Publications

Published Articles (peer reviewed)

• Omgba, L. D. The energy transition and export diversification in oil-dependent countries: The role of structural factors, (with Fatih Karanfil), Ecological Economics, Vol 204, Part B, February 2023, 107681.

•Omgba, L. D. 2022. Corruption and distortion of public expenditures: evidence from Africa , (with Harouna Sedgo), International Tax and Public Finance, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-021-09718-6 .

•Omgba, L. D. 2021. Why are some African countries succeeding in their democratic transitions while others are failing? , (with Dramane Coulibaly), Oxford Economic Papers, vol. 73(1), pages 151-177.

•Omgba, L. D. 2021. Cabinet size, power-sharing and ethnic exclusion in Africa , (with Désiré Avom & Dieudonné Mignamissi), Economics of Governance, vol. 22(1), pages 47-64 .

•Omgba, L. D. 2020. The role of oil in the allocation of foreign aid: The case of the G7 donors, (with C. Couharde , F. Karanfil, E.G. Kilama), Journal of Comparative Economics, vol.48, pp.363-383 .

•Omgba, L. D. 2019. Oil windfalls and export diversification in oil-producing countries: evidence from oil booms, (with Eric Djimeu), Energy Economics, vol.78, pp.494-507.

• Omgba, L. D. 2019. Do the IMF's structural adjustment programs help reduce energy consumption and carbon intensity? Evidence from developing countries, (with Fatih Karanfil), Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, vol. 49, pp. 312-323.

• Omgba, L. D. 2017. Oil, Exchange rate misalignments in energy-exporting countries: Do Sovereign Wealth Funds matter?, (with Dramane Coulibaly and Hélène Raymond), International Economics, vol.152, pp.124-144.

• Omgba, L. D. 2017. Reconsidering the scarcity factor in the dynamics of oil markets: An empirical investigation of the (mis)measurement of oil reserves , (with Fatih Karanfil), Energy, vol.137, pp.209-218

•Omgba, L. D. 2015. Oil, Governance and the (Mis)Allocation of Talent in Developing countries (with Christian Ebeke and Rachid Laajaj), Journal of Development Economics, 114: 126-141.

• Omgba, L. D. 2015. Why do some oil-producing countries succeed in democracy while others fail?, World Development, Vol. 76, pp. 180-189.

• Omgba, L. D. 2014. Institutional foundations of export diversification patterns in oil-producing countries, Journal of Comparative Economics 42: 1052-1064.

• Omgba, L. D. 2011. Oil and Development in Cameroon: A critical appraisal of the permanent income hypothesis (with Calvin Djiofack), Energy Policy 39(11): 7202-7216.

• Omgba, L. D. 2011. Oil wealth and non-oil sector performances in a developing country, Oxford Development Studies 39(4): 487-503.

• Omgba, L. D. 2009. On the duration of political power in Africa: the role of oil rent, Comparative Political Studies, 42(3): 416-436.

• Omgba, L. D. 2007. Oil rents and the tenure of the leaders in Africa, Economics Bulletin 3(42): 1-12.

Other publications

• "IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR AND SPIN-OFF EFFECTS IN THEIR DESTINATION AND HOME COUNTRIES". G20 TASK FORCE 11. COVID-19: MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO COMPLEX PROBLEMS.