"The Dynamics of Labor Regulation Around the World since 1960," with Jeffrey Nugent, revised and
          re-submitted                                                                                                                 [more]
 

    "International Terrorism, Domestic Political Instability and The Escalation Effect," with Martin Gassebner,
         Economics & Politics, forthcoming.                                                                        [ more ]
 

    "An Econometric Survey of the Evidence on Corruption and Growth,"  with Ralitza Dimova and Ahmad Saleh,
        conditionally accepted at Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics           [ more ]
 

    “Financial Liberalization and Reversals: Political and Economic Determinants,” with Fabrizio Coricelli,
         Economic Policy (July 2012) pp. 483–513                                                            [ more ]
 

    "On the Reversibility of Structural Reforms," with Roman Horvath, Economics Letters 117 (2012):
            217–219                                                                                                                  [ more ]
 

    “Two to Tangle: Financial Development, Political Instability and Economic Growth in Argentina,"
            with M. Karanasos and B. Tan, Journal of Banking and Finance 36 (2012) 290–304    [ more ]
 

    “Reform Redux: Measurement, Determinants and Reversals,” with Roman Horvath, European
            Journal of Political Economy 28 (2012) 227–237                                                     [ more ]
 

    “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 {Winner of Dudley Seers Prize for best paper in volume}      [ 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 (up to 2008)

    “Earnings, Schooling and Reform: Econometric Evidence from Hungary (1986-2004),” with Dean Jolliffe,
         World Bank Economic Review  21(3): 509-526, December 2007              [ PDF ]           [ more]
 

    “On the Dynamics of Ethnic Fractionalization,” with Vitaliy Kuzeyev, American Journal of Political Science
              51(3): 620-639, July 2007                                                                                  [ PDF ]          [ more ]
 

    “Lobbying, Corruption and Political Influence,” with Francesco Giovannoni, Public Choice 131 (1): 1-21
              (volume lead article), March 2007                                                                    [ PDF ]            [ more ]
 

    “What Drives Asset Stripping in Transition? Theory and Evidence,” with Francesco Giovannoni,
        Journal of Law and Economics 49 (2): 681-706, October 2006.                [ PDF ]            [ 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)      [ PDF ]           [ more ]
 

    “Aggregate Investment and Political Instability: An Econometric Investigation,” with Jeffrey B. Nugent,
          Economica 70 (3): 533-549, 2003                                                                    [ PDF ]           [ 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 ]
 

    “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 ]