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2024 Prize in Economic Sciences

Nobel Prize 2018

On October 14th, the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2024 was awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity".*

This year’s Nobel Laureates didn’t achieve their breakthroughs overnight. Below you can read, share, and download a selection of their research that’s published across Springer Nature’s journals and books. Read the story of this year’s Laureates in Economic Sciences.

*The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024 - NobelPrize.org.

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Publications by Daron Acemoglu

Articles

Matching, Heterogeneity, and the Evolution of Income Distribution. Published in:  Journal of Economic Growth 

Opinion Dynamics and Learning in Social Networks. Published in:  Dynamic Games and Applications 

Systemic credit freezes in financial lending networks. Published in: Mathematics and Financial Economics

Information Accumulation in Development. Published in: Journal of Economic Growth Rents and economic development: the perspective of Why Nations Fail. Published in: Public Choice  

Book chapters

Growth and Institutions. 
In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics		Capitalism.
In: Economic Ideas You Should Forget

growth and institutions. 

In: Economic Growth

Publications by Simon Johnson

Articles

Private Sector Development in Poland: Shock Therapy and Starting Over. Published in: Comparative Economic Studies

Privatizing Russia. Published in: Comparative Economic Studies Did Socialism Fail in Poland? Published in: Comparative Economic Studies 
Prospects for Sustained Growth in Africa: Benchmarking the Constraints. Published: IMF Economic Review Escaping the Under-Reform Trap. Published in: IMF Economic Review 

Publications by James Robinson

Articles

Enclaves and Development: An Empirical Assessment. Published in: Studies in Comparative International Development From current-day Russia to Porfirio’s Mexico. Published in: Studies in Comparative International Development Social identity, inequality and conflict. Published in: Economics of Governance 
Rents and economic development: the perspective of Why Nations Fail. Published in: Public Choice  

Book chapters

Local and Provincial Elections in Taiwan: Appraising Steps in Democratization. In: Comparative Democratization and Peaceful Change in Single-Party-Dominant CountriesDie Suche nach Informationen und Alternativen in simulierten Krisen. In: 
Simulation internationaler Prozesse

Social identity, inequality and conflict. In: Conflict and Governance

Paths to Inclusive Political Institutions. In: Economic History of Warfare and State Formation

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