BOOKS
"A History of Global Capitalism: Feuding Elites and Imperial Expansion," Frontiers in Economic History, Switzerland: Springer Nature, November 2020.
“Growth Miracles and Growth Debacles: Exploring Root Causes,” Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, April 2011.
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. “Five Centuries of Economic Growth in India: The Institutions Perspective,” in R. Jha (ed) Handbook of South Asian Economics, London and New York: Routledge, 2011, Chapter 3, pp. 32-43.
2. "Historical Origins of Poverty in Developing Countries," in D. Brady and L.M. Burton (eds.) Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty, Oxford University Press: New York, 2016, Chapter 12, pp. 270-292.
RESEARCH PAPERS
Resource Curse and Political Economy of Natural Resources:
1. Do Natural Resource Revenues Hinder Financial Development? The Role of Political Institutions (with Roland Hodler), World Development, 2014, 57(1), pp. 101-113.
2. Public Capital in Resource Rich Economies: Is there a Curse? (with Paul Collier) Oxford Economic Papers, 2014, 66(1), pp. 1-24. [Lead Article]
3. Commodity Price Shocks and the Australian Economy since Federation (with Jeffrey G. Williamson), Australian Economic History Review, 2011, 51(2), pp. 150-177. [Also available as NBER Working Paper No. w14694]
4. Natural Resources, Democracy and Corruption (with Roland Hodler), European Economic Review, 2010, 54: pp. 608-621. [VoxEU Commentary]
5. Distributional Consequences of Commodity Price Shocks: Australia over a Century (with Jeffrey G. Williamson), Review of Income and Wealth, 2016, 62(2), pp. 223-244. [VoxEU Commentary]
6. Natural Resource Discovery and Conflict in Africa: What Do the Data Show? (with Nemera Mamo) Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2021, 69(3), pp. 903-950. [Long Appendix]
7. Resource Discovery and the Politics of Fiscal Decentralization (with Louis Conradie and Rabah Arezki) Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, 45, pp. 366-382. [Long Appendix]
8. Does Energy Related Aid Affect Emissions? Evidence from a Global Dataset (with Maurizio Intartaglia and Andy Mckay) Review of Development Economics, 2018, 22, pp. 1166-1194.
9. Oil Discovery, Political Institutions and Economic Diversification (with Nouf Alsharif) Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 66(3), pp. 459-488.
10. Economic Diversification in Resource Rich Countries: History, State of Knowledge and Research Agenda (with Nouf Alsharif and Maurizio Intartaglia) Resources Policy, 2017, 52, pp. 154-164.
11. Intensive and Extensive Margins of Mining and Development: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (with Nemera Mamo and Alexander Moradi) Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 139, pp. 28-49.
12. Resource Discovery and the Political Fortunes of National Leaders (with Michael Keller) Economica, 2021, 88(349), pp. 129-166.
13. Natural Resources and Political Patronage in Africa: An Ethnicity Level Analysis (with Nemera Mamo) January 2018.
14. Commodity Boom-Bust Cycles and the Resource Curse in Australia: 1900 to 2007, Australian Economic History Review, 2021, 61: pp. 186-203.
15. Oil Discovery, Boom-Bust Cycle and Manufacturing Slowdown: Evidence from a Large Industry Level Dataset (with Nouf Alsharif) May 2022.
Institutions and Economic Development:
16. Deep Determinants of Economic Growth, Applied Economics Letters, 2004, 11: pp. 587-590.
17. Unbundled Institutions, Human Capital and Growth, Journal of Comparative Economics, 2009, 37: pp. 106-120.
18. Trade Liberalization and Institutional Development , Journal of Policy Modeling, 2012, 34: pp. 253-269.
19. Institutions, Diseases, and Economic Progress: A Unified Framework, Journal of Institutional Economics, 2009, 5(1): pp. 65-87.
20. Root Causes of African Underdevelopment, Journal of African Economies, 2009, 18(5): pp. 745-780.
21. Institutions and Trade: Competitors or Complements in Economic Development? (with Steve Dowrick and Jane Golley), Economic Record, 2009, 85(270), pp. 318-330.
22. Australian Unemployment in the Long Run, 1903 - 2007 (with Timothy J. Hatton), Economic Record, 2011, 87(277), pp. 202-220.
23. Political Origins of Financial Structure, Journal of Comparative Economics, 2013, 41: pp. 979-994.
24. Economic and Legal Origins of Corruption: Evidence from India (with Raghbendra Jha) Comparative Economic Studies, 2013, 55: pp. 287-313.
25. Media Freedom and Democracy in the Fight against Corruption (with Roland Hodler), European Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 39: 13-24.
26. Unbundled Debt and Economic Growth in Developed and Developing Economies: An Empirical Analysis (with Andreas Antoniadis and Maurizio Intartaglia), World Economy, 2018, 00: pp. 1-14.
27. The Network of Foreign Aid and its Impact on Growth, Growth Acceleration and Growth Spell (with Maurizio Intartaglia), Review of Development Economics, 2021, 25(3): pp. 1216-1242.
28. Credit Creation, Economic Progress and the Saturation Effect: A Sector Level Analysis (with Nader AlKathiri), November, 2021.
Poverty and Welfare in Developing Countries:
29. Capture of Anti-Poverty Programs: An Analysis of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Program in India (with Raghav Gaiha, Raghbendra Jha, Shylashri Shankar), Journal of Asian Economics, 2009, 20: pp. 456-464.
30. Temporal Variation of Capture of Anti-poverty Programs: Rural Public Works and Food for Work Programs in Rural India (with Raghbendra Jha and Raghav Gaiha), International Review of Applied Economics, 2011, 25(3): pp. 349-362.
31. Social Safety Nets and Nutrient Deprivation: An Analysis of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Program and the Public Distribution System in India (with Raghbendra Jha and Raghav Gaiha), Journal of Asian Economics, 2011, 22(2): pp. 189-201. [Economic Times Op-ed]
32. Can Public Works Increase Equilibrium Wages? Evidence from India's National Rural Employment Guarantee (with Erlend Berg, Rajasekhar Durgam, Manjula Ramachandra) World Development, 2018, 103: pp. 239-254.
33. Growth, Growth Accelerations and the Poor: Lessons from Indonesia (with Budy P. Resosudarmo), World Development, 2015, 66: pp. 154-165.
34. Income shock and Women’s Health Spending: Evidence from India (with Shubhangi Agrawal, Chirantan Chatterjee, and Somdeep Chatterjee), September, 2024.
BOOK REVIEWS AND OTHERS
1. Donald A. R. George, Les Oxley and Kenneth I. Carlaw eds. “Surveys in Economic Growth: Theory and Empirics,” Economic Record, 2005, 81: pp. 86-87.
2. Kartik C. Roy and Jörn Sideras eds. “Institutions, Globalisation and Empowerment,” Economic Record, 2008, 84: pp. 274-76.
3. Edward Miguel. “Africa’s Turn?” Economic Record, 2010, 86(272): pp. 133-134.
4. “Introduction to First Set of Papers Accepted by the New Editorial Team,” (with Anke Hoeffler, Henrik Hansen, Andy Mckay and David Stifel), Review of Development Economics, 2016, 20(3): pp. 635-636.