William Easterly

New York University - Department of Economics

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Fractionalization

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Fractionalization

Harvard Institute Research Working Paper No. 1959
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 20 Jul 2002
Alberto F. Alesina, William Easterly, Arnaud Devleeschauwer, Sergio Kurlat and Romain T. Wacziarg
Harvard University - Department of Economics, New York University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, World Bank and UCLA Anderson School of Management
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Fractionalization

NBER Working Paper No. w9411
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 03 Jan 2003 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2010
Alberto F. Alesina, William Easterly, Arnaud Devleeschauwer, Sergio Kurlat and Romain T. Wacziarg
Harvard University - Department of Economics, New York University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, World Bank and UCLA Anderson School of Management
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The Effect of IMF and World Bank Programs on Poverty

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 08 Feb 2001
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Poverty reduction, structural adjustment, economic growth

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Where Does the Money Go? Best and Worst Practices in Foreign Aid

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 22, Number 2, Spring 2008
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 May 2012
William Easterly and Tobias Pfutze
New York University - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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It's Not Factor Accumulation: Stylized Facts and Growth Models

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 25 May 2001
William Easterly and Ross Levine
New York University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Economic Growth, Factor Accumulation, Total Factor Productivity, Increasing Returns

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New Data, New Doubts: Revisiting 'Aid, Policies, and Growth'

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New Data, New Doubts: Revisiting 'Aid, Policies, and Growth'

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 26
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 01 Oct 2003
William Easterly, Ross Levine and David Roodman
New York University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Center for Global Development
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foreign aid, growth, policy

New Data, New Doubts: A Comment on Burnside and Dollar's "Aid, Policies, and Growth" (2000)

NBER Working Paper No. w9846
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 21 Jul 2003 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2009
William Easterly, Ross Levine and David Roodman
New York University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Center for Global Development
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New Data, New Doubts: A Comment on Burnside and Dollar's 'Aid, Policies, and Growth' (2000)

American Economic Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 01 Oct 2003
William Easterly, Ross Levine and David Roodman
New York University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Center for Global Development

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foreign aid, growth, policy

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The Ghost of Financing Gap: How the Harrod-Domar Growth Model Still Haunts Development Economics

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1807
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 06 Jan 2005
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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How Did Highly Indebted Poor Countries Become Highly Indebted? Reviewing Two Decades of Debt Relief

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2225
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Nov 1999
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Can Institutions Resolve Ethnic Conflict?

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Can Institutions Resolve Ethnic Conflict?

Economic Development and Cultural Change
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 02 Jan 2001
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Growth, Economic Development, Political Economy, Institutions, Economic Policy, Ethnic Conflict, Genocide

Can Institutions Resolve Ethnic Conflict?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2482
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Feb 2005
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Was Development Assistance a Mistake?

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 29 May 2012
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Inflation and the Poor

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Inflation and the Poor

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2335
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Oct 2000
William Easterly and Stanley Fischer
New York University - Department of Economics and Bank of Israel
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Inflation and the Poor

Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking
Posted: 15 Oct 2000
William Easterly and Stanley Fischer
New York University - Department of Economics and Bank of Israel

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National Policies and Economic Growth: A Reappraisal

NYU Development Research Working Paper No. 1
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 28 Feb 2004
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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economic growth, economic development, national policies

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Africa's Growth Tragedy: A Retrospective, 1960-89

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1777
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
William Easterly and Ross Levine
New York University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Inequality Does Cause Underdevelopment: New Evidence

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 1
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2009
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Inequality Does Cause Underdevelopment

CGD Working Paper No. 1
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Jan 2006
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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An Identity Crisis? Examining IMF Financial Programming

NYU Development Research Institute No. 6
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Sep 2002
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Monetary policy, Fiscal Policy, Budget Deficits, Economic Growth, Balance of Payments

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Reliving the '50s: The Big Push, Poverty Traps, and Takeoffs in Economic Development

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Reliving the '50s: The Big Push, Poverty Traps, and Takeoffs in Economic Development

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 31 Mar 2008
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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economic development, foreign aid, poverty traps

Reliving the '50s: The Big Push, Poverty Traps, and Takeoffs in Economic Development

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 08 May 2007
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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economic development, poverty trap, foreign aid

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The Cartel of Good Intentions: Bureaucracy vs. Markets in Foreign Aid

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 4
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 12 Jul 2007
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Tropics, Germs, and Crops: How Endowments Influence Economic Development

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Tropics, Germs, and Crops: How Endowments Influence Economic Development

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 15
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 12 Aug 2002
William Easterly and Ross Levine
New York University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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economic development, geographic endowments, institutions

Tropics, Germs, and Crops: How Endowments Influence Economic Development

NBER Working Paper No. w9106
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Aug 2002 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2002
William Easterly and Ross Levine
New York University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Artificial States

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Artificial States

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2115, Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 100
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Mar 2006
Alberto F. Alesina, William Easterly and Janina Matuszeski
Harvard University - Department of Economics, New York University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Artificial States

NBER Working Paper No. w12328
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2010
Alberto F. Alesina, William Easterly and Janina Matuszeski
Harvard University - Department of Economics, New York University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Rhetoric versus Reality: The Best and Worst of Aid Agency Practices

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 25 May 2012
William Easterly and Claudia R. Williamson
New York University - Department of Economics and Mississippi State University
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Foreign Aid, Best Practices, Transparency, Bureaucracy, Incentives

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How the Millennium Development Goals are Unfair to Africa

World Development, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 26-35, 2009
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 25 May 2012
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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human development, millennium development goals, poverty, foreign aid, Africa

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Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth

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Citation 58

Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 94
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 Apr 2007
William Easterly, Jozef Ritzen and Michael Woolcock
New York University - Department of Economics, University of Maastricht and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Political institutions, social cohesion, poverty, economic policy

Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth

Economics & Politics, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 103-120, July 2006
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 21 Jun 2006
William Easterly, Jozef Ritzen and Michael Woolcock
New York University - Department of Economics, University of Maastricht and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Social Cohesion, Institutions and Growth

Economics and Politics, Forthcoming, NYU Development Research Institute Working Paper No. 17
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 06 Jul 2011
William Easterly, Josef Ritzen and Michael Woolcock
New York University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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The Effect of International Monetary Fund and World Bank Programs on Poverty

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2517
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Inflation Crises and Long-Run Growth

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Inflation Crises and Long-Run Growth

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1517
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 11 Nov 2004
William Easterly and Michael Bruno
New York University - Department of Economics and Hebrew University (Deceased)
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Inflation Crises and Long-Run Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w5209
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 13 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2010
William Easterly and Michael Bruno
New York University - Department of Economics and Hebrew University (Deceased)
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Inflation Crises and Long-Run Growth

Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 41, No. 1, February 1998
Posted: 23 Sep 1998
William Easterly and Michael Bruno
New York University - Department of Economics and Hebrew University (Deceased)

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What Did Structural Adjustment Adjust? The Association of Policies and Growth with Repeated IMF and World Bank Adjustment Loans

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What Did Structural Adjustment Adjust? The Association of Policies and Growth with Repeated IMF and World Bank Adjustment Loans

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 11
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Mar 2008
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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adjustment loan, IMF, World Bank, foreign aid

What Did Structural Adjustment Adjust?: The Association of Policies and Growth with Repeated IMF and World Bank Adjustment Loans

Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 76, No. 1, February 2005
Posted: 16 Apr 2005
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics

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Structural adjustment, Macroeconomic stability, National policies, Economic growth, World bank, IMF

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The Middle Class Consensus and Economic Development

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2346
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation

NBER Working Paper No. w4499
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 30 Aug 2000
William Easterly and Sergio T. Rebelo
New York University - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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Growth Implosions and Debt Explosions: Do Growth Slowdowns Cause Public Debt Crises?

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Jan 2001
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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fiscal policy, public debt, budget deficits, economic growth

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Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?

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Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?

NBER Working Paper No. w12657
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2010
Diego Comin, William Easterly and Erick Gong
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics, New York University - Department of Economics and Middlebury College
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Small States, Small Problems?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2139
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
William Easterly and Aart Kraay
New York University - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Design and Reform of Institutions in LDCs and Transition Economies Insitutions: Top Down or Bottom Up?

American Economic Review, Vol. 98, No. 2, p. 95, 2008
Posted: 26 May 2012
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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The Search for the Key: Aid, Investment, and Policies in Africa

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The Search for the Key: Aid, Investment, and Policies in Africa

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2070
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
William Easterly and David Dollar
New York University - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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The Search for the Key: Aid, Investment and Policies in Africa

Journal of African Economies, Vol. 8, Issue 4, pp. 546-577, 1999
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
William Easterly and David Dollar
New York University - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)

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The Big Push Déjà Vu

A Review of Jeffrey Sachs, The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, Penguin Press: New York, 2005, Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2006
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 29 May 2012
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Walking Up the Down Escalator: Public Investment and Fiscal Stability

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4158
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
William Easterly, Timothy C Irwin and Luis Servén
New York University - Department of Economics, Independent and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Public Sector Expenditure Analysis & Management, Public Sector Economics & Finance, Investment and Investment Climate, Economic Stabilization, Fiscal Adjustment

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Is Investment in Africa Too Low or Too High? Macro and Micro Evidence

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2519
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
William Easterly, Shantayanan Devarajan and Howard Pack
New York University - Department of Economics, World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region and University of Pennsylvania - Management Department
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The Power of Exports

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5081
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
William Easterly, Ariell Reshef and Julia M. Schwenkenberg
New York University - Department of Economics, Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers University, Newark
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Markets and Market Access, Economic Theory & Research, Access to Markets, Airports and Air Services, Tax Law

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How to Assess the Needs for Aid? The Answer: Don't Ask.

NYU Development Research Institute Working Paper No.18
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Jan 2006
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Empirics of Strategic Interdependence: The Case of the Racial Tipping Point

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Empirics of Strategic Interdependence: The Case of the Racial Tipping Point

NYU Development Research Working Paper No. 5
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Feb 2004
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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strategic interdependence, racial segregation, inequality, economic development

Empirics of Strategic Interdependence: The Case of the Racial Tipping Point

NBER Working Paper No. 15069
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 25 May 2012
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Empirics of Strategic Interdependence: The Case of the Racial Tipping Point

NBER Working Paper No. w15069
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 16 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2010
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Has Latin America's Post-Reform Growth Been Disappointing?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1708
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
William Easterly, Norman Loayza and Peter J. Montiel
New York University - Department of Economics, World Bank - Research Department and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 06 Oct 2008
Diego A. Comin, William Easterly and Erick Gong
Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit, New York University - Department of Economics and Middlebury College
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Technology adoption, technology history, economic development

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Life During Growth: International Evidence on Quality of Life and Per Capita Income

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2110
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Reliving the 50s: The Big Push, Poverty Traps, and Takeoffs in Economic Development

NYU Development Research Institute Working Paper No. 15
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Jan 2006
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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When is Fiscal Adjustment an Illusion?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2109
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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The European Origins of Economic Development

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The European Origins of Economic Development

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 12 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2014
William Easterly and Ross Levine
New York University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Institutions, Human Capital, Political Economy, Natural Resources

The European Origins of Economic Development

NBER Working Paper No. w18162
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 16 Jun 2012
William Easterly and Ross Levine
New York University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Public Goods and Ethnic Divisions

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Public Goods and Ethnic Divisions

NBER Working Paper No. w6009
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 13 Jul 2000
Alberto F. Alesina, William Easterly and Reza Baqir
Harvard University - Department of Economics, New York University - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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Public Goods and Ethnic Divisions

Posted: 13 Dec 1997
William Easterly, Alberto F. Alesina and Reza Baqir
New York University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department

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Good Policy or Good Luck? Country Growth Performance and Temporary Shocks

NBER Working Paper No. w4474
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 May 2004
William Easterly, Michael Kremer, Lant Pritchett and Lawrence H. Summers
New York University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University
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Development, Democracy, and Mass Killings

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Development, Democracy, and Mass Killings

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 93
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 29 Apr 2007
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Economic development, mass killings, genocide, democracy

Development, Democracy and Mass Killings

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5715
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 10 Aug 2006
William Easterly, Roberta Gatti and Sergio Kurlat
New York University - Department of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank
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Mass killings, democracy, growth

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Policy, Technology Adoption, and Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w4681
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Dec 2000
William Easterly, Robert G. King, Ross Levine and Sergio T. Rebelo
New York University - Department of Economics, Boston University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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Low Investment is Not the Constraint on African Development

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Low Investment is Not the Constraint on African Development

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 13
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Mar 2008
Shantayanan Devarajan, William Easterly and Howard Pack
World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region, New York University - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Management Department
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Africa, economic development, investment

Low Investment is Not the Constraint on African Development

Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 51, No. 3, April 2003
Posted: 24 Jan 2006
William Easterly, Shantayanan Devarajan and Howard Pack
New York University - Department of Economics, World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region and University of Pennsylvania - Management Department

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Growth Implosions, Debt Explosions, and My Aunt Marilyn: Do Growth Slowdowns Cause Public Debt Crises?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2531
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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NAFTA and Convergence in North America: High Expectations, Big Events, Little Time

Economía, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Fall, 2003), pp. 1-53
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 29 May 2012
William Easterly, Norbert M. Fiess and Daniel Lederman
New York University - Department of Economics, World Bank and World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region
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The Soviet Economic Decline: Historical and Republican Data

NBER Working Paper No. w4735
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 11 Jun 2000
William Easterly and Stanley Fischer
New York University - Department of Economics and Bank of Israel
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Can the West Save Africa?

NBER Working Paper No. w14363
Number of pages: 124 Posted: 28 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2010
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Policy Distortions, Size of Government, and Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w3214
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 25 Jun 2004
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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African Export Successes: Surprises, Stylized Facts, and Explanations

NBER Working Paper No. w16597
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 13 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2014
William Easterly and Ariell Reshef
New York University - Department of Economics and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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Leader Value Added: Assessing the Growth Contribution of Individual National Leaders

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Leader Value Added: Assessing the Growth Contribution of Individual National Leaders

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 9215
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2020
William Easterly and Steven Michael Pennings
New York University - Department of Economics and World Bank
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Leader Value Added: Assessing the Growth Contribution of Individual National Leaders

NBER Working Paper No. w27153
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 May 2020
William Easterly and Steven Pennings
New York University - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU)
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Redistributive Public Employment

NBER Working Paper No. w6746
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Oct 1998 Last Revised: 08 May 2000
Alberto F. Alesina, William Easterly and Reza Baqir
Harvard University - Department of Economics, New York University - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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Commercial Imperialism? Political Influence and Trade During the Cold War

NBER Working Paper No. w15981
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 May 2010 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2010
Daniel Berger, William Easterly, Nathan Nunn and Shanker Satyanath
New York University, New York University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics
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The Surprising Instability of Export Specializations

NBER Working Paper No. w22869
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 28 Nov 2016
Diego Daruich, William Easterly and Ariell Reshef
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics, New York University - Department of Economics and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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In Search of Reforms for Growth: New Stylized Facts on Policy and Growth Outcomes

NBER Working Paper No. w26318
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 30 Sep 2019
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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Inflation's Children: Tales of Crises that Beget Reforms

NBER Working Paper No. w5452
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 15 Sep 2000
William Easterly and Michael Bruno
New York University - Department of Economics and Hebrew University (Deceased)
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Superpower Interventions and Their Consequences for Democracy: An Empirical Inquiry

NBER Working Paper No. w13992
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 May 2008 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2010
William Easterly, Shanker Satyanath and Daniel Berger
New York University - Department of Economics, New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics and New York University
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Money Demand and Seignorage-Maximizing Inflation

Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Vol. 27, No. 2, 1995
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Oct 2017
William Easterly, Paolo Mauro and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
New York University - Department of Economics, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
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64.

Are Aid Agencies Improving?

Economic Policy, Vol. 22, No. 52, pp. 633-678, October 2007
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 Sep 2007
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics
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What Have We Learned from a Decade of Empirical Research on Growth? It's Not Factor Accumulation: Stylized Facts and Growth Models

World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 15, Issue 2, pp. 177-219, 2001
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
William Easterly and Ross Levine
New York University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

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66.

The Lost Decades: Explaining Developing Countries' Stagnation in Spite of Policy Reform 1980-1998

Journal of Economic Growth, Vol. 6, No. 2,pp. 135-157, June 2001
Posted: 24 Jan 2006
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics

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Economic growth, policy reforms, economic stagnation, debt crisis

67.

Do Crises Induce Reform? Simple Empirical Tests of Conventional Wisdom

Economics and Politics, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 129-158, July 2001
Posted: 24 Jan 2006
William Easterly and Allan Drazen
New York University - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - Department of Economics

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68.

The Cartel of Good Intentions: The Problem Bureaucracy in Foreign Aid

Journal of Policy Reform, pp. 1-28, 2003
Posted: 24 Jan 2006
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics

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69.

Can Foreign Aid Buy Growth?

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 17, No. 3, Summer 2003
Posted: 29 Sep 2003
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics

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Small States, Small Problems? Income, Growth, and Volatility in Small States

World Development, Vol. 28, No. 11, November 1, 2000
Posted: 24 Sep 2001
William Easterly and Aart Kraay
New York University - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

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The Ghost of Financing Gap: Testing the Growth Model Used in the International Financial Institutions

Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 60, Issue 2, December 1999
Posted: 24 Mar 2000
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics

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Life During Growth

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Life During Growth

Posted: 13 Apr 1998
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics

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Life During Growth

Journal of Economic Growth, Vol. 4, Issue 3, September 1999
Posted: 11 Dec 1999
William Easterly
New York University - Department of Economics

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Africa's Growth Tragedy: Policies and Ethnic Divisions

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Africa's Growth Tragedy: Policies and Ethnic Divisions

Posted: 06 Feb 1997
William Easterly, Ross Levine and Kari Labrie
New York University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and World Bank - Macroeconomics and Growth Division

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Africa's Growth Tragedy: Policies and Ethnic Divisions

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 112, Issue 4, November 1997
Posted: 18 May 1998
William Easterly and Ross Levine
New York University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

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