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Ahmed S. Rahman Assistant Professor Department of Economics U.S. Naval Academy 589 McNair Road Annapolis, MD 21402 rahman@usna.edu
Fall 2008 Courses
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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
Luddites and the Demographic Transition - (with Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor)
Trade, Technology and the Great Divergence - (with Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor)
Technological Diffusion and Development
The Appropriate Knowledge Frontier - Lessons for the Developing World - USNA Economics Department Working Paper # 16
How Global Knowledge Affected Inequality Around the World - An Industry-Level Study - USNA Economics Department Working Paper # 18
Economic and Naval History
Fighting the Forces of Gravity - Seapower and Maritime Trade Between the 18th and 20th Centuries - USNA Economics Department Working Paper # 17
From Sail to Steam and Beyond - Technological and Educational Changes in the U.S. Navy - (with Darrell Glaser), Work in Progress
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