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 Trades", Jared Diamond and James A. Robinson (eds.), Natural Experiments of History, 2010, Harvard University Press, pp. 142-184.
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"Religious Conversion in Colonial Africa," American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 100, No. 2, May 2010, pp. 147-152.
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"The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas," (with Nancy Qian), Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 24, No. 2, Spring 2010, pp. 163-188.
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"The Structure of Tariffs and Long-Term Growth," (with Daniel Trefler), American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Vol. 2, No. 4, October 2010, pp. 158-194.
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"The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence from a Historical Experiment," (with Nancy Qian), Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 126, No. 2, May 2011, pp. 593-650.
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"Fertility and the Plough," (with Alberto Alesina and Paola Giuliano) American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 101, No. 3, May 2011, 499-503.
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"The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa," (with Leonard Wantchekon), American Economic Review, Vol. 101, No. 7, December 2011, 3221-3252.
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"Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa," (with Diego Puga), Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 94, No. 1, February 2012, 20-36.
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"Culture and the Historical Process," Economic History of Developing Regions, Vol. 27, 2012, S108-S126.
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"Commercial Imperialism? Political Influence and Trade During the Cold War," (with Daniel Berger, William Easterly, and Shanker Satyanath), American Economic Review, forthcoming.
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"Incomplete Contracts and the Boundaries of the Multinational Firm," (with Daniel Trefler), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, forthcoming.
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"On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough," (with Alberto Alesina and Paola Giuliano), Quarterly Journal of Economics, forthcoming.
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"Gender and Missionary Influence in Colonial Africa," forthcoming in Africa's Development in Historical Perspective, Emmanuel Akyeampong, Robert Bates, Nathan Nunn and James A. Robinson (eds). Cambridge University Press.
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"The Transmission of Democracy: From the Village to the Nation-State," (with Paola Giuliano) American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 103, No. 3, May 2013, forthcoming.
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Working Papers

"Aiding Conflict: The Impact of U.S. Food Aid on Civil War" (with Nancy Qian), revision requested, American Economic Review.
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"Historical Persistence," prepared for the Hanbook of Economic Growth.
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"Domestic Institutions as a Source of Comparative Advanage," (with Daniel Trefler), prepared for the Hanbook of International Trade.
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"A Model Explaining Simultaneous Payments of a Dowry and Bride-Price"
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