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Workshop Doctor Honoris Causa Daron Acemoglu Workshop by the Doctor Honoris Causa Daron Acemoglu - Demographics and Robots
No full textL'École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay remettra le 6 octobre prochain à Daron Acemoglu (Professor, MIT) le titre de Docteur Honoris Causa. En l'honneur de cet événement, l'ENS Paris-Saclay et le laboratoire CREST/ENS Paris-Saclay proposent le samedi 7/10/2017 un workshop en présence de D. Acemoglu qui interviendra sur le thème Demographics and Robots
Daron Acemoglu: 2005 John Bates Clark Medalist
No full textDaron Acemoglu, winner of the 2005 John Bates Clark Medal, uses theoretical and empirical analysis to tackle critical issues in a variety of fields in economics, including labor economics, macroeconomics, and political economy. His unparalleled combination of originality, thoroughness, and prolificacy has propelled him to the frontier of each field that he has explored. The Clark medal committee notes that "his work is always motivated by real-world questions that arise when facts are difficult to reconcile with existing theory." Daron focuses on a core set of questions and uses the best tools available to answer them. What determines the accumulation of human capital both during formal schooling and on the job? How do the implications of labor market frictions depend on the information available to job searchers? How do economic incentives affect the type of technological change that we observe? Why are there such enormous differences in output per worker and total factor productivity across countries?
Explaining the ‘Great Divergence’
No full textDaron Acemoglu is Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In this interview he discusses with Brian Snowdon some of his recent research findings that confirm the key role played by ‘good’ and ‘bad’ institutions in determining the economic performance of countries. He shares his views on a wide range of subjects including economic history, growth theory, the role of institutions and geography in explaining growth and development, the influence of trade on growth, global inequality, and political economy perspectives on economic development.
Teoría del libro: ¿por qué fracasan los países?, De los autores daron acemoglu & james a. Robinson
Full text linkDaron Acemoglu es turco, profesor de economía, distinguido por sus paortes al conocimiento económico mundial. Desde muy joven sus principales intereses han sido temas como el crecimiento económico, la política, el apoyo a la legalización de la marihuana, la desigualdad salarial, entre otros
Die ökonomischen Nobelpreisträger 2024: Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson und James A. Robinson
No full textDieser Beitrag erläutert die Forschungsbeiträge, für die Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson und James A. Robinson im Jahr 2024 mit dem Nobel-Gedächtnispreis für Wirtschaftswissenschaften ausgezeichnet wurden. Gewürdigt werden erstens ihre empirischen Untersuchungen zur Unterscheidung zwischen inklusiven und extraktiven Institutionen mitsamt ihren Auswirkungen auf den wirtschaftlichen Wohlstand sowie zweitens ihr theoretischer Interpretationsrahmen für die polit-ökonomische Logik institutionellen Wandels.This article discusses the research contributions for which Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2024. This article honours, firstly, their empirical studies on the distinction between inclusive and extractive institutions and the according effects on economic prosperity, and secondly, their theoretical interpretative framework for the politico-economic logic of institutional change
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Inequality and Institutions: A Review Essay on Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
Full text linkA Review Essay on Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (Random House, 2012
Resenha ”“ Why nations fail: the origins of power, prosperity, and poverty Daron, Acemoglu; Robinson, James A.
No full textEm Why nations fail: the origens of power, prosperity and poverty, os economistas Daron Acemoglu, do Massachussetts Institute of Technology, e James Robinson, da Universidade de Harvard, buscam explicar o processo de desenvolvimento ou estagnação das nações. Ao logo dos 15 capítulos da obra, os autores discorrem sobre países em diferentes continentes, relatando aspectos de sua formação histórica e institucional, fatores como colonização, geografia, disputas internas e revoluções, para explicar o porquê do momento atual dessas localidades. Â
In Praise of ‘general laws’ of Capitalism: Notes from a Debate with Daron Acemoglu
No full textThis essay develops the topics of a debate between Daron Acemoglu and Emiliano Brancaccio hosted by the Feltrinelli Foundation in June 2021. Acemoglu argues that Marx’s and his epigon Piketty’s attempts to unveil ‘general laws of capitalism’ are doomed to failure as they neglect institutions’ heterogeneity and their dynamics. Acemoglu provides historical and empirical evidence in support of the idea that such ‘laws’ are denied by ‘counterfactuals’. In this paper, we criticize Acemoglu’s epistemological view by arguing that the dynamics of institutions could strengthen general ‘laws’ rather than defeat them. We also show that Acemoglu empirical results can be overturned: a revision of his tests shows that Piketty’s law and the Marxian law of capital centralization find support in the empirical analysis. It is therefore appropriate to continue the investigation about the relevance of these ‘laws’, also for their possible implications on the future of liberal-democratic capitalism
Institutions, history, antagonisms, and development: the contributions of Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson
Full text linkThe 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson, “for studies on how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.” This article reviews the laureates’ work, emphasizing how their big picture approach to long-run development and their broad analytical perspective blending history, economic theory based on class antagonisms, case studies, and an effort to move beyond correlations towards identifying causal effects have enriched and transformed the approach of shedding light on the old inquiry on the deep drivers of prosperity. I then discuss the vast subsequent research on the impact and origins of institutions and historical development, which has brought novel insights about the deep drivers of prosperity, testing old influential conjectures and expanding the set of questions. With authoritarianism on the rise and constitutional checks and balances challenged, the lessons from history and the new insights of this research agenda appear more topical than ever
Co-ordination and public administration in a global economy — A Hungarian point of view
Full text linkThe purpose of social co-ordination mechanisms is to co-ordinate the activities of individuals and organisations specialised in the distribution of work. The paper reviews five basic types of mechanisms: market, bureaucratic, ethical, aggressive and co-operative co-ordination. Today’s world operates on the basis of a duality: international cooperation is based on nation states, in which the public administrations work according to bureaucratic coordination. However, the increasingly globalised market responds to the logic of market coordination. The article argues that in terms of understanding the working of public administration, the various coordination mechanisms are of crucial importance, especially where various mechanisms meet, such as the relationship between nation states and multinational corporations
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