William Easterly
Impact in
- Development top 0.01%
- International Development and Aid
Papers in
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- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth 49
- Economic Growth and Productivity 42
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- Income, Poverty, and Inequality 24
- Co-authors
- Ross Levine (15 shared papers)Alberto Alesina (6 shared papers)Sérgio Rebelo (4 shared papers)Reza Baqir (2 shared papers)Sergio Kurlat (2 shared papers)Romain Wacziarg (2 shared papers)Devashish Mitra (1 shared paper)Michael Bruno (5 shared papers)
- Journals
- Journal of Monetary Economics (6 papers)Journal of Economic Growth (6 papers)Journal of Development Economics (6 papers)World Development (5 papers)The World Bank Research Observer (5 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomFrance
In The Last Decade
William Easterly
180 papers receiving 22.3k citations
William Easterly's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 149
- Development 5.2k
- General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 5.6k
- Economics and Econometrics 13.4k
- Demography 4.8k
- Safety Research 2.9k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Africa's Growth Tragedy: Policies and Ethnic Divisions Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 3751 |
| 2 | Fractionalization Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 2602 |
| 3 | Public Goods and Ethnic Divisions Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 1724 |
| 4 | Fiscal policy and economic growth Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 1269 |
| 5 | Tropics, germs, and crops: how endowments influence economic development Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 1170 |
| 6 | The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 1010 |
| 7 | What have we learned from a decade of empirical research on growth? It's Not Factor Accumulation: Stylized Facts and Growth Models Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 956 |
| 8 | Can Foreign Aid Buy Growth? Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 700 |
| 9 | The White Man's Burden Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 684 |
| 10 | Aid, Policies, and Growth: Comment Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 605 |
| 11 | Inequality does cause underdevelopment: Insights from a new instrument Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 596 |
| 12 | Inflation crises and long-run growth Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 582 |
| 13 | Good policy or good luck? Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 414 |
| 14 | 2001 | 390 | |
| 15 | 2000 | 368 | |
| 16 | Africa's Growth Tragedy : Policies and Ethnic Divisions | 1996 | 354 |
| 17 | 2008 | 304 | |
| 18 | 2002 | 294 | |
| 19 | Shaken and Stirred: Explaining Growth Volatility Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 280 |
| 20 | 2002 | 275 |
About William Easterly
William Easterly is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Development, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Information Systems, having authored 192 papers that have together received 26.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include International Development and Aid (53 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (49 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (42 papers), Economic Growth and Development (29 papers), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (24 papers), Economic Theory and Policy (22 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (21 papers) and Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Development (5.2k citations), General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (5.6k citations), Economics and Econometrics (13.4k citations), Demography (4.8k citations) and Safety Research (2.9k citations). William Easterly has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include Ross Levine, Alberto Alesina, Sérgio Rebelo, Reza Baqir, Sergio Kurlat, Romain Wacziarg, Devashish Mitra, Michael Bruno, David Roodman and Stanley Fischer. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Development Economics, World Development and The World Bank Research Observer.
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