Research

BOOKS


  1. "A History of Global Capitalism: Feuding Elites and Imperial Expansion," Frontiers in Economic History, Switzerland: Springer Nature, November 2020.

  2. “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.



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.