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Leopoldo Fergusson

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Terminal Degree:2011 Economics Department; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

(50%) Facultad de Economía
Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia
http://economia.uniandes.edu.co/
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(50%) Centro de Estudios Sobre Desarrollo Económico (CEDE)
Facultad de Economía
Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia
https://economia.uniandes.edu.co/centros-de-investigacion/cede
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Working papers

  1. Fergusson, Leopoldo & Guerra, José-Alberto & Robinson, James A., 2024. "Anti-social norms," Documentos CEDE 21159, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  2. Chiovelli, Giorgio & Fergusson, Leopoldo & Martínez, Luis R. & Torres, Juan David & Valencia Caicedo, Felipe, 2024. "Bourbon Reforms and State Capacity in the Spanish Empire," Documentos CEDE 21106, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  3. Fergusson, Leopoldo & Robinson, James & Torres, Santiago, 2024. "The Interaction of Economic and Political Inequality in Latin America," Documentos CEDE 21029, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  4. Leopoldo Fergusson & Javier Mejia & James A. Robinson & Santiago Torres, 2023. "Constitutions and Order: A Theory and Evidence from Colombia and the United States," NBER Working Papers 31501, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  5. Fergusson, Leopoldo & Mejía, Javier & Robinson, James A. & Torres, Santiago, 2023. "Constitutions and Order: A theory and comparative evidence from Colombia and the United States," Documentos CEDE 20815, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  6. Garbiras-Díaz, Natalia & Weintraub, Michael & Fergusson, Leopoldo & García, Juana & Balcells, Laia, 2023. "Do Third-Party Guarantors Reassure Foot Soldiers?," Documentos CEDE 20811, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  7. Leopoldo Fergusson & Arturo Harker & Carlos Molina & Juan Camilo Yamín, 2023. "Political incentives and corruption evidence from ghost students," Documentos CEDE 20732, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  8. Leopoldo Fergusson & Marc Hofstetter, 2022. "El sistema tributario colombiano: diagnóstico y propuestas de reforma," Documentos CEDE 20510, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  9. Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan Fernando Vargas, 2022. "Colombia: Democratic but violent?," Documentos CEDE 19937, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  10. Leopoldo Fergusson & Natalia Garbiras-Díaz & Juana García Duque & Cecilia Suescún Salazar & Michael Weintraub, 2022. "¿Cómo va la implementación del Acuerdo Final? Evidencia de una encuesta remota con exintegrantes de las Farc-EP," Documentos CEDE 20513, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  11. Leopoldo Fergusson & Natalia Garbiras-Díaz & Juana García Duque & Michael Lee Weintraub, 2022. "Participación de exintegrantes de las Farc-EP en programas de reincorporación: Evidencia tras 3 anos de atenciones," Documentos CEDE 20511, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  12. Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos Molina, 2021. "Facebook Causes Protests," Documentos CEDE 18002, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  13. 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 18206, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  14. Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan Felipe Riaño & B.K. Song, 2020. "Media, Secret Ballot and Democratization in the US," Documentos CEDE 18229, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  15. Leopoldo Fergusson & Horacio Larreguy & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2020. "Political Competition and State Capacity Evidence from a Land Allocation Program in Mexico," Documentos CEDE 18181, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  16. Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos A. Molina & James A. Robinson, 2020. "The Weak State Trap," Documentos CEDE 18248, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
    • Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos A. Molina & James A. Robinson, 2022. "The Weak State Trap," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 89(354), pages 293-331, April.
  17. Leopoldo Fergusson & Santiago Saavedra & Juan Vargas, 2020. "The perils of misusing remote sensing data. The case of forest cover," Documentos CEDE 18151, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  18. 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 18247, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  19. Fergusson, Leopoldo & Molina, Carlos & Riaño, Juan Felipe, 2019. "Consumers as VAT "evaders": incidence, social bias, and correlates in Colombia," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 123049, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  20. Leopoldo Fergusson & Tatiana Hiller & Ana María Ibáñez, 2018. "Growth and inclusion trajectories of Colombian functional territories," Documentos CEDE 16947, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  21. Fergusson, Leopoldo & Molina, Carlos & Riaño, Juan Felipe, 2018. "I sell my vote, and so what? Incidence, social bias, and correlates of clientelism in Colombia," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 123150, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  22. 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 16948, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  23. Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos Molina & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2017. "I evade taxes, and so what? A new database and evidence from Colombia," Documentos CEDE 15444, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  24. Leopoldo Fergusson & Pablo Querubín & Nelson A. Ruiz & Juan F. Vargas, 2017. "The Real Winner's Curse," Documentos CEDE 15279, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  25. Francisco Eslava & Leopoldo Fergusson & Andrés Moya, 2017. "Politics and reconciliation: A critical juncture for state building," Documentos CEDE 15896, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  26. Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos Molina & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2017. "I sell my vote, and so what? A new database and evidence from Colombia," Documentos CEDE 15443, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  27. Daron Acemoglu & Leopoldo Fergusson & Simon Johnson, 2017. "Population and Civil War," NBER Working Papers 23322, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  28. Leopoldo Fergusson, 2017. "Who wants violence? The political economy of conflict and state building in Colombia," Documentos CEDE 15890, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  29. Francisco Eslava & Leopoldo Fergusson & Andrés Moya, 2017. "Política y Reconciliación: Una coyuntura crítica para la construcción de Estado," Documentos CEDE 15895, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  30. 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 15445, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. Leopoldo Fergusson & Ana María Ibáñez & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2015. "Conflict, Educational Attainment and Structural Transformation: La Violencia in Colombia," Documentos CEDE 13880, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  34. Paolo Buonanno & Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan F. Vargas, 2014. "The Crime Kuznets Curve," Documentos CEDE 11012, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  35. Fergusson, Leopoldo & Romero, Dario & Vargas, Juan Fernando, 2014. "The environmental impact of civil conflict: The deforestation effect of paramilitary expansion in Colombia," Documentos CEDE Series 209328, Universidad de Los Andes, Economics Department.
  36. Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan F. Vargas & Mauricio A. Vela, 2013. "Sunlight Disinfects? Free Media in Weak Democracies," Documentos CEDE 10487, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  37. Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan F. Vargas, 2013. "Don't Make War, Make Elections. Franchise Extension and Violence in XIXth-Century Colombia," Documentos CEDE 10584, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  38. Juan F. Vargas & Leopoldo Fergusson, 2013. "Don’t Make War, Make Elections. Franchise Extension and Violence in XIXth-Century Colombia," Working Papers 313, Economic Research Southern Africa.
  39. 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.
  40. Fergusson, Leopoldo, 2012. "The Political Economy of Rural Property Rights and the Persistence of the Dual Economy," Documentos CEDE Series 146455, Universidad de Los Andes, Economics Department.
  41. 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 12340, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  42. Leopoldo Fergusson, 2012. "Media Markets, Special Interests, and Voters," Documentos CEDE 9796, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  43. 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.
  44. Juan Carlos Echeverry & Leopoldo Fergusson & Pablo Querubín, 2005. "Budget Inflexibility," Documentos CEDE 2070, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  45. Juan Carlos Echeverry & Leopoldo Fergusson & Pablo Querubin, 2004. "La Batalla Política Por El Presupuesto De La Nación: Inflexibilidades O Supervivencia Fiscal," Documentos CEDE 2944, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  46. 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.
  47. Juan Carlos Echeverry & Leopoldo Fergusson & Roberto Steiner & Camila Aguilar, 2003. "Determinants And Consequences Of Foreign In Debtedness In Colombian Firms," Documentos CEDE 2333, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  48. Leopoldo Fergusson, 2003. "Tributación, Crecimiento Y Bienestar: El Caso Colombiano(1970-1999)," Documentos CEDE 3662, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  49. 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. Leopoldo Fergusson & Horacio Larreguy & Juan Felipe Riaño, 2022. "Political Competition and State Capacity: Evidence from a Land Allocation Program in Mexico," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 132(648), pages 2815-2834.
  2. Leopoldo Fergusson & Carlos A. Molina & James A. Robinson, 2022. "The Weak State Trap," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 89(354), pages 293-331, April.
  3. Leopoldo Fergusson & Pablo Querubin & Nelson A. Ruiz & Juan F. Vargas, 2021. "The Real Winner's Curse," American Journal of Political Science, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 65(1), pages 52-68, January.
  4. Leopoldo Fergusson & Tatiana Hiller & Ana Maria Ibañez, 2020. "Growth and inclusion trajectories of Colombian functional territories," Sobre México. Revista de Economía, Sobre México. Temas en economía, vol. 1(1), pages 79-125.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Daron Acemoglu & Leopoldo Fergusson & Simon Johnson, 2020. "Population and Conflict," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 87(4), pages 1565-1604.
  8. 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.
  9. Leopoldo Fergusson, 2019. "Who wants violence? The political economy of conflict and state building in Colombia," Revista Cuadernos de Economia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, FCE, CID, vol. 38(78), pages 671-700, November.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Fergusson, Leopoldo, 2014. "Media markets, special interests, and voters," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 109(C), pages 13-26.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan Fernando Vargas, 2003. "Dolarizar, flotar, callar," Revista Ecos de Economía, Universidad EAFIT, April.
  20. Fergusson Leopoldo, 2003. "Impuestos, crecimiento económico y bienestar en Colombia (1970-1999)," Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, Universidad de los Andes,Facultad de Economía, CEDE, September.

Chapters

  1. Leopoldo Fergusson & Juan F. Vargas, 2023. "Colombia: Democratic but Violent?," Springer Books, in: Felipe Valencia Caicedo (ed.), Roots of Underdevelopment, pages 285-316, Springer.

Books

  1. Kiguel, Miguel A. & Levy Yeyati, Eduardo & Galindo, Arturo & Panizza, Ugo & Miller, Margaret & Rojas-Suárez, Liliana & Bebczuk, Ricardo N. & López-de-Silanes, Florencio & Bernal, Olver & Auerbach, Pau, 2005. "Unlocking Credit: The Quest for Deep and Stable Bank Lending. Economic and Social Progress in Latin America. 2005 Report," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 416, November.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 41 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (17) 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 2022-01-24 2022-02-21 2022-02-28 2023-05-15 2024-03-11 2024-04-01. Author is listed
  2. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (11) 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 2022-02-28. Author is listed
  3. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (9) 2009-07-11 2013-03-09 2013-03-23 2017-04-23 2022-01-24 2022-01-31 2023-08-28 2023-09-11 2024-04-22. Author is listed
  4. NEP-LAM: Central and South America (8) 2003-05-18 2013-03-02 2013-03-09 2013-03-23 2016-09-18 2022-01-31 2024-03-11 2024-04-01. Author is listed
  5. 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
  6. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (5) 2020-07-27 2020-07-27 2022-07-18 2024-08-19 2024-08-26. Author is listed
  7. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (4) 2014-11-12 2014-12-03 2015-10-04 2020-05-18
  8. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (4) 2016-09-18 2020-07-27 2020-07-27 2022-07-18
  9. NEP-DEV: Development (3) 2024-03-11 2024-03-18 2024-04-01
  10. NEP-IUE: Informal and Underground Economics (3) 2012-07-23 2013-04-13 2020-08-17
  11. NEP-BIG: Big Data (2) 2020-05-18 2020-06-08
  12. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (2) 2024-08-19 2024-08-26
  13. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (2) 2020-07-27 2023-05-15
  14. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (2) 2020-03-23 2024-08-26
  15. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (2) 2024-03-18 2024-04-22
  16. NEP-CUL: Cultural Economics (1) 2013-03-02
  17. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (1) 2022-07-18
  18. NEP-FIN: Finance (1) 2003-05-18
  19. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (1) 2020-07-27
  20. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2017-04-23
  21. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty (1) 2024-03-11
  22. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (1) 2003-05-18
  23. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (1) 2013-04-13
  24. NEP-SOG: Sociology of Economics (1) 2016-09-18

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