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Enrico Spolaore
Seth Merrin Chair and Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155, USA
Enrico Spolaore is the Seth Merrin Chair and Professor of Economics at Tufts and a Research Associate with the NBER. His research interests are in political economy, growth and development, and international economics.
NEW: Geopolitical Distance Data
Cultural Remittances and Modern Fertility, with Mickael Melki, Hillel Rapoport, and Romain Wacziarg
Barriers to Global Capital Allocation, with Bruno Pellegrino and Romain Wacziarg slides
The Economic Approach to Political Borders, prepared as chapter in Border Studies: A Multidisciplinary Approach, edited by Thomas M. Wilson, Edward Elgar Publishing. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Alberto Alesina. Vox EU Column: Understanding Borders and Conflict from an Economic Perspective
Article on European Integration (in French, Italian and Spanish), Le Grand Continent (Groupe d’études géopolitiques at the École normale supérieure).
Fertility_and Modernity with Romain Wacziarg, The Economic Journal. Media coverage: The Economist (2021); The Economist (2019); Economic Principals; LiveMint
Commanding Nature by Obeying Her, Journal of Economic Literature. Media coverage: The Economist; Economic Principals
The Poliotical Economy of Heterogeneity and Conflict with Romain Wacziarg, in Tibor Besedeš and Volker Nitsch (eds.), Disrupted Economic Relationships, MIT Press.
Ancestry and Development: New Evidence with Romain Wacziarg, Journal of Applied Econometrics. New Data.
War and Relatedness with Romain Wacziarg, Review of Economics and Statistics.
Ancestry, Language and Culture with Romain Wacziarg – in The Palgrave Handbook of Economics and Language, Victor Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber (eds.), Palgrave Macmillan. Cultural Distance Data.
The Political Economy of European Integration, in Handbook of the Economics of European Integration, H. Badinger and V. Nitsch (eds.), Routledge.
Culture and Economic Growth, The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, Edward Elgar.
MEDIA COVERAGE AND COLUMNS:
A Society’s Values and Beliefs Matter for the Economy, The Economist
Coverage of “Premio Due Torri d’Oro” (in Italian): Rovigo.italiani.it; Gazzettino1; Gazzettino2; La Voce di Rovigo
Catalonia and the Perils of Fiscal Redistribution, The Economist
Des Catalogne comme s’il en pleuvait (in French), Les Echos
Nelle crisi territoriali servono istituzioni flessibili (in Italian) with Alberto Alesina in Corriere della Sera
The Consensus Crumbles. The Economists Who Foresaw the Backlash Against Globalization, The Economist
What’s Happening with the Number and Size of Nations? with Alberto Alesina in E-International Relations
Monnet’s Chain Reaction and the Future of Europe in Vox
Ancestry and Culture with Romain Wacziarg in Vox
Goldilocks Nationalism, The Economist
OTHER SELECTED WORK (FOR MORE CLICK HERE):
What is European Integration Really About? A Political Guide for Economists, Journal of Economic Perspectives
How Deep Are the Roots of Economic Development? with Romain Wacziarg, Journal of Economic Literature
Long-Term Barriers to Economic Development with Romain Wacziarg, prepared for the Handbook of Economic Growth, vol. 3 (P. Aghion and S. Durlauf eds., North Holland-Elsevier), view the shorter version Long-Term Barriers to Growth, Vox – covered in Marginal Revolution and Mother Jones
IN RICORDO DI ALBERTO ALESINA:
In Memory of Alberto Alesina (1953-2020)
On the Number and Size of Nations
What’s happening with the number and size of nations?
Economic Integration and Political Disintegration
Trade, Growth and the Size of Countries
War, Peace, and the Size of Countries
Conflict, Defense Spending, and the Number of Nations
DATA:
Cultural Distance Data – if you use them, please cite E. Spolaore and R. Wacziarg, Ancestry, Language and Culture, in Victor Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Economics and Language, Chapter 7, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
New Genetic Distance Data. – if you use them, please cite E. Spolaore and R. Wacziarg, Ancestry and Development: New Evidence, September 2017.
Genetic Distance Data – if you use them, please cite E. Spolaore and R. Wacziarg, “The Diffusion of Development,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124 (2), 469-592, May 2009
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