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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, first published in 2012, is a book by economists Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, who jointly received the 2024 Nobel Economics Prize (alongside Simon Johnson) for their contribution in comparative studies of prosperity between nations.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 December 2024. Turkish-American economist (born 1967) Daron Acemoglu Acemoglu in 2016 Born Kamer Daron Acemoğlu (1967-09-03) September 3, 1967 (age 57) Istanbul, Turkey Citizenship Turkey and United States Spouse Asu Ozdaglar Academic career Field Political economy Economic growth Development ...
Early landmark studies include two studies by economists Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson in 2001 and 2002 that linked colonial institutions to variations in contemporary economic outcomes. [1] [7] [8] According to Alexandra Cirone and Thomas Pepinsky, there are typically five steps in persistence scholarship:
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Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson's work was criticized by historians and social scientists for inaccurately describing and analyzing history, neglecting the role of colonization in nation-building, and reflecting the insularity of economics as a discipline, among other critiques.
"The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development" is a 2001 article written by Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson and published in American Economic Review. It is considered a seminal contribution to development economics through its use of European settler mortality as an instrumental variable of institutional development in ...
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With Daron Acemoglu, he is the co-author of several books, including The Narrow Corridor, Why Nations Fail, and Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. [6] In 2024, Robinson, Acemoglu, and Simon Johnson were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their comparative studies on prosperity between nations.