Discussions

This page includes my discussions of papers at various conferences and workshops.

• Justifying Dissent

  • by L. Bursztyn, G. Egorov, I. Haaland, A. Rao, and C. Roth

    • In Memory of Alberto Alesina, Scientific Conference, May 2022

• Kin-based Institutions and Economic Development

  • by D. Bahrami-Rad, J. Beauchamp, J. Schulz and J. Henrich

    • NBER Culture and Institutions, April 2022

• Festschrift in Honor of Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt, June 2021.

  • • Youtube Link - Discussion

• Gendered Language

  • by Pamela Jakiela and Owen Ozier

    • NBER PE, July 2019

• Ethnic Geography: Measurement and Evidence

  • by Roland Hodler, Michele Valsecchi and Alberto Vesperoni

    • University of Zurich, Workshop on Origins and Consequences of Group Identities

• The Geography of Linguistic Diversity and the Provision of Public Goods

  • by Klaus Desmet, Joseph Gomes, and Ignacio Ortuño-Ortin

    • NBER PE, April 2017

• Winter is Coming: The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict, 1400-1900 CE

  • by Murat Iyigun, Nancy Qian, and Nathan Nunn

    • NBER PE, November 2016

• The Evolution of Culture and Institutions: Evidence from the Kuba Kingdom

  • by Sara Lowes, Nathan Nunn, James A. Robinson and Jonathan Weigel

    • NBER Culture and Institutions, April 2016

• Ethnic Favoritism: An Axiom of Politics?

  • by Giacomo De Luca, Roland Hodler, Paul A. Raschky, Michele Valsecchi

    • NBER PE, July 2015

• Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone,

  • by Daron Acemoglu, Tristan Reed and James A. Robinson

    • UPenn Workshop on Political Economy, September 2013

• Homogeneity as a Pre-Condition for Democracy: The Influence of Religious Fragmentation on the Effect of Electoral Reforms on Public Goods in China

  • by Padro-i-Miquel, Qian and Yao

    • NBER PE, November 2012

• Forced Coexistence and Economic Development: Evidence from Native American Reservations,

  • by Dippel

    • NBER PE, November 2011

• Aiding Conflict: The Consequences of U.S. Food Aid on Civil War

  • by Qian and Nunn

    • NBER PE, July 2011

• Matching in Networks with Bilateral Contracts

  • by Hatfield and Kominers

    • Econometric Society - Denver, January 2011

• Neglected Risks, Financial Innovation and Financial Fragility

  • by Gennaioli, Schleifer and Vishny

    • Brown U. "Is modern finance wealth creating or wealth diverting?" - Dec. 2010

• Educational Quality and Development Accounting,

  • by Shoellman

    • Southern Economic Association Conference November 2010

• The Effect of Interventions to Reduce Fertility on Economic Growth.

  • by Ashraf, Weil and Wilde

    • NEUDC 2010

• Is God in the Details? A Reexamination of the Role of Religion in Economic Growth.

  • by Durlauf, Kourtellos and Tan

    • NEUDC 2009