Research and Policy Work

Published or Forthcoming Articles

1. “On the Incentive Effects of Monitoring: Evidence from the Lab and the Field,” 2011, Experimental Economics, 14(2), p. 241-253.

2. “A Controlled Field Experiment on Corruption,” (with Olivier Armantier), 2011, European Economic Review, 55 (8), p. 1072-1082.

3. “External Validity of Corruption Laboratory Experiments,” (with Olivier Armantier), 2012, New Advances in Experimental Research on Corruption, Research in Experimental Economics, Volume 15, editors L. Wantchekon and D. Serra.

4. “FDI and Local Linkages: Evidence from Selected African Countries,” (with V. Amendolagine, N. Coniglio, F. Prota, A. Seric), 2013, World Development, 50, p. 41-56.

5. “Comparing Corruption in the Lab and in the Field in Burkina Faso and in Canada” (with Olivier Armantier), 2013, Economic Journal, 123(573), p. 1168-1187.

6. “On the Effects of Incentive Framing on Bribery: Evidence from an Experiment in Burkina Faso,” (with Olivier Armantier), 2014, Economics of Governance 15(1), p. 1-15.

7. “Diaspora Investment and Firm Export Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa,” (with N. Coniglio, F. Prota, A. Seric), 2014, World Development, 59, p. 422-433.

8. “Which Domestic Firms Benefit from FDI? Evidence from Selected African Countries,” (with N. Coniglio, F. Prota, A. Seric), 2015, Development Policy Review, 33(5), p.615-636.

9. “Framing of Incentives and Effort Provision,” (with Olivier Armantier), 2015, International Economic Review, 56(3), p. 917-938.

10. “Introduction: Challenges to Africa’s Agricultural Transformation,” (with A Verdier‐Chouchane), 2017, African Development Review, 29 (S2), 75-77.

11. “On the Short and Medium-Term Effects of Formalisation: Panel Evidence from Vietnam,” 2018, Journal of Development Studies, 54(4), p. 641-656. 

    • UNU-WIDER Working Paper 2015/038. Link.    

12. “Anti-Corruption Policy Making, Discretionary Power and Institutional Quality: An Experimental Analysis,” (with R. Gillanders), 2018, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 152, p. 314-327. 

    •   WIDER Working Paper 2016/88. Link. 

13. “Deterrence, Contagion and Legitimacy in Anti-Corruption Policy Making: An Experimental Analysis,” (with Robert Gillanders and Topi Miettinen), 2019,  Journal of Legal Studies. 48(2), p. 275-305.

    • WIDER Working Paper 2016/137. Link. 

14. “The Effects of Formalization on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Tax Payments: Panel Evidence from Viet Nam,” 2020, Asian Development Review, 37(1), p. 140-158.

    • UNU-WIDER Working Paper 2015/042. Link.

15. “Tax Policy, Foreign Direct Investment and Spillover Effects in Africa,” (with Seydou Coulibaly and Eric N. Kéré), 2020, Journal of African Economies, 29(3), p. 306-331. 

16. “Corruption Perception and Attitude Towards Taxation in Africa” (with Maty Konte and Abebe Shimeles), 2021, Journal of African Economies, 30 (Supplement_1),  i140-i157.  https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejab024 

17. “Is Corruption Distasteful or Just Another Cost of Doing Business?” (with Ritwik Banerjee and Robert Gillanders), 2022, Public Choice, 190 (1-2), p. 33–51 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-021-00913-x  

18. “Anti-Tax Evasion, Anti-Corruption and Public Good Provision: An Experimental Analysis of Policy Spillovers”, (with Ritwik Banerjee and Robert Gillanders), 2022,  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 197, p. 179-194.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2022.03.006 

Book Chapters    

1. “Building a Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa,” 2018, (editor, with Shimeles Abebe and Audrey Verdier-Chouchane), Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 

2. “Industrial Development and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: The Case of the African Development Bank’s Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy,” 2018, (with Amadou B. Diallo and Keiko Takei). Chapter in “Youth Entrepreneurship and Africa’s Sustainable Industrialization”, (Eds) F. Kapfudzaruwa, M. Nagao, and E. Mutisya, Spears Media Press, Denver.

3. “Innovation and Africa: Much to Gain, Nothing to Lose,” 2019, (with D. Fanizza). Chapter in “Yearning for Inclusive Growth and Development, Good Jobs, and Sustainability”, (Ed) Luigi Paganetto, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

4. “Corruption, Institutional Trust, and Legitimacy: A Vicious Circle”, forthcoming 2023, (with Rob Gillanders). Chapter in “The Political Economy of Corruption”, (Eds) Chandan Jha, Ajit Mishra, Sudipta Sarangi, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Working Papers   

1. “Mining and Economic Development: Did China’s WTO Accession Affect African Local Economic Development?”, 2016, (with Tony Addison and Anthony Mveyange), WIDER Working Paper 2016/141. 

2. “The Impact of Mining on Spatial Inequality: Recent Evidence from Africa,” 2017, (with Tony Addison and Anthony Mveyange), WIDER Working Paper 2017/13. 

3. “Corruption and Tax Morale in Africa,” 2019, (with Maty Konte and Abebe Shimeles), Working Paper Series N° 333, African Development Bank, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. 

4. “Effect of Corruption on Educational Quantity and Quality: Theory and Evidence,” 2020, (with K. Keïta, A. Okara and G. C. Okou), Working Paper Series N° 337, African Development Bank, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. 

5. “Anti-Tax Evasion, Anti-Corruption and Public Good Provision”, 2020, (with Ritwik Banerjee and Robert Gillanders), Working Paper Series N° 344, African Development Bank, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Policy Work

1. “Industrial Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Wealth Creation: Capturing Environmental, Economic and Social Dividends,” Industrial Development Report 2011, UNIDO. Member of core team of authors.

2. “Industrial Development in Least Developed Countries: A Statistical Profile”, 05/2012, Working Paper, UNIDO. 

3. “Nouvelle Politique Industrielle de la République de Côte d’Ivoire : Diagnostic du Secteur Industriel et du Cadre Institutionnel,” 10/2012, UNIDO. Project manager and report supervisor. 

4. “The Industrial Policy Process in Ghana,” (with A. Zakari), Working Paper 02/2013, UNIDO.  

5. “The Industrial Competitiveness of Nations. Looking Back, Forging Ahead,” Competitive Industrial Performance Report 2012/2013, 06/2013, UNIDO. Project manager and report supervisor. 

6. “Sustaining Employment Growth: The Role of Manufacturing and Structural Change,” Industrial Development Report 2013, UNIDO. Member of core team of authors. 

7. “Inclusive and Sustainable Structural Transformation in Africa: A Discussion,” (with E. Kéré), Report prepared for the 2017 International Conference on the Emergence of Africa, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. French; English.

8. “Industrial Development and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: The Case of the African Development Bank’s Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy” (with Amadou B. Diallo and Keiko Takei), 2018, Book Chapter. In “Youth Entrepreneurship and Africa’s Sustainable Industrialization”, (Eds) F. Kapfudzaruwa, M. Nagao, and E. Mutisya, Spears Media Press, Denver. 

9. AfDB (2018), “Financing Infrastructure: Strategies and Instruments”, African Economic Outlook 2018. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire: AfDB. Task Manager.

10.  AfDB (2019), “Integration for Africa’s economic prosperity”, African Economic Outlook 2019. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire: AfDB. Member of core team of authors.

11. AfDB (2020), “Developing Africa’s Workforce for the Future”, African Economic Outlook 2020. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire: AfDB. Member of core team of authors.

12. “Mobilizing Domestic Resource in Africa for Inclusive Growth,” 2020, (with M. W. Nandelenga and J. Oduor), Africa Economic Brief, 11(3).