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Working Papers

2021

1. The Effect of the Sex Buyer Law on the Market for Sex, Sexual Health and Sexual Violence
   Economics Discussion Paper Series, Economics, The University of Manchester

2016

2. Consistent Estimation of the Tax-Price Elasticity of Charitable Giving with Survey Data
   Economics Discussion Paper Series, Economics, The University of Manchester View citations (5)
3. Gender, Competition and Performance: Evidence from Real Tournaments
   Economics Discussion Paper Series, Economics, The University of Manchester View citations (13)
   Also in Working Papers, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB) (2016) View citations (10)

2014

4. Is income redistribution a form of insurance, a public good or both?
   Working Papers, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB) View citations (1)

2013

5. Unofficial Development Assistance: a model of development charities' donation income
   DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London
   See also Journal Article Unofficial Development Assistance: A Model of Development Charities’ Donation Income, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2015) (2015)
6. What drives demand for redistribution? An empirical analysis of other-regarding and self-insurance motives
   Economics Discussion Paper Series, Economics, The University of Manchester

2012

7. Charitable Bequests and Wealth at Death
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER
   Also in DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London (2012) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Charitable Bequests and Wealth At Death, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2017) View citations (10) (2017)
8. Gibrat’s law and legacy for non-profit organisations: a non-parametric analysis
   Working Papers, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB)

2011

9. Unofficial Development Assistance: A Dynamic Model of Charities' Donation Income
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (2)

2010

10. Is charity a homogeneous good?
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    Also in Economic Research Papers, University of Warwick - Department of Economics View citations (4)

2008

11. Charitable Giving for Overseas Development: UK Trends over a Quarter Century
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Charitable giving for overseas development: UK trends over a quarter century, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society (2012) View citations (17) (2012)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Gender, competition, and performance: Evidence from chess players
   Quantitative Economics, 2023, 14, (1), 349-380 View citations (9)

2019

2. How sensitive is the average taxpayer to changes in the tax-price of giving?
   International Tax and Public Finance, 2019, 26, (2), 317-356 View citations (5)

2017

3. Charitable Bequests and Wealth At Death
   Economic Journal, 2017, 127, (605), F1-F23 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper Charitable Bequests and Wealth at Death, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) (2012)
4. Risk aversion and inequity aversion in demand for unemployment benefits
   International Tax and Public Finance, 2017, 24, (2), 198-220 View citations (3)

2015

5. Unofficial Development Assistance: A Model of Development Charities’ Donation Income
   Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 77, (2), 191-209
   See also Working Paper Unofficial Development Assistance: a model of development charities' donation income, DoQSS Working Papers (2013) (2013)

2013

6. Are big charities becoming more dominant?: cross-sectional and longitudinal perspectives
   Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2013, 176, (3), 761-776 View citations (3)

2012

7. Charitable giving for overseas development: UK trends over a quarter century
   Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2012, 175, (1), 167-190 View citations (17)
   See also Working Paper Charitable Giving for Overseas Development: UK Trends over a Quarter Century, IZA Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (4) (2008)