Co-investigator on the ESRC funded project "Political Economy of Financial (Under-)Development in Africa".
Representative Publications
(2009) "Corruption, Extortion, and the Boundaries of the Law" (with Nicolas Melissas), Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 25, No. 2 (forthcoming).
(2008) "Government Ownership of Banks, Institutions and Financial Development" (with Panicos Demetriades and Anja Shortland), Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 85, pp. 218-52.
(2008) "Sources and Effectiveness of Financial Development: What We Know and What We Need to Know" (with Panicos Demetriades), in B. Guha-Khasnobis and G. Mavrotas (eds.) Financial Development, Institutions, Growth and Poverty Reduction, Studies in Development Economics and Policy Series, Palgrave Macmillan.
(2007) "On Corruption and Institutions in Decentralised Economies", The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, Vol. 7/1 (Topics), Article 12.
(2004) "Decentralisation and the Perceived Quality of Institutions", Economics Letters, Vol. 83/1, 2004, pp. 77-82.
(2004) "Finance and Growth: What We Know and What We Need to Know" (with Panicos Demetriades), in Charles Goodhart (ed.) Financial Development and Economic Growth: Explaining the Links, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 38-65.
(2001) "Corruption and Reputation", Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 48(3), 2001, pp. 245-59.
Current Teaching
EC7084: Principles of Finance
Current Administrative Duties
Director of Undergraduate Admissions.
MSc Business Analysis and Finance course leader.
Post-graduate Learning
and Teaching Committee member.
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