Ahmed S. Rahman

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics

U.S. Naval Academy

589 McNair Road

Annapolis, MD 21402

rahman@usna.edu

 

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Vita

Research

 

 

Fall 2009 Courses

 

Intermediate Macroeconomics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome.

 

I am an assistant professor of economics at the United States Naval Academy.  I'm interested in some of the big questions of economics - long run growth and development, determinants of the wealth of nations, the relationship between military and economic power... Stuff like that.

 

 

Working Papers

 

"Unified" Theories of Growth

 

Trade, Knowledge and the Industrial Revolution - (with Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor), NBER working paper # 13057

 

The Skill Premium Puzzle in History, preliminary draft

 

Luddites and the Demographic Transition - (with Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor), NBER working paper # 14484

 

Trade, Technology and the Great Divergence - (with Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor), preliminary draft

 

 

Economic and Naval History

 

Fighting the Forces of Gravity - Seapower and Maritime Trade Between the 18th and 20th Centuries - forthcoming, Explorations in Economic History

 

From Sail to Steam and Beyond - Technological and Educational Changes in the U.S. Navy - (with Darrell Glaser), work in progress

 

 

Technological Diffusion and Development

 

The Appropriate Knowledge Frontier - Lessons for the Developing World - USNA Economics Department Working Paper # 16, in submission

 

How Global Knowledge Affected Inequality Around the World - An Industry-Level Study - USNA Economics Department Working Paper # 18, in submission