- Prof. Allan Drazen http://econweb.umd.edu/~drazen/
- Israel (Robert) Aumann Jewish University Jerusalem Center for Rationality and Interactive Decision Theory
- Daron Acemoglu Contact Information & papers
- Harvard Econ Department – Andrei Shleifer – Papers
- Milan Svolik “The Politics of Authoritarian Rule” – book reference and data set
Historical statistics
- Michigan Univ. (inter-university) Data Base http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/
- http://eh.net/databases
- http://www.historicalstatistics.org/
- Angus Maddisson’s page (1926-2010; don’t miss opportunity to download the files!): http://www.ggdc.net/MADDISON/oriindex.htm
- Groningen Growth and Development Centre Data bases http://www.rug.nl/research/ggdc/databases
- US census historical data http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/past_years.html (Historical Statistics of the United States, 1789 – 1945 first and foremost); http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/hist_stats.html
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/ (Decennial censuses since 1790 data)
- Historical statistics Data for USA, UK and some more http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/index.php
- Sutch Richard, Carter Susan B. (ed.) Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition online http://hsus.cambridge.org/HSUSWeb/toc/hsusHome.do
- Polity IV Project: Political Regime Characteristics and Transitions, 1800-2010 Monty G. Marshall, Director http://www.systemicpeace.org/polity/polity4.htm
- USA & UK states’ expenditures historical statistics (Tea Party affiliated sites): http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/index.php http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/
- European State Finance Data Base (collection of the pieces poor compatible but some are pretty interesting) http://esfdb.websites.bta.com/Database.aspx
Military expenditures:
- National Material Capabilities (v3.02) data base, “Correlates of War” project http://www.correlatesofwar.org/COW2%20Data/Capabilities/nmc3-02.htm
- Eloranta Jari “Beyond the Void? implications of Hegemonic Competition and the Lack of American Military Leadership on the Military Spending of European Democracies, 1920-1938”, 2010 http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/eloranta.military
- Eloranta Jari Struggle for Leadership? Military Spending Behavior of the Great Powers, 1870—1913 University of Warwick, Department of Economics, 2002
- Eloranta Jari Warfare or welfare? Understanding 19th and 20th Century Central Government Spending Jari Eloranta No 699 Warwick Economic Research Papers Department of Economics University of Warwick, 2004 http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/workingpapers/publications/twerp699.pdf
- SIPRI Data Base SIPRI Military Expenditure Database — Site
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