Boris Gershman Associate Professor Economics
- Degrees
- PhD, Brown University
MA, Brown University
MA, New Economic School
BSc, Moscow State University - Bio
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Boris Gershman has been on the faculty of 小蓝视频 since 2012. Born and raised in Moscow, he came to the United States in 2007 and earned his PhD degree in Economics from Brown University in 2012. His primary research focuses on the deep determinants of long-term economic growth and development and the economics of culture. Professor Gershman鈥檚 recent work has been published in the European Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Macroeconomic Dynamics, PLoS ONE, and the Review of Economic Studies.
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Research Interests
Economic Growth and Development, Economics of Culture and Institutions
Selected Publications
聽(with Quamrul Ashraf, Francesco Cinnirella, Oded Galor, and Erik Hornung). Review of Economic Studies, forthcoming.
聽(with Tinatin Mumladze). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, April 2024, 220, 768-791.
. PLoS ONE, November 2022, 17 (11), e0276872.
. European Economic Review, February 2020, 122, 103362.
(with Diego Rivera). Journal of Development Economics, July 2018, 133, pp. 231-263.
(with Quamrul Ashraf and Peter Howitt). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, March 2017, 135, pp. 143-180.
. Journal of Development Economics, May 2016, 120, pp. 182-208.
(with Quamrul Ashraf and Peter Howitt). Macroeconomic Dynamics, March 2016, 20 (2), pp. 558-581.
. Journal of Economic Behavior and聽Organization, February 2015, 110, pp. 119-144.
. Journal of Economic Growth, December 2014, 19(4), pp. 407-438.