PoliticalEconomicsIII,2015 ThePoliticalEconomicsofDevelopmentClusters TorstenPersson Syllabus Fourlecturesofthecoursewillbedevotedtothistopic.Theywillbebasedonmy bookwithTimBesley: Besley,TimothyandTorstenPersson,2011,PillarsofProsperity:ThePolitical EconomicsofDevelopmentClusters,PrincetonUniversityPress, andalargenumberofthepaperscitedtherein,allavailableonthewebsite http://www.pillarsofprosperity.info Someadditionalreadings,notcitedinthebook,are Acemoglu,Daron,FranciscoGallegoandJamesRobinson,2014,“Institutions,human capital,anddevelopment”,AnnualReviewofEconomics6,875‐912. AcemogluDaron,CamiloGarcia‐JimenoandJamesRobinson,2014,“Statecapacity andeconomicdevelopment:Anetworkapproach”,AmericanEconomicReview, forthcoming. Aghion,Philippe,TorstenPerssonandDorotheeRouzet,2014,“Educationand militaryrivalry”,mimeoIIES. Banerjee,AbhijitandEstherDuflo,2014,“Underthethumbofhistory:Political institutionsandthescopeforaction”,AnnualReviewofEconomics6,951‐971. Besley,TimothyandTorstenPersson,2013,“Taxationanddevelopment”,Chapter2 inAuerbach,A,R.Chetty,M.Feldstein,andE.Saez(eds.)HandbookofPublic Economics. Besley,TimothyandTorstenPersson,2014,“Thecausesandconsequencesof developmentclusters:Statecapacity,peaceandincome”,AnnualReviewof Economics6,927‐949. Besley,TimothyandTorstenPersson,2014,“Whydodevelopingcountriestaxso little?”,JournalofEconomicPerspectives28,99‐120. Besley,Timothy,TorstenPersson,andMartaReynal‐Querol,2014,“Resilient leadersandinstitutionalreform:Theoryandevidence”,mimeo,IIES. Gennaioli,NicolaandHans‐JoachimVoth,2014,“Statecapacityandmilitary conflict”,ReviewofEconomicStudies,forthcoming. Karaman,KivcetandSevketPamuk,2013,“Differentpathstothemodernstatein Europe:Theinteractionbetweenwarfare,economicstructureandpolitical regime”,AmericanPoliticalScienceReview107,600‐626. Stasavage,David,2011,StatesofCredit,PrincetonUniversityPress. Anexcellentpopularandnon‐formalizedbackgroundtomanyoftheissues discussedinthecourseis Acemoglu,DaronandJamesRobinson,2012,WhyNationsFail:OriginsofPower, PovertyandProsperity,Crown. Courseplan ThelecturesinthispartwillfollowthestructureofPillarsandProsperity,roughlyas follows Wednesday,April1:Chapters1‐3 Wednesday,April8:Chapters3‐4 Wednesday,April15:Chapters4‐5 Wednesday,April22:Chapters6‐8
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