Leopoldo Fergusson
Personal Details
First Name: | Leopoldo |
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Last Name: | Fergusson |
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RePEc Short-ID: | pfe176 |
http://economia.uniandes.edu.co/fergusson | |
Twitter: | @leopoldotweets |
Terminal Degree: | 2011 Economics Department; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (from RePEc Genealogy) |
Affiliation
(50%) Centro de Estudios Sobre Desarrollo Económico (CEDE)
Facultad de Economía
Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá, Colombiahttps://economia.uniandes.edu.co/centros-de-investigacion/cede
339-4949
332-4492
339-4949
RePEc:edi:ceandco (more details at EDIRC)
(50%) Facultad de Economía
Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá, Colombiahttp://economia.uniandes.edu.co/
339-4949
332-4492
Carrera 1 No 18A-70, Bloque C, Bogota
RePEc:edi:feandco (more details at EDIRC)
Research output
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- Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos A. Molina & James A. Robinson, 2020.
"The Weak State Trap,"
NBER Working Papers
26848, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos A. Molina & James A. Robinson, 2020. "The Weak State Trap," Documentos CEDE 018248, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Horacio Larreguy & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2020.
"Political Competition and State Capacity Evidence from a Land Allocation Program in Mexico,"
Documentos CEDE
018181, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Horacio Larreguy & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2018. "Political Competition and State Capacity: Evidence from a Land Allocation Program in Mexico," Documentos de Trabajo LACEA 016517, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA.
- Ana Arjona & Leopoldo Fergusson & Natalia Garbiras Díaz & Juana García Duque & Tatiana Hiller & Lewis Polo & Michael Weintraub, 2020. "Actitudes de exintegrantes de las Farc–EP frente a la reincorporación," Documentos CEDE 018247, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Daniela Collazos & Leopoldo Fergusson & Miguel La Rota & Daniel Mejía & Daniel Ortega, 2020.
"CSI in the tropics Experimental evidence of improved public service delivery through coordination,"
Documentos CEDE
018206, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Daniela Collazos & Leopoldo Fergusson & Miguel La Rota & Daniel Mejía & Daniel Ortega, 2020. "CSI in the tropics: Experimental evidence of improved public service delivery through coordination," Documentos de Trabajo LACEA 018215, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan Felipe Riaño & B.K. Song, 2020.
"Media, Secret Ballot and Democratization in the US,"
Documentos de Trabajo LACEA
018252, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan Felipe Riaño & B.K. Song, 2020. "Media, Secret Ballot and Democratization in the US," Documentos CEDE 018229, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Santiago Saavedra & Juan Vargas, 2020.
"The perils of misusing remote sensing data. The case of forest cover,"
Documentos CEDE
018151, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Santiago Saavedra & Juan F. Vargas, 2020. "The perils of misusing remote sensing data: The case of forest cover," Documentos de Trabajo LACEA 018152, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA.
- Fergusson, L & Saavedra, S & Vargas, J. F, 2020. "The perils of misusing remote sensing data: The case of forest cover," Documentos de Trabajo 018153, Universidad del Rosario.
- Fergusson, Leopoldo & Saavedra, Santiago & Vargas, Juan F., 2020. "The perils of misusing remote sensing data: The case of forest cover," Working papers 41, Red Investigadores de Economía.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos Molina, 2019.
"Facebook Causes Protests,"
Documentos CEDE
018002, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos Molina, 2020. "Facebook Causes Protests," Documentos de Trabajo LACEA 018004, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Tatiana Hiller & Ana María Ibáñez & Andrés Moya, 2018. "¿Cómo nos reconciliamos? El papel de la violencia, la participación social y política, y el Estado en las actitudes frente a la reconciliación," Documentos CEDE 016948, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Tatiana Hiller & Ana María Ibáñez, 2018. "Growth and inclusion trajectories of Colombian functional territories," Documentos CEDE 016947, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Daron Acemoglu & Leopoldo Fergusson & Simon Johnson, 2017. "Population and Civil War," NBER Working Papers 23322, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos Molina & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2017.
"I evade taxes, and so what? A new database and evidence from Colombia,"
Documentos CEDE
015444, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos Molina & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2019. "Consumers as VAT “Evaders”: Incidence, Social Bias, and Correlates in Colombia," Economía Journal, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA, vol. 0(Spring 20), pages 21-67, April.
- Leopoldo Fergusson, 2017.
"Who wants violence? The political economy of conflict and state building in Colombia,"
Documentos CEDE
015890, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson, 2019. "Who wants violence? The political economy of conflict and state building in Colombia," Revista Cuadernos de Economía, Universidad Nacional de Colombia -FCE - CID, vol. 38(78), pages 671-700, November.
- Francisco Eslava & Leopoldo Fergusson & Andrés Moya, 2017. "Politics and reconciliation: A critical juncture for state building," Documentos CEDE 015896, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos Molina & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2017.
"I sell my vote, and so what? A new database and evidence from Colombia,"
Documentos CEDE
015443, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos Molina & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2018. "I Sell My Vote, and So What? Incidence, Social Bias, and Correlates of Clientelism in Colombia," Economía Journal, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA, vol. 0(Fall 2018), pages 181-218, November.
- Francisco Eslava & Leopoldo Fergusson & Andrés Moya, 2017. "Política y Reconciliación: Una coyuntura crítica para la construcción de Estado," Documentos CEDE 015895, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos Molina & James A. Robinson & Juan F. Vargas, 2017. "The Long Shadow of the Past: Political Economy of Regional Inequality in Colombia," Documentos CEDE 015445, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Pablo Querubín & Nelson A. Ruiz & Juan F. Vargas, 2017. "The Real Winner's Curse," Documentos CEDE 015279, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Daron Acemoglu & Leopoldo Fergusson & James A. Robinson & Dario Romero & Juan F. Vargas, 2016.
"The Perils of High-Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia's False Positives,"
NBER Working Papers
22617, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Daron Acemoglu & Leopoldo Fergusson & James Robinson & Dario Romero & Juan F. Vargas, 2020. "The Perils of High-Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia's False Positives," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 12(3), pages 1-43, August.
- Fergusson, Leopoldo & Larreguy, Horacio & Riaño, Juan Felipe, 2015.
"Political constraints and state capacity: Evidence from a land allocation program in Mexico,"
Research Department working papers
764, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Horacio Larreguy & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2018. "Political Competition and State Capacity: Evidence from a Land Allocation Program in Mexico," Documentos de Trabajo LACEA 016517, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Ana María Ibáñez & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2015.
"Conflict, Educational Attainment and Structural Transformation: La Violencia in Colombia,"
Documentos CEDE
013880, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Ana María Ibáñez & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2020. "Conflict, Educational Attainment, and Structural Transformation: La Violencia in Colombia," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 69(1), pages 335-371.
- Paolo Buonanno & Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan F. Vargas, 2014.
"The Crime Kuznets Curve,"
Documentos CEDE
011012, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Paolo Buonanno & Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan Fernando Vargas, 2014. "The crime kuznets curve," Documentos de Trabajo 011083, Universidad del Rosario.
- Paolo Buonanno & Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan Fernando Vargas, 2014. "The crime kuznets curve," Borradores de Investigación 011043, Universidad del Rosario.
- Juan Fernando Vargas & Leopoldo Fergusson & Dario Romero, 2014.
"The Environmental Impact of Civil Conflict: The Deforestation Effect of Paramilitary Expansion In Colombia,"
Documentos de Trabajo
012158, Universidad del Rosario.
- Fergusson, Leopoldo & Romero, Dario & Vargas, Juan Fernando, 2014. "The environmental impact of civil conflict: The deforestation effect of paramilitary expansion in Colombia," Documentos CEDE Series 209328, Universidad de Los Andes, Economics Department.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Dario Romero & Juan F. Vargas, 2014. "The environmental impact of civil conflict: The deforestation effect of paramilitary expansion in Colombia," Documentos CEDE 012225, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergussony Dario Romeroz Juan F. Vargas, 2013. "The environmental impact of civil conflict The deforestation effect of paramilitary expansion in Colombia," Working Papers 201359, Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program, revised Dec 2013.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan F. Vargas, 2013.
"Don't make war, make elections: Franchise extension and violence in XIXth-century Colombia,"
Documentos de Trabajo
010545, Universidad del Rosario.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan F. Vargas, 2013. "Don't Make War, Make Elections. Franchise Extension and Violence in XIXth-Century Colombia," Documentos CEDE 010584, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan F. Vargas & Mauricio A. Vela, 2013.
"Sunlight disinfects? Free media in weak democracies,"
Documentos de Trabajo
010484, Universidad del Rosario.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan F. Vargas & Mauricio A. Vela, 2013. "Sunlight Disinfects? Free Media in Weak Democracies," Documentos CEDE 010487, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan F. Vargas & Mauricio A. Vela, 2018. "Sunlight Disinfects? Free Media in Weak Democracies," Documentos de Trabajo LACEA 016174, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA.
- Leopoldo Fergusson, 2012.
"The Political Economy of Rural Property Rights and the Persistence of the Dual Economy,"
Documentos CEDE
009797, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Fergusson, Leopoldo, 2013. "The political economy of rural property rights and the persistence of the dual economy," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 103(C), pages 167-181.
- Fergusson, Leopoldo, 2012. "The Political Economy of Rural Property Rights and the Persistence of the Dual Economy," Documentos CEDE Series 146455, Universidad de Los Andes, Economics Department.
- Leopoldo Fergusson, 2012.
"Media Markets, Special Interests, and Voters,"
Documentos CEDE
009796, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Fergusson, Leopoldo, 2014. "Media markets, special interests, and voters," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 109(C), pages 13-26.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & James A. Robinson & Ragnar Torvik & Juan F. Vargas, 2012.
"The Need for Enemies,"
NBER Working Papers
18313, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & James A. Robinson & Ragnar Torvik & Juan F. Vargas, 2016. "The Need for Enemies," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 126(593), pages 1018-1054, June.
- Raquel Bernal & Ximena Cadena & Adriana Camacho & Juan Camilo Cárdenas & Leopoldo Fergusson & Ana María Ibáñez, 2012. "Encuesta Longitudinal Colombiana de la Universidad de los Andes- ELCA 2013," Documentos CEDE 012340, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Isaías N. Chaves & Leopoldo Fergusson & James A. Robinson, 2009. "He Who Counts Elects: Determinants of Fraud in the 1922 Colombian Presidential Election," NBER Working Papers 15127, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Juan Carlos Echeverry & Leopoldo Fergusson & Pablo Querubín, 2005. "Budget Inflexibility," Documentos CEDE 002070, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Juan Carlos Echeverry & Leopoldo Fergusson & Pablo Querubin, 2004. "La Batalla Política Por El Presupuesto De La Nación: Inflexibilidades O Supervivencia Fiscal," Documentos CEDE 002944, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Mauricio Avella & Leopoldo Fergusson, 2004.
"El Ciclo Económico Enfoques e Ilustraciones Los Ciclos Económicos de Estados Unidos y Colombia,"
Borradores de Economia
284, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
- Mauricio Avella Gómez & Leopoldo Fergusson T., 2004. "El ciclo económico - Enfoques e ilustraciones - Los ciclos económicos de Estados Unidos y Colombia," BORRADORES DE ECONOMIA 002465, BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA.
- Juan Carlos Echeverry & Leopoldo Fergusson & Roberto Steiner & Camila Aguilar, 2003. "Determinants And Consequences Of Foreign In Debtedness In Colombian Firms," Documentos CEDE 002333, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson, 2003. "Tributación, Crecimiento Y Bienestar: El Caso Colombiano(1970-1999)," Documentos CEDE 003662, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Juan Carlos Echeverry & Roberto Steiner & Leopoldo Ferguson, "undated". "Hell, Heaven or Hedged: Debt Devaluation and Firm Investment in Colombia," DCBSLA Series 5, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
Articles
- Daron Acemoglu & Leopoldo Fergusson & James Robinson & Dario Romero & Juan F. Vargas, 2020.
"The Perils of High-Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia's False Positives,"
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 12(3), pages 1-43, August.
- Daron Acemoglu & Leopoldo Fergusson & James A. Robinson & Dario Romero & Juan F. Vargas, 2016. "The Perils of High-Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia's False Positives," NBER Working Papers 22617, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Ana María Ibáñez & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2020.
"Conflict, Educational Attainment, and Structural Transformation: La Violencia in Colombia,"
Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 69(1), pages 335-371.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Ana María Ibáñez & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2015. "Conflict, Educational Attainment and Structural Transformation: La Violencia in Colombia," Documentos CEDE 013880, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Daron Acemoglu & Leopoldo Fergusson & Simon Johnson, 2020. "Population and Conflict," Review of Economic Studies, Oxford University Press, vol. 87(4), pages 1565-1604.
- Leopoldo Fergusson, 2019.
"Who wants violence? The political economy of conflict and state building in Colombia,"
Revista Cuadernos de Economía, Universidad Nacional de Colombia -FCE - CID, vol. 38(78), pages 671-700, November.
- Leopoldo Fergusson, 2017. "Who wants violence? The political economy of conflict and state building in Colombia," Documentos CEDE 015890, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos Molina & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2019.
"Consumers as VAT “Evaders”: Incidence, Social Bias, and Correlates in Colombia,"
Economía Journal, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA, vol. 0(Spring 20), pages 21-67, April.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos Molina & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2017. "I evade taxes, and so what? A new database and evidence from Colombia," Documentos CEDE 015444, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos Molina & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2018.
"I Sell My Vote, and So What? Incidence, Social Bias, and Correlates of Clientelism in Colombia,"
Economía Journal, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA, vol. 0(Fall 2018), pages 181-218, November.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos Molina & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2017. "I sell my vote, and so what? A new database and evidence from Colombia," Documentos CEDE 015443, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & James A. Robinson & Ragnar Torvik & Juan F. Vargas, 2016.
"The Need for Enemies,"
Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 126(593), pages 1018-1054, June.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & James A. Robinson & Ragnar Torvik & Juan F. Vargas, 2012. "The Need for Enemies," NBER Working Papers 18313, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Leopoldo Fergusson, 2015. "El “efecto papaya” y la historia económica de Colombia," Tiempo y Economía, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, vol. 2(2), pages 106-110, December.
- Isaías Chaves & Leopoldo Fergusson & James A. Robinson, 2015. "He Who Counts Elects: Economic Elites, Political Elites, and Electoral Fraud," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(1), pages 124-159, March.
- Fergusson, Leopoldo, 2014. "Alexander J. Field. A Great Leap Forward: 1930s Depression and U.S. Economic Growth. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012. 400 pp. ISBN 9780300151091, $25.00 (paper)," Enterprise & Society, Cambridge University Press, vol. 15(1), pages 171-173, March.
- Fergusson, Leopoldo, 2014.
"Media markets, special interests, and voters,"
Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 109(C), pages 13-26.
- Leopoldo Fergusson, 2012. "Media Markets, Special Interests, and Voters," Documentos CEDE 009796, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Fergusson, Leopoldo, 2013.
"The political economy of rural property rights and the persistence of the dual economy,"
Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 103(C), pages 167-181.
- Fergusson, Leopoldo, 2012. "The Political Economy of Rural Property Rights and the Persistence of the Dual Economy," Documentos CEDE Series 146455, Universidad de Los Andes, Economics Department.
- Leopoldo Fergusson, 2012. "The Political Economy of Rural Property Rights and the Persistence of the Dual Economy," Documentos CEDE 009797, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
- Leopoldo Fergusson, 2006. "Institutions for Financial Development: What are they and where do they come from?," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 20(1), pages 27-70, February.
- Fergusson Leopoldo, 2003. "Impuestos, crecimiento económico y bienestar en Colombia (1970-1999)," Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE, September.
- Echeverry, Juan Carlos & Fergusson, Leopoldo & Steiner, Roberto & Aguilar, Camila, 2003. "'Dollar' debt in Colombian firms: are sinners punished during devaluations?," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 4(4), pages 417-449, December.
- Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan Fernando Vargas, 2003. "Dolarizar, flotar, callar," Revista Ecos de Economía, Universidad EAFIT, April.
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- NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (4) 2014-11-12 2014-12-03 2015-10-04 2020-05-18
- NEP-HIS: Business, Economic & Financial History (4) 2009-07-11 2013-03-09 2013-03-23 2017-04-23
- NEP-IUE: Informal & Underground Economics (3) 2012-07-23 2013-04-13 2020-08-17
- NEP-LAW: Law & Economics (3) 2016-09-18 2020-07-27 2020-07-27
- NEP-BIG: Big Data (2) 2020-05-18 2020-06-08
- NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (2) 2020-07-27 2020-07-27
- NEP-CUL: Cultural Economics (1) 2013-03-02
- NEP-HRM: Human Capital & Human Resource Management (1) 2020-07-27
- NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2017-04-23
- NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages (1) 2020-07-27
- NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (1) 2003-05-18
- NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (1) 2013-04-13
- NEP-SOC: Social Norms & Social Capital (1) 2020-03-23
- NEP-SOG: Sociology of Economics (1) 2016-09-18
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