A research project at ETH Zurich

Every paper is an argument. These you can walk through.

Economic theory papers, reconstructed as arguments you can navigate. Every claim anchored to the exact page and quote it comes from.

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Graphed papers

Grantmaking, Grading on a Curve, and the Paradox of Relative Evaluation in Nonmarkets
Jérôme Adda, Marco Ottaviani
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2024
Graph reconstructed from: September 2023, forthcoming Quarterly Journal of Economics
64 claims · 38 derivations · 8 headline conclusions
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The Origins of State Capacity: Property Rights, Taxation, and Politics
Timothy Besley, Torsten Persson
American Economic Review, 2009
Graph reconstructed from: Published version (refereed)
60 claims · 40 derivations · 6 headline conclusions
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Strategic Mass Killings
Joan Esteban, Massimo Morelli, Dominic Rohner
Journal of Political Economy, 2015
Graph reconstructed from: JPE vol. 123, no. 5; electronically published September 14, 2015 (JSTOR page proofs)
61 claims · 39 derivations · 3 headline conclusions
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Optimal Contracting with Subjective Evaluation
W. Bentley MacLeod
American Economic Review, 2003
Graph reconstructed from: Published article, American Economic Review 93(1), pp. 216-240
58 claims · 37 derivations · 4 headline conclusions
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