Journal Articles

Who Benefits from Climate-Friendly Agriculture? The Marginal Returns to a Rainfed System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Tanzania (with M. Bezabih, M. Kimani and R. Ruhinduka). 2021, World Development, 138: 105160.

Association between COVID-19 Infection, Race/Ethnicity and Food Insecurity Among US Residents” (with M. Kimani, Y. Cuffee, C. Liu and N. Webster). JAMA Network Open, 4(6), e2112852-e2112852.

Favoritism and Discrimination among South African Workers: Ethnic Identity and Union Membership (with C. Ravetti, T. Swanson and D. Munene), 2019, World Development, Vol 123: 104604.

Capital Flight, Foreign Direct Investment and Natural Resources in Africa (with L. Ndikumana), 2019, Resources Policy, Vol 63: 101427.

Dictators Walking the Mogadishu Line: How Men Become Monsters and Monsters Become Men (with S. Larcom and T. Willems). 2018, World Bank Economic Review, 32(3):584-609.

On The Perils of Commitment to Punishment when Criminals Are Strategic (with S. Larcom), 2018, Journal of Legal Studies, 47(2):391-418.

Foreign Aid and Political Instability in Resource-rich Countries (with T. Swanson and C. Ravetti), 2018, Resources Policy, 58:277-294.

Will Technological Change Save the World? The Rebound Effect in International Transfers of Technology (with T. Swanson), 2017. Environmental and Resource Economics, 66(3): 577-604.

Innovation, Diffusion, Growth and the Environment: Taking Stock and Charting New Directions” (with J. Noailly), 2017. Environmental and Resource Economics, 66(3): 393-407.

Measurement and Analysis of the Evolution of Institutions in Nigeria (with D. Fadiran), 2017, Journal of Development Perspectives, 1(1-2): 1-27, Penn State University Press.

Evolution of Institutions in Ghana and Implications for Economic Growth (1820-2010), (with W. Akpalu, G. Agbenyo and E. Letete), 2017, 1(1-2): 28-53, Journal of Development Perspectives, Penn State University Press.

The Evolution and Measurement of Institutions in Kenya, 1880-2010 (with E. Letete), 2017, Journal of Development Perspectives, 1(1-2): 171-192, Penn State University Press.

Extractive Industries and Corruption: An Investigation into the Effectiveness of EITI as a Scrutiny Mechanism (with E. Kasekende and C. Abuka), 2016, Resources Policy, 48: 117-128.

Resistance to the Regulation of Common Resources in Rural Tunisia (with X. Liu and T. Swanson). 2015, Land Economics, 91(3): 435-459.

Risk Preferences and Environmental Uncertainty: Implications for Crop Diversification Decisions in Ethiopia (with M. Bezabih), 2012, Environmental and Resource Economics, 53: 483-505.

Economics of IPR for Genetic Resources: North-South Cooperation in Sequential R&D (with T. Swanson), 2012, International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics, 26(3): 67-82.

On the Looting of Nations (with E. Bulte, C. Meissner and T. Swanson), 2011, Public Choice, 148: 353–380.

Resources, Conflict and Development Choice: Public Good Provision in Resource Rich Economies (with K. Wick), 2010, Economics of Governance, 11:183–205.

The Values of Conserving Genetic Resources for R&D: A Survey (with T. Goeschl and T. Swanson), 2008, Ecological Economics, 67: 184–193.