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1.

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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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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Citation 261

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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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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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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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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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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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Citation 41

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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Citation 238

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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

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 - Harvard 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 - Harvard 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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Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth

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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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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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Citation 141

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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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Citation 141

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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, affiliation not provided to SSRN and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

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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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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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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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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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40.

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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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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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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Citation 301

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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New York University - Department of Economics

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