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Working Papers

2018

1. Older and wiser? The impact of school starting age on teenage marriage and motherhood in Vietnam
   Departmental Working Papers, The Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics
2. Policy failure and educational attainment in Indonesia
   Departmental Working Papers, The Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics
3. The impact of mayor-council coalitions on local government spending, service delivery, and corruption in Indonesia
   Departmental Working Papers, The Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics
4. The impact of pre-electoral coalitions on mayoral election outcomes in Indonesia
   Departmental Working Papers, The Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics

2016

5. Local political fragmentation: Fiscal and service delivery effects in Indonesia
   Departmental Working Papers, The Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics View citations (1)

2008

6. A Note on the Indonesian Sub-National Government Surplus, 2001-2006
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
7. Sub-National Performance Incentives in the Intergovernmental Framework
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)

1995

8. Housing Finance and Low-Income Urban Households in Indonesia: the Recent Experience of Two State Banks
   Working Papers, Harvard - Institute for International Development

Journal Articles

2025

1. The transition to direct mayoral elections in clientelistic environments: Causal public spending and service delivery effects
   Journal of Development Economics, 2025, 172, (C)

2023

2. Indonesia’s New Fiscal Decentralisation Law: A Critical Assessment
   Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2023, 59, (1), 1-28 View citations (1)
3. Local education spending mandates: Indonesia’s 20 percent rule
   Education Economics, 2023, 31, (4), 419-438
4. Vigilantism and the transition to local democratic elections
   Local Government Studies, 2023, 49, (1), 226-247

2022

5. The impact of democratic elections on taxation: Quasi-experimental evidence from subnational Indonesia
   Economics Letters, 2022, 211, (C)

2020

6. How do mayors get elected? The causal effects of pre-electoral coalitions on mayoral election outcomes in Indonesia
   Local Government Studies, 2020, 46, (3), 394-413 View citations (2)
7. Political accountability and public service delivery in decentralized Indonesia: Incumbency advantage and the performance of second term mayors
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 64, (C) View citations (5)
8. Teenage Marriage and Motherhood in Vietnam: The Negative Effects of Starting School Early
   Population Research and Policy Review, 2020, 39, (4), 739-762 View citations (5)
9. The impact of public sector accounting reform on corruption: Causal evidence from subnational Indonesia
   Public Administration & Development, 2020, 40, (5), 245-254 View citations (4)

2019

10. The impact of majority coalitions on local government spending, service delivery, and corruption in Indonesia
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 58, (C), 178-191 View citations (6)

2017

11. Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers and Local Incentives and Responses: The Case of Indonesia
    Fiscal Studies, 2017, 38, 111-139 View citations (22)
12. Local government spending and service delivery in Indonesia: the perverse effects of substantial fiscal resources
    Regional Studies, 2017, 51, (11), 1695-1707 View citations (12)
13. Reconstructing Urban Economics: Towards a Political Economy of the Built Environment, by Franklin Obeng-Odoom ( Zed Books, London, 2016 ), 286 pp
    The Economic Record, 2017, 93, (302), 511-512

2016

14. Is Central Government Intervention Bad for Local Outcomes? Mixed Messages from Indonesia
    Journal of Development Studies, 2016, 52, (2), 300-313 View citations (3)
15. Measuring Local Government Service Delivery Performance: Challenges and (PARTIAL) Solutions in Indonesia
    Journal of International Development, 2016, 28, (5), 808-817 View citations (4)

2015

16. Decentralising to Villages in Indonesia: Money (and Other) Mistakes
    Public Administration & Development, 2015, 35, (5), 347-359 View citations (10)
17. Notes from the Editors
    Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2015, 51, (2), 163-164

2014

18. Indonesian Intergovernmental Performance Grants: An Empirical Assessment of Impact
    Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2014, 50, (3), 415-433 View citations (4)
19. Urbanization and Economic Growth in Indonesia: Good News, Bad News and (Possible) Local Government Mitigation
    Regional Studies, 2014, 48, (1), 192-207 View citations (16)

2011

20. SUB‐NATIONAL GOVERNMENT CAPITAL SPENDING IN INDONESIA: LEVEL, STRUCTURE, AND FINANCING
    Public Administration & Development, 2011, 31, (3), 149-158 View citations (2)
21. The cost of public primary education in Indonesia: do schools need more money?
    Education Economics, 2011, 19, (4), 397-410 View citations (2)

2010

22. Restructuring Indonesia's sub-national public debt: reform or reversion?
    Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2010, 46, (1), 65-78

2009

23. Determining Citizen Satisfaction with Local Public Education in Indonesia: The Significance of Actual Service Quality and Governance Conditions
    Growth and Change, 2009, 40, (1), 85-115 View citations (12)

2007

24. ON-LENDING IN INDONESIA: PAST PERFORMANCE AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
    Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2007, 43, (1), 35-58 View citations (3)
25. Revisiting the Price of Residential Land in Jakarta
    Urban Studies, 2007, 44, (11), 2179-2194 View citations (2)

2006

26. Local government taxation: An analysis of administrative cost inefficiency
    Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2006, 42, (2), 213-233 View citations (22)

2005

27. Indonesian Local Government Spending, Taxing and Saving: An Explanation of Pre‐ and Post‐decentralization Fiscal Outcomes
    Asian Economic Journal, 2005, 19, (3), 291-317 View citations (14)

2004

28. Central development spending in the regions post-decentralisation
    Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2004, 40, (3), 379-394 View citations (5)

2003

29. Erratum to "Local Government Borrowing and Repayment in Indonesia: Does Fiscal Capacity Matter?" World Development 31(6), pp. 1047-1063 (2003)
    World Development, 2003, 31, (12), 2173-2173
30. Local Government Borrowing and Repayment in Indonesia: Does Fiscal Capacity Matter?
    World Development, 2003, 31, (6), 1047-1063 View citations (11)
31. TAX AND CHARGE CREATION BY REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS UNDER FISCAL DECENTRALISATION: ESTIMATES AND EXPLANATIONS
    Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2003, 39, (2), 177-192 View citations (13)

2001

32. THE NEW INDONESIAN EQUALISATION TRANSFER
    Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2001, 37, (3), 325-343 View citations (20)

1998

33. Reply to Beier and Ferrazzi
    World Development, 1998, 26, (12), 2213-2217
34. THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ON MUNICIPAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: EMPIRICAL RESULTS FROM KENYA
    Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies, 1998, 10, (2), 142-156 View citations (11)

1996

35. ESTIMATING, EXPLAINING, AND TARGETING POVERTY IN BELIZE: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY
    Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies, 1996, 8, (1), 66-91
36. Fiscal decentralization in Indonesia: A new approach to an old idea
    World Development, 1996, 24, (8), 1281-1299 View citations (19)

1993

37. THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF EXPORTS IN DETERMINING LEVELS OF REGIONAL OUTPUT AND INCOME: A Model and Empirical Evidence from Kenya
    Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies, 1993, 5, (1), 19-28 View citations (1)

1992

38. District-level economic linkages in Kenya: Evidence based on a small regional social accounting matrix
    World Development, 1992, 20, (6), 881-897 View citations (53)

1991

39. A comment on the relative employment-generation capabilities of the manufacturing and service sectors in developing countries
    World Development, 1991, 19, (12), 1787-1790 View citations (1)

1990

40. THE FOUR BASIC PROPERTIES OF RANK‐SIZE HIERARCHICAL DISTRIBUTIONS: THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND INTERRELATIONSHIPS
    Papers in Regional Science, 1990, 68, (1), 83-95 View citations (2)

1984

41. James P. Bennett on Subjunctive Reasoning, Policy Analysis And Political Argument
    Conflict Management and Peace Science, 1984, 8, (1), 71-112 View citations (1)

Books

2021

1. The Role of Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers in Improving Education Outcomes
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (4)