations of the resource curse

James A. Robinson,Ragnar Torvik,et al.

20061,619 citations