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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Michael L. Ross is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Energy. Within these broad areas, subfields of study include Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Sociology and Political Science, and Safety Research.

The main topics addressed in their work include Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Natural Resources and Economic Development, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Income, Poverty, and Inequality, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, and Agricultural risk and resilience.

Michael L. Ross has contributed to a range of recent research publications. These include:

  • "Diversification in resource-rich Africa, 1999-2019" (2023), published in Resources Policy
  • "Political leadership has limited impact on fossil fuel taxes and subsidies" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Why Do Governments Tax or Subsidize Fossil Fuels?" (2022), published in The Journal of Politics
  • "What Drives Successful Economic Diversification in Resource-Rich Countries?" (2020), published in The World Bank Research Observer
  • "Where has democracy helped the poor? Democratic transitions and early-life mortality at the country level" (2020), published in Social Science & Medicine

The scientist has worked frequently with several co-authors, including Peter S. Fader, Bruce G. S. Hardie, Paasha Mahdavi, Cesar B. Martinez-Alvarez, and Chad Hazlett.

Michael L. Ross's research has been published multiple times in several recurring publication venues such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Climate Change, SSRN Electronic Journal, Harvard Dataverse, and The World Bank Research Observer.

In addition to journal articles, Michael L. Ross has authored books published by Wharton School Press eBooks and McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks. Titles include "The Customer Centricity Ebook Collection" (2024), "The Customer-Base Audit" (2022), and "Words in Collision" (2023).

Recognition of their work includes the Heinz I. Eulau Award from the American Political Science Association (APSA), awarded in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Does Oil Hinder Democracy

    Michael Lewin Ross

  • The Political Economy of the Resource Curse

    Michael Lewin Ross

  • The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations

    Michael L. Ross

  • What Do We Know about Natural Resources and Civil War

    Michael L. Ross

  • A Closer Look at Oil, Diamonds, and Civil War

    Michael Ross

  • Oil, Islam, and Women

    Michael L. Ross

  • How Do Natural Resources Influence Civil War? Evidence from Thirteen Cases

    Michael L. Ross

  • What Have We Learned about the Resource Curse

    Michael L. Ross

  • Is Democracy Good for the Poor

    Michael Ross

  • Timber Booms and Institutional Breakdown in Southeast Asia

    Michael Lewin Ross

  • Does Taxation Lead to Representation

    Michael L. Ross

  • The big oil change: a closer look at the Haber-Menaldo analysis

    Jørgen Juel Andersen;Michael L. Ross

  • Timber Booms and Institutional Breakdown in Southeast Asia: Conclusion: Rent Seeking and Rent Seizing

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  • The Oil Curse

    Michael L. Ross

  • The effects of vehicle model and driver behavior on risk.

    Thomas P. Wenzel;Thomas P. Wenzel;Michael Ross;Michael Ross

  • Global progress and backsliding on gasoline taxes and subsidies

    Michael L. Ross;Chad Hazlett;Paasha Mahdavi

  • Natural Resources and Civil War: An Overview with Some Policy Options

    Michael Ross

  • The Big Oil Change: A Closer look at the Haber-Menaldo Analysis

    Michael L. Ross;Jørgen Juel Andersen

  • What Drives Successful Economic Diversification in Resource-Rich Countries?

    Addisu A Lashitew;Michael L Ross;Eric Werker

  • What do we know about export diversification in oil-producing countries?

    Michael L. Ross

  • The “Resource Curse” in MENA? Political Transitions, Resource Wealth, Economic Shocks, and Conflict Risk

    Michael Ross;Kai Kaiser;Nimah Mazaheri

  • Institutional Pathways to Equity: Addressing Inequality Traps

    Anthony J. Bebbington;Dani, , Anis A.;Arjan de Haan;Michael Walton

  • The Politics of the Resource Curse: A Review

    Michael L Ross

  • Oil and International Cooperation

    Michael L. Ross;Erik Voeten

  • Will Oil Drown the Arab Spring

    Michael L. Ross

  • The Politics of the Resource Curse

    Michael L. Ross

  • What Do We Know About Economic Diversification in Oil-Producing Countries?

    Michael L. Ross

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Voeten
Erik Voeten Georgetown University
Armando Barrientos
Armando Barrientos University of Manchester
Anthony Bebbington
Anthony Bebbington Clark University

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