Erik Meyersson

Assistant Professor, SITE, Stockholm School of Economics

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Research Interests

Political economics, development economics, economic history, and applied microeconomics

Working Papers

"Islamic Rule and the Emancipation of the Poor and Pious"
        Revise and Resubmit, Econometrica
        Non-technical press release (from my dissertation defense in Sep 2010)

"'For the Love of the Republic' - Education, Religion, and Empowerment in Turkey," joint with Selim Gulesci (coming soon)


Publications

"Institutions and Nonconvergence Traps," joint with Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt, in Aghion, Philippe and Peter Howitt, The Economics of Growth, MIT Press, 2009

"Religion, Politics, and Development - Essays in Development Economics and Political Economics," IIES Monograph Series no. 68, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University


Work in Progress


"The Rise of China and the Natural Resource Curse in Africa" (joint with Gerard Padró i Miquel and Nancy Qian)

"Islam, Development, and Inequality"



Erik Meyersson
SITE
Stockholm School of Economics
P.O. Box 6501
SE-113 83 Stockholm
Sweden

Tel. +46(0)8-7369686
Email: erik.meyersson@hhs.se

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