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Xavier Sala-i-Martin

Xavier Sala-i-Martin

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Economics and Finance

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72
Citations
49290
World Ranking
405
National Ranking
275

Overview

Xavier Sala-i-Martin is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their recent research contributions cover various topics related to economics and global issues, particularly focusing on poverty, inequality, and economic indices.

The following are recent papers authored or co-authored by Xavier Sala-i-Martin:

  • "Shining a Light on Purchasing Power Parities", 2020, American Economic Journal Macroeconomics
  • "Inequality within Countries is Falling: Underreporting-Robust Estimates of World Poverty, Inequality and the Global Distribution of Income", 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Inequality Within Countries is Falling: Underreporting Robust Estimates of World Poverty, Inequality, and the Global Distribution of Income", 2024, Staff reports
  • "A Framework for a Comprehensive National Future Readiness Index", 2025, arXiv (Cornell University)

The primary co-authors frequently collaborating with Xavier Sala-i-Martin include:

  • Maxim Pinkovskiy
  • Kasey Chatterji-Len
  • William Nober

Publications by Xavier Sala-i-Martin have appeared in various academic venues, including:

  • American Economic Journal Macroeconomics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Staff reports
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Their research spans interdisciplinary topics with a notable focus on environmental and socioeconomic themes. Among the key topics addressed in their work are:

  • Impact of Light on Environment and Health

In terms of specific fields and subfields of study, their work includes contributions to:

  • Global and Planetary Change

This profile captures Xavier Sala-i-Martin's engagement with significant global economic issues and interdisciplinary approaches, evidenced by a range of recent publications and ongoing collaborations.

Best Publications

  • Convergence Across States and Regions

    Robert Barro;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • I Just Ran Four Million Regressions

    Xavier X. Sala-i-Martin

  • I Just Ran Four Million Regressions

    Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • I Just Ran Two Million Regressions

    Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • Addressing the natural resource curse: An illustration from Nigeria

    Xavier Sala-i-Martin;Arvind Subramanian

  • Capital Mobility in Neoclassical Models of Growth

    Robert J Barro;N. Gregory Mankiw;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • Determinants of Long-Term Growth: A Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE) Approach

    Gernot Doppelhofer;Ronald I Miller;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • The Classical Approach to Convergence Analysis

    Xavier X. Sala-i-Martin

  • Regional cohesion: Evidence and theories of regional growth and convergence

    Xavier X. Sala-i-Martin;Xavier X. Sala-i-Martin

  • Public finance in models of economic growth.

    Robert J. Barro;Xavier Sala-I-Martin

  • Technological diffusion, convergence and growth

    Robert J. Barro;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • Convergence across States and Regions

    Robert J. Barro;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • Capital Mobility in Neoclassical Models of Growth

    Robert J. Barro;Robert J. Barro;N. Gregory Mankiw;N. Gregory Mankiw;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • Financial repression and economic growth

    Nouriel Roubini;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • The World Distribution of Income: Falling Poverty and … Convergence, Period

    Xavier Sala-I-Martin

  • Addressing the Natural Resource Curse: An Illustration from Nigeria

    Xavier Sala-i-Martin;Arvind Subramanian;Arvind Subramanian

  • Economic Growth, 2nd Edition

    Robert Barro;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • The global competitiveness report 2016–2017

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  • Technological Diffusion, Convergence, and Growth

    Robert J. Barro;Xavier Sala-i-Martin;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • Do Democracies Have Different Public Policies than Nondemocracies

    Casey B. Mulligan;Ricard Gil;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • Transitional Dynamics in Two-Sector Models of Endogenous Growth

    Casey B. Mulligan;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • THE DISTURBING "RISE" OF GLOBAL INCOME INEQUALITY

    Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • Fiscal Federalism and Optimum Currency Areas: Evidence for Europe from the United States

    Jeffrey Sachs;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • Economic Growth and Convergence across The United States

    Robert J. Barro;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • A growth model of inflation, tax evasion, and financial repression☆

    Nouriel Roubini;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • Determinants of Long-Term Growth: A Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (Bace) Approach

    Gernot Doppelhofer;Gernot Doppelhofer;Ronald I. Miller;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • Regional growth and migration: a Japan-United States comparison.

    Robert T. Barro;Xavier Sala-I-Martin

  • Economic Growth and Convergence across The United States

    Robert J Barro;Robert J Barro;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • Addressing the natural resource curse: An illustration from Nigeria

    Xavier Sala-i-Martin;Arvind Subramanian

Frequent Co-Authors

Casey B. Mulligan
Casey B. Mulligan University of Chicago
Robert J. Barro
Robert J. Barro Harvard University
Tomas Philipson
Tomas Philipson University of Chicago
Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel Roubini New York University
Arvind Subramanian
Arvind Subramanian Center for Global Development
N. Gregory Mankiw
N. Gregory Mankiw Harvard University
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Jeffrey D. Sachs Columbia University

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