Robert Bates

Harvard University - Department of Government

Eaton Professor of the Science of Government

1737 Cambridge Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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A Global Model for Forecasting Political Instability

American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 190-208, January 2010, GMU School of Public Policy Research Paper No. 2010-09
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2010
Jack A. Goldstone, Robert Bates, David Epstein, Ted Robert Gurr, Michael B. Lustik, Monty G. Marshall, Jay Ulfelder and Mark Woodward
George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government, Harvard University - Department of Government, Columbia University - Department of Political Science, Independent, affiliation not provided to SSRN, George Mason University, School of Public Policy, Independent and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Forecasting, Instability, Revolution, Civil War, Democracy, Regimes

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Democratic Transitions

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 31 Jul 2006
David Epstein, Robert Bates, Jack A. Goldstone, Ida Kristensen and Sharyn O'Halloran
Columbia University - Department of Political Science, Harvard University - Department of Government, George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government, Columbia University and Columbia University - School of International & Public Affairs
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development, modernization, polical economy

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Political Predation and Economic Development

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Political Predation and Economic Development

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 29 Mar 2005
Bruno Biais, Robert Bates and Jean-Paul Azam
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Harvard University - Department of Government and University of Toulouse I - Advanced Research in Quantitative Applied Development Economics (ARQADE)
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political risk, economic development, two-sector economy, growth paths, markov chain, reputation

Political Predation and Economic Development

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5062
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 03 Aug 2005
Jean-Paul Azam, Robert Bates and Bruno Biais
University of Toulouse I - Advanced Research in Quantitative Applied Development Economics (ARQADE), Harvard University - Department of Government and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
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Political economy, political predation, reputation, economic development

Political Predation and Economic Development

Economics & Politics, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 255-277, July 2009
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 Jun 2009
Jean-Paul Azam, Robert Bates and Bruno Biais
University of Toulouse I - Advanced Research in Quantitative Applied Development Economics (ARQADE), Harvard University - Department of Government and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
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Lost Decades: Lessons from Post-Independence Latin America for Today's Africa

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Lost Decades: Lessons from Post-Independence Latin America for Today's Africa

NBER Working Paper No. w12610
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2022
Robert Bates, John H. Coatsworth and Jeffrey G. Williamson
Harvard University - Department of Government, Harvard University - Department of History and Harvard University - Department of Economics, Laird Bell Professor of Economics, Emeritus
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Lost Decades: Lessons from Post-Independence Latin America for Today's Africa

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5932
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 03 Jan 2007
Robert Bates, John H. Coatsworth and Jeffrey G. Williamson
Harvard University - Department of Government, Harvard University - Department of History and Harvard University - Department of Economics, Laird Bell Professor of Economics, Emeritus
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Lost decades, Africa, Latin America, development, economic history

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Income and Democracy: Lipset's Law Revisited

IMF Working Paper No. 12/295
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Feb 2013
Anke Hoeffler, Robert Bates and Ghada Fayad
University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Harvard University - Department of Government and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Development, Economic models, Income, Political economy, cross-section dependence, democracy, dynamic panel data, parameter heterogeneity

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Evolution of Risk and Political Regimes

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2017
Maria Petrova and Robert Bates
Institute for Political Economy and Governance, Barcelona and Harvard University - Department of Government

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State Failure

Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 11, June 2008
Posted: 06 Jun 2008
Robert Bates
Harvard University - Department of Government

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civil war, ethnicity, democracy

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Institutions, Governance and Economic Development in Africa: An Overview

Journal of African Economies, Vol. 15, Issue 1, pp. 1-9, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Anke Hoeffler, Augustin Fosu and Robert Bates
University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), United Nations - Economic Commission for Africa and Harvard University - Department of Government

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Institutions and Development

Journal of African Economies, Vol. 15, AERC Supplement 1, pp. 10-61, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Robert Bates
Harvard University - Department of Government

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