James A. Robinson (Harvard University)
James A. Robinson (born 1960) is a British economist and political scientist. Since 2004, he has been Professor of Government at Harvard University.
Life
Robinson studied economics at the London School of Economics (BSc), the University of Warwick (MA) and Yale University (PhD). His main research interests are in comparative economic and political development with a focus on the long-run with a particular interest in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2004, he was appointed Professor of Government at Harvard, with his chair being named David Florence Professor of Government in 2009.
Publications
- Alice Amsden; Alisa De Caprio; James A. Robinson (2012). The Role of Elites in Economic Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-965903-6.
- Daron Acemoğlu; James A. Robinson (2012). Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty. New York: Crown Business. ISBN 978-0307719218.
- James A. Robinson; Jared Diamond, eds. (2010). Natural Experiments of History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-03557-7.
- James A. Robinson; Daron Acemoğlu (2006). Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-67142-6.
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