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Essays on governance, public finance, and economic development
(University of St Andrews, 2014)
This thesis is composed of three distinct but related essays. The first essay studies the role of the size of the economy in mitigating the impact of public sector corruption on economic development. The analysis is based ...
Tax evasion and the business environment in Uganda
(Economic Policy Research Centre, 2014)
We provide some empirical evidence of how a poor business environment may incentivise tax evasion. In particular, we examine the roles that specific components of the business environment that include: bribery, efficiency ...
Foreign aid, economic development and corruption
(2015-06)
We adopt a dynamic general equilibrium model in which bureaucratic corruption leads to poor quality public services thereby incentivising households to engage in tax evasion. With aid, government is able to shore up the ...
Does Size Matter? Scale, Corruption and Uncertainty
(2012)
We study the role of the size of the economy in mitigating the impact of public sector corruption on economic development. The analysis is based on a dynamic general equilibrium model in which growth occurs endogenously ...