I am a Professor of Economics at Dublin City University Business School and Co-Director (with Michael Breen) of the DCU Anti-Corruption Research Centre (DCU ARC). 

My main research focus is the causes and consequences of corruption. I am also interested in how institutions influence businesses and regulation.

I am Co-PI of the Irish Research Council funded project Corruption, Gender, and Sustainable Development (COGS) and serve on the Irish Government's Advisory Council against Economic Crime and Corruption. From 2019 to 2022 I served as Ireland's Local Research Correspondent on Corruption as part of an EU wide network.

You can find me on LinkedIn, BlueSky, IDEAS/RePEc, and ResearchGate. My CV can be viewed here.

I am interested in supervising and working with graduate students in my specific research areas and in the fields of Development, Political Economy, and Public Economics. 

Some Recent Publications

Police corruption and crime: Evidence from Africa, Governance,  with Idrissa  Ouedraogo, Windkouni Haoua Eugenie Maïga, and Doris Aja-Eke

Money down the drain: Corruption and water service quality in Africa,  Governance, with Michael Breen

Anti-tax evasion, anti-corruption and public good provision: An experimental analysis of policy spillovers, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, with Ritwik Banerjee and Amadou Boly

Is corruption distasteful or just another cost of doing business?,  Public Choice, with Ritwik Banerjee and Amadou Boly

Corruption experiences and attitudes to political, interpersonal, and domestic violence, Governance, with Lisa van der Werff

Shelter in place? Depends on the place: Corruption and social distancing in American states, Social Science & Medicine, with Oguzhan Dincer