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Working Papers

2015

1. Do Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers reduce poverty and improve well-being?
   Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, School of Economics
2. What firm characteristics determine women’s employment in manufacturing? Evidence from Bangladesh
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

2010

3. Aid, Public Sector Fiscal Behaviour and Developing Country Debt
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (13)
   Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2002) View citations (1)

2009

4. Aid and Public Sector Fiscal Behaviour in Failing States
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Aid and public sector fiscal behaviour in failing states, Economic Modelling, Elsevier (2010) View citations (17) (2010)

2008

5. Aid and Growth in Fragile States
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (22)

2007

6. Public Sector Efficiency and Small Island Developing States
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

2005

7. Econometric Accounting of the Australian Corporate Tax Rates: a Firm Panel Example
   Cardiff Economics Working Papers, Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School, Economics Section View citations (4)
8. It Works; It Doesn't; It Can, But that Depends...: 50 Years of Controversy Over the Macroeconomic Impact of Development Aid
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (21)

2003

9. What Determines Foreign Aid to Papua New Guinea? An Inter-temporal Model of Aid Allocation
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (5)

2001

10. Innovation and Performance: Benchmarking Australian Firms
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Innovation and Performance: Benchmarking Australian Firms, Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (2003) View citations (18) (2003)

2000

11. A Dynamic Panel Analysis of the Profitability of Australian Tax Entities
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article A dynamic panel analysis of the profitability of Australian tax entities, Empirical Economics, Springer (2005) View citations (9) (2005)
12. Determinants of Profitability: An Empirical Investigation Using Australian Tax Entities
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (5)
13. Habit Persistence in Effective Tax Rates: Evidence Using Australian Tax Entities
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Do White Saviour perceptions reduce charitable giving? Evidence from five online studies
   Kyklos, 2025, 78, (1), 271-298

2024

2. Aggregating the Human Development Index: A Non-compensatory Approach
   Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2024, 172, (2), 499-515
3. Allocating aid for COVID‐19 support: A constrained optimisation approach
   Health Economics, 2024, 33, (4), 597-603
4. Does the power of the king stop at the village gate? Embeddedness and provincial development in Vietnam
   Economics and Politics, 2024, 36, (2), 677-707
5. Qualitative versus quantitative impact communications in humanitarian appeals: Findings from a field experiment
   Economics Letters, 2024, 243, (C)

2023

6. Impacts of child sponsorship communications: findings from World Vision programmes
   Development in Practice, 2023, 33, (3), 280-290
7. The Impact of Cultural Heterogeneity on Violence in Indonesia: Fractionalisation versus polarization
   Applied Economics, 2023, 55, (16), 1790-1806
8. Understanding sustainable outcomes in international development: Towards a realist evaluation framework
   Journal of International Development, 2023, 35, (1), 21-42
9. What are Valid Weights for the Human Development Index? A Discrete Choice Experiment for the United Kingdom
   Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2023, 165, (2), 679-694 View citations (2)

2022

10. Optimism Bias and World Bank Project Performance
    Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58, (12), 2604-2623 View citations (2)
11. Political connections and post-disaster assistance in rural Vietnam
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 72, (C) View citations (2)

2021

12. A Potent Fuel? Faith Identity and Development Impact in World Vision Community Programming
    Journal of International Development, 2021, 33, (1), 70-85 View citations (1)
13. Child labor and psychosocial wellbeing: Findings from India
    Health Economics, 2021, 30, (4), 876-902 View citations (8)
14. Early-Life exposure to rainfall shocks and gender gaps in employment: Findings from Vietnam
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 183, (C), 533-554 View citations (8)
15. Factors affecting the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices: Findings from panel data for Vietnam
    Ecological Economics, 2021, 184, (C) View citations (14)
16. Temperature shocks and energy poverty: Findings from Vietnam
    Energy Economics, 2021, 99, (C) View citations (27)
17. The Impact of Natural Disasters on Migration: Findings from Vietnam
    JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, 2021, 87, (3), 479-510 View citations (8)
    Also in Journal of Demographic Economics, 2021, 87, (3), 479-510 (2021) View citations (5)
18. Weighting the Dimensions of the Multidimensional Poverty Index: Findings from Sri Lanka
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2021, 156, (1), 1-19 View citations (4)

2020

19. Child Labor and Rainfall Deviation: Panel Data Evidence from Rural Vietnam
    The Developing Economies, 2020, 58, (1), 63-76 View citations (10)

2019

20. Conflict, ethnicity and gender: A money-burning field experiment in Indonesia
    Economics Letters, 2019, 177, (C), 14-17 View citations (2)
21. Donor motives, public preferences and the allocation of UK foreign aid: a discrete choice experiment approach
    Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 2019, 155, (3), 511-537 View citations (4)

2018

22. Are Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers Associated with Reductions in Poverty and Improvements in Well-being?
    Journal of Development Studies, 2018, 54, (2), 377-393 View citations (4)
23. Beyond monetary benefits of restoring sight in Vietnam: Evaluating well-being gains from cataract surgery
    PLOS ONE, 2018, 13, (2), 1-12
24. Improving Well-Being in Bhutan: A Pursuit of Happiness or Poverty Reduction?
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2018, 140, (1), 79-100 View citations (1)

2017

25. Explaining Aid Project and Program Success: Findings from Asian Development Bank Interventions
    World Development, 2017, 90, (C), 329-343 View citations (14)

2016

26. Beyond enrolments: the determinants of primary-school attendance in Melanesia
    Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 2016, 21, (4), 531-548 View citations (3)
27. Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty: Findings from Households in Melanesia
    Journal of Development Studies, 2016, 52, (3), 447-464 View citations (27)

2015

28. Handle with care: fragile states and the determinants of fragility
    Applied Economics, 2015, 47, (11), 1073-1085 View citations (9)
29. Income, democracy and European colonization
    Applied Economics Letters, 2015, 22, (15), 1257-1261

2014

30. Are Poor People Less Happy? Findings from Melanesia
    World Development, 2014, 64, (C), 448-459 View citations (7)
31. Growth and Foreign Direct Investment in the Pacific Island countries
    Economic Modelling, 2014, 37, (C), 332-339 View citations (30)
32. How sustainable is the macroeconomic impact of foreign aid?
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 2014, 36, (6), 1066-1081 View citations (4)
33. Remittances and Economic Growth: Larger Impacts in Smaller Countries?
    Journal of Development Studies, 2014, 50, (8), 1055-1066 View citations (47)
34. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Interventions in the Pacific: Defining, Assessing and Improving ‘Sustainability’
    The European Journal of Development Research, 2014, 26, (5), 692-706 View citations (3)

2013

35. Service delivery and human development in Papua New Guinea: the performance of provincial governments
    Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 2013, 18, (1), 71-85
36. The Determinants of Economic Growth Versus Genuine Progress in South Korea
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2013, 113, (3), 1055-1074 View citations (4)
37. The effects of health aid on child health promotion in developing countries: cross-country evidence
    Applied Economics, 2013, 45, (7), 911-919 View citations (12)

2012

38. Measuring absorptive capacity constraints to foreign aid
    Economic Modelling, 2012, 29, (3), 725-733 View citations (37)
39. The Impact of Housing Assistance on the Employment Outcomes of Labour Market Programme Participants in Australia
    Urban Studies, 2012, 49, (4), 821-844 View citations (5)

2011

40. Old challenges and new opportunities for the MDGs: now and beyond 2015
    Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 2011, 16, (4), 509-519 View citations (1)
41. Scaling‐up Foreign Aid: Will the ‘Big Push’ Work?
    The World Economy, 2011, 34, (1), 54-73 View citations (11)

2010

42. Aid and Growth in Small Island Developing States
    Journal of Development Studies, 2010, 46, (5), 897-917 View citations (17)
43. Aid and public sector fiscal behaviour in failing states
    Economic Modelling, 2010, 27, (5), 1006-1016 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Aid and Public Sector Fiscal Behaviour in Failing States, MPRA Paper (2009) View citations (4) (2009)

2009

44. Aid allocation to fragile states: Absorptive capacity constraints
    Journal of International Development, 2009, 21, (5), 618-632 View citations (19)
45. What type of economic growth does foreign aid support?
    Applied Economics Letters, 2009, 16, (7), 727-730 View citations (9)

2008

46. Public sector efficiency, foreign aid and small island developing states
    Journal of International Development, 2008, 20, (4), 526-546 View citations (4)
47. What Determines Bilateral Aid Allocations? Evidence From Time Series Data
    Review of Development Economics, 2008, 12, (3), 515-529 View citations (29)

2007

48. Foreign Aid and Fiscal Governance in Melanesia
    World Development, 2007, 35, (3), 439-453 View citations (14)
49. Impacts of Foreign Aid to Melanesia
    Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 2007, 12, (1), 34-60 View citations (7)

2006

50. Controversies over the impact of development aid: it works; it doesn't; it can, but that depends …
    Journal of International Development, 2006, 18, (7), 1031-1050 View citations (85)
51. Policy preferences in fiscal response studies
    Journal of International Development, 2006, 18, (8), 1167-1175 View citations (14)

2005

52. A dynamic panel analysis of the profitability of Australian tax entities
    Empirical Economics, 2005, 30, (1), 209-233 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper A Dynamic Panel Analysis of the Profitability of Australian Tax Entities, Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series (2000) View citations (1) (2000)
53. The Impact of Foreign Aid on Economic Growth in Papua New Guinea
    Journal of Development Studies, 2005, 41, (6), 1092-1117 View citations (47)

2004

54. Modelling inter-temporal aid allocation: a new application with an emphasis on Papua New Guinea
    Oxford Development Studies, 2004, 32, (1), 101-118 View citations (7)

2003

55. AN EXAMINATION OF THE LONG-RUN TRENDS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN FOREIGN AID
    Journal of Economic Development, 2003, 28, (1), 113-135 View citations (1)
56. Aid and public sector borrowing in developing countries
    Journal of International Development, 2003, 15, (8), 989-998 View citations (10)
57. Habit persistence in effective tax rates
    Applied Economics, 2003, 35, (8), 951-958 View citations (10)
58. Innovation and Performance: Benchmarking Australian Firms
    Australian Economic Review, 2003, 36, (3), 253-264 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Innovation and Performance: Benchmarking Australian Firms, Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series (2001) View citations (4) (2001)

2002

59. Determinants of Profitability: Australian Evidence Using Tax Entities
    Economic Analysis and Policy, 2002, 32, (2), 181-202

2000

60. The Role of Market Share and Concentration in Firm Profitability: Implications for Competition Policy
    Economic Analysis and Policy, 2000, 30, (2), 115-132 View citations (2)

Chapters

2021

1. International Development Goals and Small Island Developing States
   Springer

2020

2. Did Social Protection Assist with Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals?
   Springer
3. Ethnic Diversity and Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals
   Springer
4. Transitioning from the MDGs to the SDGs: Lessons Learnt?
   Springer View citations (1)