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Ben Jones

Ben Jones

Associate Professor

Management & Strategy

Ph.D., MIT, 2003
M.Phil., Oxford University, 1997
BSE, Princeton University, 1995

 
Publications and Working Papers
 


The Knowledge Trap: Human Capital and Development, Reconsidered
June 2008 (NBER Working Paper #14138)
Abstract / Paper

Temperature Shocks and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half-Century
with Melissa Dell and Ben Olken
November 2008 (NBER Working Paper #14132)
Abstract / Paper

Climate Shocks and Exports
with Ben Olken
December 2009
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, forthcoming
Paper / Data

Age and Great Invention
Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2010
Abstract / Paper

National Leadership and Economic Growth
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, September 2009
Abstract / Paper

Hit or Miss? The Effect of Assassinations on Institutions and War
with Ben Olken
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, July 2009
Abstract / Paper / Data and Programs

Temperature and Income: Reconciling New Cross-Sectional and Panel Estimates
with Melissa Dell and Ben Olken
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2009
Paper / Online Appendix

The Burden of Knowledge and the Death of the Renaissance Man: Is Innovation Getting Harder?
Review of Economic Studies, January 2009
Abstract / Paper

Multi-University Research Teams: Shifting Geography and Social Stratification in Science
with Stefan Wuchty and Brian Uzzi
Science, November 2008
Abstract / Paper / Supplementary Materials

The Anatomy of Start-Stop Growth
with Ben Olken
Review of Economics and Statistics, August 2008
Abstract / Paper / Longer Working Paper

The Increasing Dominance of Teams in the Production of Knowledge
with Stefan Wuchty and Brian Uzzi
Science, May 2007
Abstract / Paper / Supplementary Materials

Do Leaders Matter? National Leadership and Growth Since World War II
with Ben Olken
Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 2005
Abstract / Paper

 

   

Projects

 


"Human Capital and the Division of Labor"

"Age Dynamics in Scientific Creativity"
(with Bruce Weinberg)

"International Research Collaborations"
(with Brian Uzzi and Stefan Wuchty)

"Multidisciplinary Teams"
(with Brian Uzzi and Mike Stringer)

"Government Expertise"

"Climate and Ideas"

"Trade and Ideas"

"Network Goods and the Macroeconomy"
(with Shane Greenstein and Scott Stern)

"Logical Regression"

   
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