"Determinants of Vertical Integration: Financial Development and Contracting Costs."

Acemoglu, Daron, Simon Johnson and Todd Mitton. Journal of Finance Vol. 64, No. 3 (2009): 1251-1290.

"The Quiet Coup."

Johnson, Simon H. The Atlantic , May 2009.

"Income and Democracy."

Acemoglu, Daron, Simon H. Johnson, James Robinson and Pierre Yared. American Economic Review Vol. 98, No. 3 (2008): 808-842.

"Mixing Family with Business: A Study of Thai Business Groups and the Families Behind Them."

Bertrand, Marianne, Simon H. Johnson, Krislert Samphantharak, and Antoinette Schoar. Journal of Financial Economics Vol. 88, No. 3 (2008): 466-498.

"When Does Policy Reform Work? The Case of Central Bank Independence."

Acemoglu, Daron, Simon H. Johnson, Pablo Querubín and James Robinson. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity Vol. 2008, (2008): 351-429.

"Comment on "When Does Improving Health Raise GDP?"

Johnson, Simon H. NBER Macroeconomics Annual, January 2008.