Department of Economics

Research and Publications

In progress
Articles in newspapers, magazines, etc.
Published (selected recent papers, only abstracts for published papers)
Various
Links
Working Papers

In progress

With Dominic Rohner and Mathias Thoenig. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 8741.
This version: December 2011. First version: April 2011.
With Dominic Rohner and Mathias Thoenig. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 8352.
This version: April 2011.
With Gino Gancia and Andreas Mueller. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 8254.
This version: February 2011.
With Zhen Song and Kjetil Storesletten. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 8738.
This version: November 2011.
See also A previous (longer) version, 22.06.2009, (PDF, 418 KB) , with Technical Appendix
With Michael König and Jan Lorenz.
This version: January 2012. First version: March 2011.

Articles in newspapers, magazines, etc.

"China wird künftig normalere Wachstumsraten haben"
UZH News, 30.11.2011.
(in German) Finanz und Wirtschaft, November 26, 2011, Nr.94: Page 32.
Feast of Thoughts
A panel discussion with Economists from U.S., Europe, Japan-Korea, and China, about the different Economic development modes in the respective four areas. Broadcasted on CCTV-2, 19 Sep 2010.
A is for academics with an advantage
Mark Armstrong. Times Online, 20 May 2010.
The “real” causes of China’s trade surplus
With Zheng Song and Kjetil Storesletten. VoxEU.org, 2 May 2010.
(in German) Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, November 11, 2009, Nr.47: Page 36.
"Child Labour: Is International Activism the Solution or the Problem?"
With Matthias Doepke. VoxEU.org, October 12, 2009.
See also the New York Times Freakonomics Blog Entry.
(in German) Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Oktober 28./29., 2006, Nr.251: Page 31.
(in German) Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (by Rainer Hank), December 23, 2007, Nr. 51: Page 31. For the background material discussed in this newspaper article, see my articles: `Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren' 75 Years after: A Global Perspective., Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism.

Published (selected recent papers, only abstracts for published papers)

With Zheng Song and Kjetil Storesletten. American Economic Review 101 (February 2011): 202–241. See also a recent REVIEW of this article.
With Daron Acemoglu and Gino Gancia. September 2010. revised version, (first version, April 2010)
Forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Theory .
"Distance to Technology Frontier and European Economic Growth."
Forthcoming in Paul Messerli, Rainer Schwinges, Thomas Schmid (eds.) "Entwicklungsmodell Europa. Entstehung, Ausbreitung und Herausforderung durch die Globalisierung" (pp. 87-100). Forum für Universität und Gesellschaft Universität Bern. VDF Hochschulverlag AG an der ETH Zürich
With Matthias Doepke. Journal of Economic Growth, 2010, 15(1) pp. 1-37.
With Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion and Rachel Griffith. Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8 (5).
With Matthias Doepke. Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7 (2-3), pp. 508-518.
With Gino Gancia. Annual Review of Economics, 2009, 1, pp. 93-120.
Preferences as Human Capital: Rational Choice Theories of Endogenous Preferences and Socioeconomic Changes. With Maria Saez-Marti. Finnish Economic Papers, 2008, 21 (2), pp. 81-94.
Economic Growth through the Development Process, CESifo Economic Studies, 2008, 54 (3), pp. 325-357.
"`Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren' 75 Years after: A Global Perspective." in Revisiting Keynes: Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren, 2008, Chapter 2, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (eds. Lorenzo Pecchi and Gustavo Piga). The volume includes contributions from leading economists including Nobel Laureates Edmund Phelps, Robert Solow, Joseph Stiglitz.
With John Hassler, Per Krusell and Kjetil Storesletten. Journal of Monetary Economics, 2007, 122 (4), pp. 1759-1799.
With Philippe Aghion, Robin Burgess, and Steve Redding. American Economic Review, 2008, 98 (4), pp. 1397-1412.
See also the working paper version:
With Matthias Doepke. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123 (2), pp.747-793.
See also
With Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Claire Lelarge and John Van Reenen. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122(4), pp.1759-1799.
See also
With John Hassler and Kjetil Storesletten. Journal of Economic Theory, 2007, 133(1), pp.127-151.
With Daron Acemoglu and Philippe Aghion. Journal of the European Economic Association, 2006, 4(1), pp.37-74.
With Matthias Doepke. American Economic Review, 2005, 95(5), pp.1492-1524.
See also:
(i) a recent REVIEW of this article,
(ii) With Matthias Doepke. Useful for teaching purposes. October 2007.
"Horizontal Innovation in the Theory of Growth and Development." With Gino Gancia. In Handbook of Economic Growth, 2005, volume 1A, Chapter 3, North Holland.
With John Hassler, Per Krusell and Kjetil Storesletten. Journal of Monetary Economics, 2005, 52(7), pp.1331-1358.
See also
With Matthias Doepke. Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, 3(2-3) pp.516-24.
With Philippe Aghion, Robin Burgess and Steve Redding. Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, 3(2-3), pp.291-302.
With John Hassler, José V. Rodriguez Mora, and Kjetil Storesletten. International Economic Review, 2005, 46(1) pp.263-303.
With John Hassler, José V. Rodriguez Mora, and Kjetil Storesletten. American Economic Review, 2003, 93(1) pp.87-112.
With Daron Acemoglu. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001, 115(3), pp.563-606.

More information and references to other published articles is available from my

Review of Economic Dynamics Newsletter (Volume 7, Issue 1, November 2005) has published a profile of my recent research on political economy and macroeconomics, where I discuss articles published in 2005 (or forthcoming) in the American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Monetary Economics, International Economic Review and Journal of the European Economic Association. Some research in progress is also discussed.
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Various

International Research Fellow, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London
International Research Fellow, Institute of World Economics, Kiel
Research Fellow, CEPR
Elected Board Member, European Economic Association.

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