Political Science Quarterly
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James A. Robinson is associate professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Recent publications include the co-authored articles “Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution,” Quarterly Journal of Economics 118; “A Theory of Political Transitions,” American Economic Review 91; and “Inefficient Redistribution,...
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