Publications:
Brunnschweiler, C.N, and Obeng, S.K. (2026). Rewarding Allegiance: Political Alignment and Fiscal Outcomes in Local Government. Journal of African Economies, 35(1), ejaf013. Earlier versions UEA School of Economics Working Paper 2020-05 & Warwick Economics Research Papers No: 1316, December 2020 . In the media: VoxDev Post
Obeng, S.K., and Aazam, L. (2024). Politics of Local Fiscal Discipline with Vertical Fiscal Imbalance. Economics & Politics, 1-20
Obeng, S. K. (2022). On the determinants and interrelationship of components of government spending. Review of Development Economics, 26(4), 2414-2435
Anderson, E. and Obeng, S.K. (2021). Globalisation and Government Spending: Evidence for the ‘hyper-globalisation’ of the 1990s and 2000s. The World Economy, 44(5), 1144-1176
Obeng, S.K. (2021). Fiscal Decentralization, Democracy and Government Size: Disentangling the Complexities. The Journal of International Development, 33(6), 975-1004
Obeng, S. and Sakyi, D. (2017). Explaining the Growth of Government Spending in Ghana. The Journal of Developing Areas, 51(1), 104-128
Sakyi, D., Osei Mensah, I., and Obeng, S. (2017). Inflation Targeting Framework and Interest Rates Transmission in Ghana: An Empirical Investigation. Journal of African Business, 18(4), 417-434
Sovereign Default and Public Debt (joint with Abrams Tagem, Ablam Estel and Maureen Sikali). Warwick Economics Research Paper n. 1567, also WIDER Working Paper Series WP2025-70
Boundaries of Accountability: Local District Reforms and Corruption in Ghana (joint with Alexander Stoecker)
Ethnic Monolithic and Modern State Capacity (joint with Rose Camille Vincent)
Political alignment and public service provision (joint with Christa N. Brunnschweiler)
Spillover effects of local governance (joint with Rose Camille Vincent)