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Working Papers

2021

1. Procrastination and the Non-Monotonic Effect of Deadlines on Task Completion
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Procrastination and the non‐monotonic effect of deadlines on task completion, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2022) View citations (3) (2022)
2. The Non-Monotonic Effect of Deadlines on Task Completion
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2020

3. How Close to Home Does Charity Begin?
   2020 Conference (64th), February 12-14, 2020, Perth, Western Australia, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article How close to home does charity begin?, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) View citations (4) (2020)

2017

4. Alcohol Expenditure, Generosity and Empathy
   Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics
5. Deadlines, Procrastination, and Forgetting in Charitable Tasks: A Field Experiment
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
6. When does it matter how you ask? Cross-subject heterogeneity in framing effects in a charitable donation experiment
   Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2016

7. Bilateral foreign aid: How important is aid effectiveness to people for choosing countries to support?
   Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Bilateral foreign aid: how important is aid effectiveness to people for choosing countries to support?, Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals (2017) View citations (3) (2017)
8. Deadlines, Procrastination, and Inattention in Charitable Tasks: A Field Experiment
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
9. Dire Straits v The Cure: Emphasising the Problem or the Solution in Charitable Fundraising for International Development
   Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics

2015

10. Deadlines, Procrastination, and Inattention in Charitable Giving: A Field Experiment
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics (2014)
11. Does Charity Begin at Home or Overseas?
    Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics
12. Transaction Costs, the Opportunity Cost of Time and Procrastination in Charitable Giving
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article Transaction costs, the opportunity cost of time and procrastination in charitable giving, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (27) (2015)

2014

13. Transaction Costs, the Opportunity Cost of Time and Inertia in Charitable Giving
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics (2014) View citations (1)

2013

14. Can You Spare Some Change For Charity? Experimental Evidence On Verbal Cues And Loose Change Effects In A Dictator Game
    Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Can you spare some change for charity? Experimental evidence on verbal cues and loose change effects in a Dictator Game, Experimental Economics, Springer (2015) View citations (9) (2015)
15. Developing countries in need: Which characteristics appeal most to people when donating money?
    Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Developing Countries in Need: Which Characteristics Appeal Most to People when Donating Money?, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2014) View citations (5) (2014)

2011

16. Does Aid Work for the Poor?
    Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics View citations (3)
17. What Sort of People Vote Expressively?
    Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics

2010

18. Are Survey measures of Trust Correlated with Experimental Trust? Empirical Evidence from Cameroon
    Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics View citations (1)
19. Giving to Africa and Perceptions of Poverty
    Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Giving to Africa and perceptions of poverty, Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier (2012) View citations (18) (2012)

2009

20. Does trust extend beyond the village? Experimental trust and social distance in Cameroon
    Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Does trust extend beyond the village? Experimental trust and social distance in Cameroon, Experimental Economics, Springer (2011) View citations (54) (2011)

2008

21. Survey Trust, Experimental Trust and ROSCA Membership in Rural Cameroon
    Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics (2007) View citations (2)
22. Which Institutions are Good for Your Health? The Deep Determinants of Comparative Cross-country Health Status
    Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Which Institutions are Good for Your Health? The Deep Determinants of Comparative Cross-country Health Status, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2010) View citations (17) (2010)

2007

23. Measuring Aid Effectively in Tests of Aid Effectiveness
    Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics View citations (3)

2006

24. Is Social Capital Part of the Institutions Continuum and is it a Deep Determinant of Development?
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (14)

2004

25. Compliance costs: perception versus reality
    Competition & Regulation Times, New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation

2002

26. Social Capital and National Environmental Performance: A Cross-sectional Analysis
    Economics and Environment Network Working Papers, Australian National University, Economics and Environment Network View citations (12)

2001

27. Inequality and Economic Growth: the Empirical Relationship Reconsidered in the Light of Comparable Data
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (47)
    See also Journal Article Inequality and Economic Growth: The Empirical Relationship Reconsidered in the Light of Comparable Data, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2005) View citations (85) (2005)
28. Social Divergence and Economic Performance
    Working Papers, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics View citations (6)

Journal Articles

2022

1. In search of competitive givers
   Southern Economic Journal, 2022, 88, (4), 1517-1548 View citations (1)
2. Procrastination and the non‐monotonic effect of deadlines on task completion
   Economic Inquiry, 2022, 60, (2), 706-720 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Procrastination and the Non-Monotonic Effect of Deadlines on Task Completion, MPRA Paper (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
3. Why Did They Not Borrow? Debt‐Averse Farmers In Rural Vietnam
   The Developing Economies, 2022, 60, (4), 228-260

2021

4. Cash is not king in incentivizing online surveys
   Applied Economics Letters, 2021, 28, (2), 105-108 View citations (1)
5. In search of effective altruists
   Applied Economics, 2021, 53, (7), 805-819 View citations (3)

2020

6. How close to home does charity begin?
   Applied Economics, 2020, 52, (34), 3700-3708 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper How Close to Home Does Charity Begin?, 2020 Conference (64th), February 12-14, 2020, Perth, Western Australia (2020) View citations (4) (2020)
7. Materialists and altruists in a charitable donation experiment
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2020, 72, (1), 292-292 View citations (2)
   Also in Oxford Economic Papers, 2020, 72, (1), 216-234 (2020) View citations (2)

2019

8. 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

9. Alcohol, generosity and empathy
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2018, 76, (C), 28-39 View citations (1)
10. Emphasising the Problem or the Solution in Charitable Fundraising for International Development
    Journal of Development Studies, 2018, 54, (6), 1082-1094 View citations (3)

2017

11. Bilateral foreign aid: how important is aid effectiveness to people for choosing countries to support?
    Applied Economics Letters, 2017, 24, (5), 306-310 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Bilateral foreign aid: How important is aid effectiveness to people for choosing countries to support?, Working Papers (2016) (2016)

2016

12. WHO VOTES EXPRESSIVELY, AND WHY? EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 2016, 68, (2), 105-116 View citations (2)

2015

13. Can you spare some change for charity? Experimental evidence on verbal cues and loose change effects in a Dictator Game
    Experimental Economics, 2015, 18, (4), 718-730 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Can You Spare Some Change For Charity? Experimental Evidence On Verbal Cues And Loose Change Effects In A Dictator Game, Working Papers (2013) View citations (2) (2013)
14. Transaction costs, the opportunity cost of time and procrastination in charitable giving
    Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 125, (C), 54-63 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Transaction Costs, the Opportunity Cost of Time and Procrastination in Charitable Giving, Working Papers in Economics (2015) View citations (27) (2015)

2014

15. Developing Countries in Need: Which Characteristics Appeal Most to People when Donating Money?
    Journal of Development Studies, 2014, 50, (11), 1494-1509 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Developing countries in need: Which characteristics appeal most to people when donating money?, Working Papers (2013) View citations (4) (2013)

2012

16. Are Survey Measures of Trust Correlated with Experimental Trust? Evidence from Cameroon
    Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48, (12), 1813-1827 View citations (4)
17. Giving to Africa and perceptions of poverty
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2012, 33, (4), 819-832 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Giving to Africa and Perceptions of Poverty, Working Papers (2010) View citations (2) (2010)

2011

18. Dangerous Interactions: Problems in Interpreting Tests of Conditional Aid Effectiveness
    The World Economy, 2011, 34, (6), 972-983
19. Does trust extend beyond the village? Experimental trust and social distance in Cameroon
    Experimental Economics, 2011, 14, (1), 15-35 View citations (54)
    See also Working Paper Does trust extend beyond the village? Experimental trust and social distance in Cameroon, Working Papers (2009) (2009)
20. Trust and ROSCA membership in rural Cameroon
    Journal of International Development, 2011, 23, (4), 461-475 View citations (7)

2010

21. Which Institutions are Good for Your Health? The Deep Determinants of Comparative Cross-country Health Status
    Journal of Development Studies, 2010, 46, (4), 701-723 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Which Institutions are Good for Your Health? The Deep Determinants of Comparative Cross-country Health Status, Working Papers (2008) View citations (1) (2008)

2007

22. Social capital, egalitarianism and foreign aid allocations
    Journal of International Development, 2007, 19, (3), 299-314 View citations (2)

2005

23. Inequality and Economic Growth: The Empirical Relationship Reconsidered in the Light of Comparable Data
    Journal of Development Studies, 2005, 41, (1), 135-159 View citations (85)
    See also Working Paper Inequality and Economic Growth: the Empirical Relationship Reconsidered in the Light of Comparable Data, WIDER Working Paper Series (2001) View citations (47) (2001)
24. Quantifying compliance costs of small businesses in New Zealand
    New Zealand Economic Papers, 2005, 39, (1), 37-50 View citations (1)

2004

25. Total Factor Productivity, Per Capita Income and Social Divergence
    The Economic Record, 2004, 80, (250), 302-313 View citations (9)

2003

26. Erkin Bairam:1958-2001 his Contribution to Economics
    Ekonomia, 2003, 6, (1), 1-18
27. Government Intervention and Economic Performance in East Asia
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2003, 51, (2), 451-77 View citations (8)

2002

28. Are educational gender gaps a brake on economic development? Some cross-country empirical evidence
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2002, 54, (1), 118-149 View citations (178)

2001

29. Are the Penn World Tables data on government consumption and investment being misused?
    Economics Letters, 2001, 71, (2), 293-298 View citations (14)
30. Barro's fertility equations: the robustness of the role of female education and income
    Applied Economics, 2001, 33, (8), 1065-1075 View citations (3)

1999

31. On the Use of Competition Policy to Enhance the Effectiveness of Industrial Policy
    Review of Development Economics, 1999, 3, (1), 58-65

1998

32. Does agriculture contribute to economic growth? Some empirical evidence
    Applied Economics, 1998, 30, (6), 775-781 View citations (8)

1997

33. Education and Health in an Effective‐Labour Empirical Growth Model
    The Economic Record, 1997, 73, (223), 314-328 View citations (19)
34. Which level of schooling has the greatest economic impact on output?
    Applied Economics Letters, 1997, 4, (3), 177-180 View citations (3)

1995

35. Comment: Financing New Zealand’s Tertiary Education: How Much Subsidy?
    Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, 1995, 2, (2), 223-225
36. Health capital and cross-country variation in income per capita in the Mankiw-Romer-Weil model
    Economics Letters, 1995, 48, (1), 99-106 View citations (139)

Chapters

2007

1. The Deep Determinants of Health and Education: Institutions versus Geography
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)

2002

2. Social Divergence and Productivity: Making a Connection
   A chapter in The Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress 2002: Towards a Social Understanding of Productivity, 2002, vol. 2 View citations (14)