Ahmed S. Rahman Associate Professor Department of Economics U.S. Naval Academy 589 McNair Road Annapolis, MD 21402 rahman@usna.edu Economics Home Vita For Students: Spring 2013 Courses Economic Statistics Capstone Course Fall 2012 Courses Intermediate Macroeconomics Advanced Macroeconomics Some Data Sources Blogroll Why Study Economics?

Welcome. I am an associate 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 economics of military history... stuff like that. Recent Papers: "Unified" Theories of Growth   Luddites and the Demographic Transition - (with Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor), NBER working paper # 14484, second round of revisions submitted. [here's an updated version] A Simple Theory on the Effects of Industrialization, forthcoming, Macroeconomic Dynamics Trade, Technology and the Great Divergence - (with Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor), working draft Economic and Naval History  Human Capital and Technological Transition - Insights from the U.S. Navy - (with Darrell J. Glaser), Journal of Economic History Naval Engineering and Labor Specialization during the Industrial Revolution (with Darrell J. Glaser), revisions requested Technical Human Capital and Job Mobility in an Era of Rapid Technological Innovation (with Darrell J. Glaser), under review Ex Trident Mercatus - Sea-power and Trade during the Age of Globalization (with Darrell J. Glaser), working draft Technology-Skill Complementarities in the Royal Navy prior to the Great War (with Darrell J. Glaser), working draft Technology, Changes in Skill Structure and Interactions in Labor Demand: Evidence from Five Naval Powers (with Ryan R. Brady and Darrell J. Glaser), working draft Technology and Development  The Road Not Taken - What Is The "Appropriate" Path to Development When Growth Is Unbalanced, forthcoming, Macroeconomic Dynamics Nation Building and Economic Growth (with Ellyn Creasey and Katherine A. Smith), American Economic Review P&P Does Nation Building Spur Economic Growth? (with Ellyn Creasey and Katherine A. Smith), revisions requested Product Differentiation and Consumer Surplus in the Microfinance Industry (with Dan W. Chan, Darrell J. Glaser and Katherine A. Smith), revisions requested How Global Knowledge Affected Inequality Around the World - An Industry-Level Study - USNA Economics Department Working Paper # 18, working draft