Research

Publications:

• 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

Working Papers

• Rewarding Allegiance: Political Alignment and Fiscal Outcomes in Local Government (with Christa Brunnschweiler, UEA) (submitted) UEA School of Economics Working Paper 2020-05  & Warwick Economics Research Papers No:  1316, December  2020   (with Christa N. Brunnschweiler). (Under Review).  In the media: VoxDev Post

• Vertical fiscal imbalance and local fiscal indiscipline (joint with Layal Aazam) (Under Review)

Work in Progress

• Crisis, public debt, and institutional quality: does historical data matter? (joint with Abrams Tagem, Ablam Estel and Kunal Sen)

• Young versus Old Politicians in Kenya (joint with Sandra Maore)

• Political alignment and public service provision (joint with Christa N. Brunnschweiler)

• Spillover effects of local governance (joint with Rose Camille Vincent)

• Globalisation and Inequality (joint with John Francois)