Publications (since 2005)


"Financial Liberalization, Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Reforms," with Yuko Kinoshita, forthcoming
       IMF Staff Papers                                                                                                                                  [ 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,  forthcoming,  Journal of Development Studies     [ more ]
 

"Dynamic Ethnic Fractionalization and Economic Growth," with Ahmad Saleh and Vitaliy Kuzeyev,
        forthcoming in the Journal of International Trade and Economic Development                 [ 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 (June 2009) 261–275                                                                                                   [ 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, January 2009  [ 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 ]
 

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

“Institutional Barriers to Entry: Evidence from the Brazilian Textiles and Electronics Industries,” with
         Mariana Iootty, Economic Systems (special issue on “Entry and Barriers to Entry in Emerging Markets,”
         Guest editors: Nauro Campos and Saul Estrin), 31(4): 346-363, 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 ]
 

“Educational Inputs and Outcomes Before the Transition from Communism,” with John Beirne,
         Economics of Transition 15 (1): 57-76, January 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 ]
 

Jamais À Midi: Sur La Nature et Les Causes De L’Economie Informel dans la Transition,”
         Revue D’études Comparatives Est-Ouest, 37 (1),  March 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 ]
 


Selected publications (before 2005)


“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     [ PDF ]        [ Data ]