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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 ...
Labour productivity among small-and medium-scale enterprises in Uganda: the role of innovation
(Springer, 2018)
Using the 2013 World Bank Enterprise Survey data for Uganda, this paper employs the
quintile estimation technique to explain the relationship between labour productivity and
innovation among SMEs. Innovation involves the ...
Innovation and employment growth: evidence from manufacturing firms in Africa
(Springer open, 2019-02)
This paper estimates the association between innovation and employment growth among manufacturing firms in Africa. The paper uses a cross-sectional World Bank Enterprise Survey dataset in which innovation is categorised ...
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 ...