Publications

My papers can be downloaded from my IDEAS/RePEc or ORCID pages. For metrics, visit my Google Scholar or Publons pages.  

2023

Walters, L., M. Bittencourt, and C. Chisadza. (2023): “Public infrastructure provision and ethnic favouritism: Evidence from South Africa,” Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 31 (1): 33-65 .

2022

Manoel Bittencourt Rangan Gupta, P. M., and L. Stander. (2022): “Socio-Political Instability and Inflationary Dynamics,” Economic Systems, 46 (4).

2021

Bittencourt, M. (2021): “Public Debt in South Africa,” ed. by Oqubay, A., F. Tregenna, and I. Valodia. Oxford University Press, 955–973.

2019

Bittencourt, M., S. Chang, R. Gupta, and S. M. Miller. (2019): “Does financial development affect income inequality in the U.S. States?,” Journal of Policy Modeling, 41, 1043–1056.

Chisadza, C., and M. Bittencourt. (2019): “Economic development and democracy: The modernization hypothesis in sub-Saharan Africa,” The Social Science Journal, 56, 243–247.

2018

Chisadza, C., and M. Bittencourt. (2018): “Globalisation and Conflict: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa,” Revue internationale de politique de développement, 10.1.

Bittencourt, M. (2018): “Young democracies and government debt: evidence from South America,” Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 22, 351–368.

Bittencourt, M. (2018): “Primary education and fertility rates,” Economics of Transition, 26, 283–302.

2015

Bittencourt, M. (2015): “Determinants of Government and External Debt: Evidence from the Young Democracies of South America,” Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 51, 463–472.

Bittencourt, M., R. van Eyden, and M. Seleteng. (2015): “Inflation and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Southern African Development Community,” South African Journal of Economics, 83, 411–424.

2014

Bittencourt, M. (2014): “Economic Growth and Inequality: Evidence from the Young Democracies of South America,” in Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 37–58.

Bittencourt, M., R. Gupta, and L. Stander. (2014): “Tax evasion, financial development and inflation: Theory and empirical evidence,” Journal of Banking & Finance, 41, 194–208.

2013

Simo-Kengne, B. D., R. Gupta, and M. Bittencourt. (2013): “The Impact of House Prices on Consumption in South Africa: Evidence from Provincial-Level Panel VARs,” Housing Studies, 28, 1133–1154.

Seleteng, M., M. Bittencourt, and R. van Eyden. (2013): “Non-linearities in inflation–growth nexus in the SADC region: A panel smooth transition regression approach,” Economic Modelling, 30, 149–156.

2012

Bittencourt, M. (2012): “Democracy, populism and hyperinflation: some evidence from Latin America,” Economics of Governance, 13, 311–332.

Bittencourt, M. (2012): “Inflacion y crecimiento economico: Evidencia con datos de panel para America del Sur,” Revista Estudios Economicos Banco Central de Reserva del Peru, 23, 25–38.

Bittencourt, M. (2012): “Financial development and economic growth in Latin America: Is Schumpeter right?,” Journal of Policy Modeling, 34, 341–355.

Bittencourt, M. (2012): “Inflation and economic growth in Latin America: Some panel time-series evidence,” Economic Modelling, 29, 333–340.

2011

Bittencourt, M. (2011): “Is Copacabana Still the ‘Little Princess of the Sea’?,” CESifo Forum, 12, 11–16.

Bittencourt, M. (2011): “Debates on the Measurement of Global Poverty - Edited by Sudhir Anand, Paul Segal, and Joseph E. Stiglitz,” The Developing Economies, 49, 228–230.

Bittencourt, M. (2011): “Inflation and financial development: Evidence from Brazil,” Economic Modelling, 28, 91–99.

2010

Bittencourt, M. (2010): “Financial development and inequality: Brazil 1985–1994,” Economic Change and Restructuring, 43, 113–130.

2009

BITTENCOURT, M. (2009): “MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND INEQUALITY: BRAZIL, 1983-94,” The Developing Economies, 47, 30–52.