Nathan Nunn
Publications
"Relationship-Specificity, Incomplete Contracts and the Pattern of Trade," Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 122, No. 2, May 2007, pp. 569-600.
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"Historical Legacies: A Model Linking Africa's Past to its Current Underdevelopment," Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 83, No. 1, May 2007, pp. 157-175.
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"The Long Term Effects of Africa's Slave Trades," Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 123, No. 1, February 2008, pp. 139-176.
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"The Boundaries of the Multinational Firm: An Empirical Analysis" (with Daniel Trefler), E. Helpman, D. Marin, and T. Verdier (eds.), The Organization of Firms in a Global Economy, 2008, Harvard University Press, pp. 55-83.
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"Slavery, Inequality, and Economic Development in the Americas: An Examination of the Engerman-Sokoloff Hypothesis," E. Helpman (ed.), Institutions and Economic Performance, 2008, Harvard University Press, pp. 148-180.
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"The Importance of History for Economic Development", Annual Review of Economics, Vol.1, No. 1, September 2009, pp. 65-92.
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"Shackled to the Past: The Causes and Consequences of Africa's Slave Trade," forthcoming in Jared Diamond and James A. Robinson (eds.), Natural Experiments of History, 2010, Harvard University Press, pp. 142-184.
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"The Political Economy of Tariffs and Long-Term Growth" (with Daniel Trefler), American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, forthcoming.
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Working Papers
"The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa" (with Leonard Wantchekon), revision requested at the American Economic Review.
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"The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence from an Historical Experiment" (with Nancy Qian), revision requested at the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
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"Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa" (with Diego Puga)
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"A Model Explaining Simultaneous Payments of a Dowry and Bride-Price"
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"Domestic Knowledge Spillovers and Strategic Trade Policy"
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"The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas" (with Nancy Qian)
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"Commercial Imperialism? Political Influence and Trade During the Cold War" (with Daniel Berger, William Easterly, and Shanker Satyanath)
"On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough" (with Alberto Alesina and Paola Giuliano)
"Incomplete Contracts and the Boundaries of the Multinational Firm" (with Daniel Trefler)
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