Roland Benabou, Theodore A. Wells' 29 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs

Papers published here for personal use only.

"The Economics of Motivated Beliefs," Jean-Jacques Laffont Lecture, Revue d'Economie Politique (2015), 125(5), 665-685.

"Religion and Innovation", with Davide Ticchi and Andrea Vindigni, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings (2015), 105(5), 346-351.

"Forbidden Fruits: The Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth ", with Davide Ticchi and Andrea Vindigni, NBER Working Paper 21105, April 2015.

"Groupthink: Collective Delusions in Organizations and Markets", Review of Economic Studies (2013) 80, 429-462.
- Paper plus all online appendices
- Groupthink Slides
"Laws and Norms", with Jean Tirole, NBER Working Paper 17579, November 2011.
"Identity, Morals and Taboos: Beliefs as Assets," with Jean Tirole, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 126, (2011), 805-855.

"Individual and Corporate Social Responsibility," with Jean Tirole, Economica, 77, (2010), 1-19.
"Over My Dead Body: Bargaining and the Price of Dignity," with Jean Tirole, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 99(2), (2009), 459-465.
"Ideology," Journal of the European Economic Association April-May 2008 6(2–3), 321–352.

"Groupthink and Ideology". Slides from Schumpeter Lecture, August 2007 Princeton University mimeo.

"Incentives and Prosocial Behavior", with Jean Tirole, American Economic Review, 96(5), December (2006), 1652-1678. Earlier, longer version.
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"Belief in a Just World and Redistributive Politics" with Jean Tirole, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121(2), May 2006, 699-746.
"Willpower and Personal Rules" with Jean Tirole, Journal of Political Economy, 112 (4), 2004, 848-887
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Technical Appendix for "Willpower and Personal Rules".
"Self-Control in Peer Groups", with Marco Battaglini and Jean Tirole, Journal of Economic Theory, 112 (4), (2005), 848-887.
"Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation" with Jean Tirole, Review of Economic Studies, 70(3) (2003), 489-520.
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"Dynamic Inconsistency and Self-Control: A Planner-Doer Interpretation" with Marek Pycia, Economic Letters, 77(3) (2002), 419-424.
"Self-Confidence and Personal Motivation" with Jean Tirole, Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 2002, 117(3), 871-915.
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"Self-Knowledge and Self-Regulation: An Economic Approach" with Jean Tirole, in The Psychology of Economic Decisions: Volume One: Rationality and Well-Being, I. Brocas and Juan Carrillo, eds., Oxford University Press, (2002) 137-167

"Inequality, Technology, and the Social Contract", forthcoming in Handbook of Economic Growth, P. Aghion and S. Durlauf, eds.Chapter 25, 1595-1638, North-Holland.
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"Belief in a Just World and Redistributive Politics," with Jean Tirole, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121(2), May 2006, 699-746.
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"Tax and Education Policy in a Heterogeneous Agent Economy: What Levels of Redistribution Maximize Growth and Efficiency?" Econometrica, 70(2), March 2002, 481-517
"Social Mobility and the Demand for Redistribution: The POUM Hypothesis" with Efe Ok, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 116(2), May 2001, 447-487
"Unequal Societies: Income Distribution and the Social Contract" American Economic Review, 90, March 2000, 96-129
"Meritocracy, Redistribution and the Size of the Pie," in Meritocracy and Inequality, Kenneth Arrow, Samuel Bowles and Steven Durlauf, eds., Princeton University Press, 2000: 317-339
"Mobility as Progressivity: Ranking Income Processes According to Equality of Opportunity", with Efe Ok, NBER Working Paper No.8431, August 2001.
"Inequality and Growth" NBER Macroeconomics Annual, 1996, B. Bernanke and J. Rotemberg, eds., 11-74
"Heterogeneity, Stratification and Growth: Macroeconomic Implications of Community Structure and School Finance",American Economic Review, 86 (1996) 584-609.