Publications (since 2008)
“Two to Tangle: Financial
Development, Political Instability and Economic Growth in Argentina,"
with Menelaos Karanasos and Bin Tan, forthcoming, Journal of Banking
and Finance [ more
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“Does Reform Work? An
Econometric Survey of the Reform-Growth Puzzle” with Jan Babecky,
Journal of Comparative Economics, 39 (2), 140-158,
2011
[ more ]
"Dynamic Ethnic Fractionalization
and Economic Growth," with Ahmad Saleh and Vitaliy Kuzeyev,
Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 20 (2):
129-152, 2011 (lead article) [
more
]
"Financial Liberalization,
Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Reforms," with Yuko Kinoshita,
IMF Staff Papers 57 (2): 326-365, 2010
[ more ]
"Crises, What Crises?
New Evidence on the Relative Roles of Political and Economic Crises in
Begetting Reforms," with Cheng Hsiao and Jeffrey B. Nugent, Journal
of Development Studies
46 (10): 1670-1691, 2010
[
more ]
“Paintings and Numbers:
An Econometric Investigation of Sales Rates, Prices and Returns in Latin
American
Art Auctions," with Renata Leite, Oxford Economic Papers 61
(1) pp. 28–51, 2009 [ more
]
"So Many Rocket Scientists,
So Few Marketing Clerks: Estimating the Effects of Economic Reform on
Occupational Mobility in Estonia," with Aurelijus Dabušinskas, European
Journal of Political
Economy 25 (2009) 261–275
[ more
]
“Growth, Volatility
and Political Instability: Non-Linear Time-Series Evidence for Argentina,
1896-2000,”
with Menelaos Karanasos, Economics Letters 100 (1), 135-137
July 2008
[ more
]
Selected publications (before 2008)
“Earnings, Schooling
and Reform: Econometric Evidence from Hungary (1986-2004),” with Dean Jolliffe,
World Bank Economic Review 21(3): 509-526, December
2007
[ more]
“On the Dynamics of
Ethnic Fractionalization,” with Vitaliy Kuzeyev, American Journal
of Political Science
51(3): 620-639, July 2007
[ more
]
“Lobbying, Corruption
and Political Influence,” with Francesco Giovannoni,
Public Choice
131 (1): 1-21
(volume lead article), March 2007
[ more
]
“What Drives Asset Stripping in Transition? Theory and Evidence,” with
Francesco Giovannoni,
Journal of Law and Economics 49
(2): 681-706, October 2006.
[ more
]
“Does Market Liberalisation
Reduce Gender Discrimination? Hungary ,1986 to 1998,” with Dean Jolliffe,
Labour Economics 12 (1): 1-22, February 2005 (volume lead article)
[ more
]
“Aggregate Investment
and Political Instability: An Econometric Investigation,” with Jeffrey
B. Nugent,
Economica 70 (3): 533-549, 2003
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] [ Data ]
“Growth in Transition:
What We Know, What We Don’t, and What We Should,” with Fabrizio Coricelli,
Journal of Economic Literature XL (3): 793-836, 2002
[ PDF]
“Who is Afraid of Political
Instability?” With Jeffrey B. Nugent, Journal of Development Economics
67 (1): 157-172, 2002
[ PDF
] [ Data
]
“Will the Future be
Better Tomorrow? The Growth Prospects of Transition Economies Revisited,”
Journal of Comparative Economics 29 (4): 663-676, 2001
[ PDF
] [ Data
] [ Data description
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“Development Performance
and the Institutions of Governance: Evidence from East Asia and Latin America,"
with Jeffrey B. Nugent, World Development 27
(3): 439-452, 1999 (lead article) [
PDF
] [ Data
]