My main research areas are political economy, growth and development and public economics. Within these areas, the focus is on the determinants of corruption, the relationship between corruption, decentralization and development and the relationship between press freedom and corruption.
Published Papers
“A Contribution To The Empirics Of Press Freedom And Corruption” (with Emranul Haque and Richard Kneller), European Journal of Political Economy [link]
Completed and Ongoing Papers
“Federalism, Decentralization And Corruption” (with Emranul Haque and Richard Kneller) [link]
“Decentralization, Corruption And Economic Development” (with Emranul Haque and Richard Kneller) [link]
"Corruption And Decentralization: A Survey Of The Literature"
"The public and media agendas in Argentina" (with P. O'Gorman)
"Corruption And The Judiciary: An Empirical Investigation"
Other Writings
"Corruption: nature, effects and remedies" PDF, HTML, Text
"Decentralisation, governance and economic development" PDF, HTML, Text
RES 2008 Conference, RES Third PhD Presentation Meeting, CGBCR Fourth Conference 2007, European Public Choice Society Annual Conference 2006, RES 2006 Conference, Instituto de Economia y Finanzas Invited Seminar 2006, Simposio de Analisis Economico 2005, Third PhD Conference 2005