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working paper version)
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Click here if you want to get the income
distribution data by country estimated in this paper. These is one excel
file per country. Each excel file contains the distribution for all years
between 1970 and 2000. The name of the file is Summers-Heston's country code
and country name (ie, 1AGO is Angola, etc).
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Competitiveness Report, Global Economic Forum 2004.
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Nigeria" (with Arvind Subramanian), NBER Working Paper June 2003.
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(with Elsa V. Artadi), mimeo Columbia University, May 2003, forthcoming, the
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(joint with Sanket Mohapatra), mimeo Columbia University, November
2002.
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World", January 2002. In Europe and Globalization,edited
by Henryk Kierzkowski Palgrave McMillan, London. Invited Lecture in honor of
the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Graduate Institute of
International Studies in Geneva, June 2002.
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Growth Competitiveness Index: Analyzing Key Underpinnings of Economic Growth",
(with Jennifer Blanke and Fiona Paua), Global Competitiveness
Report of the World Economic Forum, 2003.
"Addressing the Natural Resources Curse: An Illustration from
Nigeria" (with Arvind Subramanian), NBER Working Paper June 2003.
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(with Elsa V. Artadi), mimeo Columbia University, May 2003, forthcoming, the
African Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum,
March
2004.
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the Arab World" (with Elsa V. Artadi), the Arab
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2002.
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(with Robert J. Barro), Journal of the Japanese and International Economies,
#6, 312-346, December 1992. (PDF
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Nouriel Roubini), Journal of Development Economics #39, p. 5-30,
July 1992. (parts, but not all, of this paper appear in the NBER working paper # 3876
entitled "Financial Development, the Trade Regime and Economic Growth", October
1991.) (PDF copy of the
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- "Convergence", (with Robert J. Barro), Journal
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copy of the working paper).
- "Growth, Macroeconomics, and Development: Comment",
Stanley Fischer's paper in O. J. Blanchard and S. Fischer editors, "1991
Macroeconomics Annual", M.I.T. press, November 1991.
- "Convergence Across States and Regions", (with
Robert J. Barro), Brookings Papers of Economic Activity, 1991:1,
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Economy, Growth, and Business Cycles" M.I.T. Press, 1992.
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University, 1990
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"The Global Competitiveness Index (with Elsa V. Artadi), Global
Competitiveness Report, Global Economic Forum 2004.
-
"The
Growth Competitiveness Index: Analyzing Key Underpinnings of Economic Growth",
(with Jennifer Blanke and Fiona Paua), Global Competitiveness
Report of the World Economic Forum, 2003.
"Executive
Summary of the Global Competitiveness Report", Global
Competitiveness Report ,World Economic Forum, 2003"
- "Addressing the Natural Resources Curse: An Illustration from
Nigeria" (with Arvind Subramanian), NBER Working Paper June 2003.
"The Economic Tragedy of the XXth Century: Growth in Africa"
(with Elsa V. Artadi), mimeo Columbia University, May 2003, forthcoming, the
African Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum,
March
2004.
"15 Years of
Growth Economics: What Have we Learnt?", Forthcoming in The
Challenges of Economic Growth, Ed. Norman Loaiza, Central Bank of Chile,
2002. (note that this paper is
also listed in the section "Empirical Growth and Convergence")
- "Technological Diffusion, Convergence, and Growth",
(with Robert J. Barro), Journal of Economic Growth, Vol. 2, No.
1, 1997. (PDF copy of the working paper
version).
- "A Positive Theory of Social Security" Journal
of Economic Growth, Vol 1, #2, June 1996, 277-304 (PDF
copy of the working paper)
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paper circulated under the name "Public Welfare and Growth", Yale Economic
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vol. 44, No 1, pp.81-102, 1997.
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Growth" (with Robert J. Barro and N. Gregory Mankiw), American
Economic Review, vol. 85, #1, pp.103-115, March 1995. (PDF
copy of the working paper)
- "Quality Improvements in Models of Growth" (with
Robert J. Barro), NBER Working Paper #4610, January 1994. (PDFcopy
of the working paper)
- "Transitional Dynamics in Two-Sector Models of Endogenous
Growth", (with Casey B. Mulligan), Quarterly Journal of Economics,
August 1993. (PDF copy of the working paper).
- "Public Finance in Models of Economic Growth", (with
Robert J. Barro), Review of Economic Studies, #59, p. 645-661,
November 1992. (PDF copy of the working paper).
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Literature and the Neoclassical Model" NBER working paper # 3563 , December 1990.
(PDF Copy)
- "Lecture Notes on Economic Growth (II): Five Prototype Models
of Endogenous Growth". NBER working paper #3564, December 1990. (PDF
Copy)
Human Capital
and Investment
- "Measuring Aggregate Human Capital" (with Casey
Mulligan), NBER Working Paper #5016, February 1995. (PDF
copy of the working paper version). Journal
of Economic Growth, 2000.
- "A Labor-Income-Based measure of the Aggregate Value of Human
Capital" (with Casey B. Mulligan), Journal of Japan and the World
Economy, 1996. (PDF
copy of
the working paper version).
"Transitional Dynamics in Two-Sector Models of Endogenous
Growth", (with Casey B. Mulligan), Quarterly Journal of Economics,
August 1993. (This paper is also listed in "Growth Theory, Technology and
Technological Diffusion"). (Click Here for a PDF file)
- "Internal and External Adjustment Costs in the Theory of Fixed
Investment" , mimeo Yale University, February 1991.
Public Finance,
Political Economy, and Social
Security
"Do Democracies
Have Different Public Policies than Nondemocracies?" (with Casey
Mulligan and Ricard Gil), Journal of Economic Perspectives,
Winter 2004..
"Social Security, Retirement and the Single-Mindedness of the
Electorate" (with Casey Mulligan), NBER Working Paper, May 2003.
"The World Distribution of Income", mimeo Columbia University
April 2002 (this paper is also listed in the section "Poverty and
Income Inequality")
"The Disturbing 'Rise' of Global Income Inequality" NBER WP
8904, April 2002 (this paper is also listed in the section "Poverty and
Income Inequality")
"The Myth of Exploding Income Inequality in Europe and the World",
January 2002. In Europe and Globalization,edited by Henryk
Kierzkowski. Palgrave McMillan, London. Invited Lecture in honor of the 75th
anniversary of the establishment of the Graduate Institute of International
Studies in Geneva, June 2002. (this paper is also listed in "Empirical
Growth and Convergence).
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"Social
Security and Democracy" (with Casey Mulligan and Ricard Gil), mimeo
Columbia University, June 2002.
"The World Distribution of Income", mimeo Columbia University
April 2002 (this paper is also listed in the section "Poverty and
Income Inequality")
"The Disturbing 'Rise' of Global Income Inequality" NBER WP
8904, April 2002 (this paper is also listed in the section "Poverty and
Income Inequality")
"The Myth of Exploding Income Inequality in Europe and the World",
January 2002. In Europe and Globalization,edited by Henryk
Kierzkowski. Palgrave McMillan, London. Invited Lecture in honor of the 75th
anniversary of the establishment of the Graduate Institute of International
Studies in Geneva, June 2002. (this paper is also listed in "Empirical
Growth and Convergence).
- "A Political Economy Theory of Social Security and Retirement", (with Elsa V.
Artadi), June 2000.
- "A Probabilistic-Voting Theory of Gerontocracy, Retirement, and Social
Security" (with Casey Mulligan), December 1999.
- "Leisure, Single-Mindedness, and Politics" (with
Casey Mulligan), Mimeo Columbia University, September 1999
- "Social Security in Theory and Practice (I): Facts and
Political Theories" (with Casey Mulligan), NBER Working Paper 7118,
May 1999 (PDF file).
Forthcoming in "Advances in Economics Analysis" (2002),
BEpress Journals.
- "Social Security in Theory and Practice (II): Efficiency
Theories, Narrative Theories, and Implications for Reform" (with Casey Mulligan),
NBER Working Paper 7119, May 1999. (PDF file).
Forthcoming in "Advances in Economics Analysis" (2002),
BEpress Journals.
- "Gerontocracy, Retirement, and Social Security" (with
Casey B. Mulligan), NBER Working Paper 7117, May 1999. (PDF file).
"Transfers,
Social Safety Nets, and Growth" (this paper circulated under the name
"Public Welfare and Growth", Yale Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper,
September 1992). IMF Staff Papers, vol. 44, No 1, pp.81-102,
1997 . (This paper is also listed in "Growth Theory, Technology and Technological
Diffusion")
- "Foreign Money and The Optimal Taxation of Money " (with Casey Mulligan),
mimeo, Columbia University, November 1996.
- "The Optimum Quantity of Money: Theory and Evidence" (with
Casey Mulligan), Journal of Money Credit and Banking, November
1997. (PDF copy of the working paper
version).
- "Too Much Government" , Barcelona Management Review,
September-December 1996, #3, pp. 74-81.
"A Positive Theory
of Social Security". Journal of Economic Growth, Vol 1,
#2, June 1996, 277-304. (This paper is also listed in "Growth Theory, Technology and
Technological Diffusion")
- "GESO versus Yale: A Simple Theory of Subsidies", Yale
Business and Economics Review (this is a magazine of the Yale Community.)
"Public Finance in Models of Economic Growth", (with
Robert J. Barro), Review of Economic Studies, #59, p. 645-661,
November 1992. (This paper is also listed in "Growth Theory, Technology and
Technological Diffusion" .
- "The Timing of Government Spending in a Dynamic Model of
Imperfect Competition", Yale Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper, August
1991.
Money and Inflation
- "Extensive Margins and the Demand for Money at Low Interest
Rates" (with Casey Mulligan), Journal of Political Economy, vol
108, 5, 1003-33, October 2000
"The Optimum Quantity
of Money: Theory and Evidence" (with Casey Mulligan), Journal of
Money Credit and Banking, November 1997 (note that this paper is also listed
in the section "Public Finance").
"Foreign Money and The Optimal Taxation of Money "
(with Casey Mulligan), mimeo, Columbia University, November 1996. (note that this paper is
also listed in the section "Public Finance")
- "The Adoption Costs of Financial Technologies: Implications
for Monetary Policy" (with Casey Mulligan), NBER Working Paper 5504, March 1996.
(PDF copy of the working paper
version).
- "A Growth Model of Inflation, Tax Evasion, and Financial
Repression", (with Nouriel Roubini) , Journal of Monetary Economics,
vol. 35,#2, 275-302, April 1995. (PDF
copy of the working paper)
- "U.S. Money Demand: Surprising Cross-Sectional
Estimates", (with Casey B. Mulligan), Brookings Papers of Economic
Activity, 1992 II, P. 285-329.
International Economics
- "Fiscal Federalism and Optimum Currency Areas: Evidence for
Europe from the United States", in M. B. Canzoneri, V. Grilli and P. R. Masson
editors, "Establishing a Central Bank: Issues in Europe and Lessons from the
U.S.", Cambridge University Press, 1992. (PDF
version of the working paper)
- "World Real Interest Rates", (with Robert J. Barro)
in O. J. Blanchard and S. Fischer editors "1990 NBER Macroeconomics
Annual", M.I.T. Press, 1990.
Health and Population Economics
- "Unhealthy People are Poor People...And
Vice Versa", keynote address at the European Conference on Health
Economics of the International Health Economics Association, Paris, July
2002.
- " Health Investment Complementarities Under Competing Risks"
(with Will Dow, and Thomas Philipson). American Economic Review,
Vol. 89, Number 5, pp.1358-71, December 1999. (PDF
copy with the working paper version). This
paper was awarded the 2000 Kenneth J. Arrow Award
by the International Health Economics Organization.
- "European Migration: Push and Pull, comment",
Proceedings of the World Bank Annual Conference on Development Economics,
1995. Reprinted in International Regional Science Review,
January 1996.
- "Tetanus, Death, and Aerobics: The evaluation of
disease-specific health policies", (with Will Dow, Jessica Holmes, and Thomas
Philipson), mimeo Yale University, June 1995.
Papers written in Other Languages
In Catalan
- "Catalanisme
Obert al Segle XXI: L'Economia", conference Presented at the
Meeting of the Fundació Catalunya Oberta, NOvember 23, 2001.
- "El
Món Després de l'11 de Setembre: Un Món Incert", keynote speech
for the annual meetings of the Catalan Economic Association, November 22,
2001.
- "Vuit Prediccions
per al Segle XX", published in the second issue of "La
Bugadera" (a magazine that comes out ONCE EVERY ONE HUNDRED YEARS!),
2002.
- "Independècia de Catalunya: La Viabilitat Econòmica",
Omnium Cultural, 1998.
- "Distribució Òptima de la Despesa Pública entre les Comunitats Autònomes",
Publicacions de la Generalitat de Catalunya, May 1997.
- "Massa Govern", Barcelona Management Review,
September-December 1996, #3, pp. 74-81.
- "Macroeconomia als Estats Units: Els Fets", (with Jordi Gali), Revista
Economica de Catalunya, April 1988.
- "Estabilitzacio, Dollars I Deficits", (with Jordi Gali), Revista
Economica de Catalunya, April 1988.
- "Macroeconomia als Estats Units: Les Idees", (with Jordi Gali), Revista
Economica de Catalunya, April 1988.
In Spanish
- "Somos el Presente", acceptance speech of Premio Juan Carlos I de
Economia given to the best economist of Spain and Latin America, November
2004.
- "La Riqueza de las Regiones", Moneda y Credito,
Madrid, Spain, July 1994.
- "La Reforma de las Pensiones en España: Comentario" Moneda
y Credito, Madrid, Spain, July 1997
- "The Effects of EMU on the Spanish Business Cycle: A
Comment", Comment on Antonio Fatas's paper with the same title. Published by
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, 1999.