Hidalgo, a former HKS research fellow, publicly levied the plagiarism allegations in a post on Hausmann late last month, writing that Hausmann failed to properly acknowledge his work in two working papers published in April 2024. Hausmann denied the allegations in a statement, calling Hidalgo’s claims "entirely baseless".

Hidalgo alleged that Hausmann had plagiarized a 2023 peer-reviewed paper that Hidalgo had co-written in which his team combined trade, patent, and research publication data to explain a country’s income inequality, emission intensity, and economic growth.

In a second working paper – also released in April – Hausmann and his co-writers cited other research Hidalgo published in 2007, 2009, 2014, and 2018, but not the 2023 paper. Instead, Hausmann’s second 2024 paper attributes the use of trade and patent data to his first working paper.

Source: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/9/4/hausmann-plagiarism-allegation-hks/