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Leopoldo Fergusson

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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, Colombia
https://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, Colombia
http://economia.uniandes.edu.co/

339-4949
332-4492
Carrera 1 No 18A-70, Bloque C, Bogota
RePEc:edi:feandco (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos A. Molina & James A. Robinson, 2020. "The Weak State Trap," NBER Working Papers 26848, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos Molina, 2019. "Facebook Causes Protests," Documentos CEDE 018002, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
  8. 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.
  9. Leopoldo Fergusson & Tatiana Hiller & Ana María Ibáñez, 2018. "Growth and inclusion trajectories of Colombian functional territories," Documentos CEDE 016947, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
  10. Daron Acemoglu & Leopoldo Fergusson & Simon Johnson, 2017. "Population and Civil War," NBER Working Papers 23322, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  11. 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.
  12. Leopoldo Fergusson, 2017. "Who wants violence? The political economy of conflict and state building in Colombia," Documentos CEDE 015890, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
  13. Francisco Eslava & Leopoldo Fergusson & Andrés Moya, 2017. "Politics and reconciliation: A critical juncture for state building," Documentos CEDE 015896, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Leopoldo Fergusson & Pablo Querubín & Nelson A. Ruiz & Juan F. Vargas, 2017. "The Real Winner's Curse," Documentos CEDE 015279, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. Paolo Buonanno & Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan F. Vargas, 2014. "The Crime Kuznets Curve," Documentos CEDE 011012, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan F. Vargas & Mauricio A. Vela, 2013. "Sunlight disinfects? Free media in weak democracies," Documentos de Trabajo 010484, Universidad del Rosario.
  25. 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.
  26. Leopoldo Fergusson, 2012. "Media Markets, Special Interests, and Voters," Documentos CEDE 009796, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. Juan Carlos Echeverry & Leopoldo Fergusson & Pablo Querubín, 2005. "Budget Inflexibility," Documentos CEDE 002070, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. 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.
  34. Leopoldo Fergusson, 2003. "Tributación, Crecimiento Y Bienestar: El Caso Colombiano(1970-1999)," Documentos CEDE 003662, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE.
  35. 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Daron Acemoglu & Leopoldo Fergusson & Simon Johnson, 2020. "Population and Conflict," Review of Economic Studies, Oxford University Press, vol. 87(4), pages 1565-1604.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Fergusson, Leopoldo, 2014. "Media markets, special interests, and voters," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 109(C), pages 13-26.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Fergusson Leopoldo, 2003. "Impuestos, crecimiento económico y bienestar en Colombia (1970-1999)," Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, Universidad de los Andes - CEDE, September.
  15. 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.
  16. Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan Fernando Vargas, 2003. "Dolarizar, flotar, callar," Revista Ecos de Economía, Universidad EAFIT, April.

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  1. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (11) 2009-07-11 2012-07-23 2012-08-23 2013-03-02 2013-03-09 2013-03-23 2018-04-23 2018-09-03 2020-06-08 2020-07-27 2020-08-17. Author is listed
  2. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (10) 2009-07-11 2012-07-23 2012-08-23 2013-03-09 2013-03-23 2018-04-23 2018-09-03 2020-03-23 2020-06-08 2020-08-17. Author is listed
  3. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (7) 2014-11-12 2014-12-03 2015-10-04 2020-05-18 2020-05-18 2020-05-18 2020-06-08. Author is listed
  4. NEP-LAM: Central & South America (5) 2003-05-18 2013-03-02 2013-03-09 2013-03-23 2016-09-18. Author is listed
  5. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (4) 2014-11-12 2014-12-03 2015-10-04 2020-05-18
  6. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic & Financial History (4) 2009-07-11 2013-03-09 2013-03-23 2017-04-23
  7. NEP-IUE: Informal & Underground Economics (3) 2012-07-23 2013-04-13 2020-08-17
  8. NEP-LAW: Law & Economics (3) 2016-09-18 2020-07-27 2020-07-27
  9. NEP-BIG: Big Data (2) 2020-05-18 2020-06-08
  10. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (2) 2020-07-27 2020-07-27
  11. NEP-CUL: Cultural Economics (1) 2013-03-02
  12. NEP-HRM: Human Capital & Human Resource Management (1) 2020-07-27
  13. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2017-04-23
  14. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages (1) 2020-07-27
  15. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (1) 2003-05-18
  16. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (1) 2013-04-13
  17. NEP-SOC: Social Norms & Social Capital (1) 2020-03-23
  18. NEP-SOG: Sociology of Economics (1) 2016-09-18

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