Research Interests

• Economic Growth and Development

News

• Will the “Committee on Improvements to the Publications Process in Economics” improve things? Here is my thread on X on that question
• My rant about the editorial/refereeing process in economics on Twitter

(here is a pdf version if you aren't on Twitter)

• The Microfinance Disappointment

New experimental results supporting the main prediction of my paper with Dagmara Celik, Alexey Khazanov, Zvika Neeman, and Hosny Zoabi are now included in the working paper. Here is a short (~1500 words) article describing the paperLink opens in a new window, and here is the full paper: Why Not Borrow, Invest, and Escape Poverty?

• Explaining the origin of the state - JPE, April 2022

My paper with Joram Mayshar and Luigi Pascali: The Origin of the State: Productivity or Appropriability? is now published by the Journal of Political Economy

A brief illustration on econimate

A short video, produced by the University of Warwick, explaining the paper's main contribution

An article in Newsweek Magazine; An article in the Washington Post; A column in the FT

and many other

• The Neolithic Origin of Differences in Life Expectancy

Rafael Franck, Oded Galor, Omer Moav and Ömer Özak (2022) The Shadow of the Neolithic Revolution on Life Expectancy: A Double-Edged Sword

• Endogenous institutions

Presentation of a simple model explaining endogenous institutions, based on my paper with Joram Mayshar and Zvika Neeman, (APSR 2017) which you might find useful for teaching: Presentation, Handout, presentation of the full paper

Publications

View my publications.

Teaching

• EC205:Development Economics (Macroeconomics)
• EC9A2 Advanced Macroeconomic Analysis
• EC9D4:Macroeconomics A
• EC9D5:Macroeconomics B

Information for Personal Tutees

Support with the cost of living

Undergraduate students:

Link to Key contacts for undergraduate students

Pastoral Support contacts and drop-in sessions

Everyday Pastoral Support

Pastoral Care Handbook

Wellbeing Support Services

Article on how to study at home.

Contact information for PPE students:

Briony Jones, Senior Tutor, PPE

Pais.dswb@warwick.ac.ukLink opens in a new window 

Kirk Surgener, DSEP, PPE

k.a.surgener@warwick.ac.ukLink opens in a new window 

 Laura Gelhaus, Director of Personal Development, PPE

L.Gelhaus.1@warwick.ac.ukLink opens in a new window 

 Postgraduate students:

For any admin-related queries please contact the PG office economics.pgoffice@warwick.ac.ukLink opens in a new window 

The senior tutor for PG students is Mahnaz Nazneen, who can provide pastoral support (concerns about welfare issues) to PG students

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Political Economy Seminars

CAGE seminars

Economic History Seminar