Publications

• "History of Land Tenure in Pre-1954 Vietnam," Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 23 No. 1 (January 1993): 84-92.
• "Land Tenure in Vietnam After 1954," The South East Asian Review, Vol. XVIII, Nos. 1 & 2 (Jan-Dec 1993): 47-57.
• "Determinants of the Size of Government," Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 18 No. 2 (August 1994): 1-14.
• "Government Consumption, Economic Growth, and Cointegration: An Empirical Test of Wagner's Law," Studi Economici, No. 53, 1994/2: 55-65.
• "Determinants of Government Expenditures: New Evidence From Disaggregative Data," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 57, No. 1 (February 1995): 67-76.
• "A Competitive Model of the Growth of Government," (with Hadi S. Esfahani); Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 22 No. 2 (1995): 4-20.
• "Monetary Policy, Output and Inflation in Bangladesh: A Dynamic Analysis," (with Abdur R. Chowdhury and Abu N.M. Wahid) Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 2 No. 3 (March 1995): 51-55. A longer version is reprinted in The Economy of Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects, Abu N.M. Wahid and Charles Weis, editors, Praeger, Westport, Conn. (1996): 107-18.
• "Government Consumption and Economic Growth in Middle-Income Economies," Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Vol.19 No. 2 (August 1995): 1-11.
• "Brunei: An Economy in Transition," Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 26 No. 4, (October 1996): 505-11.
• "Tests of a Competitive Model of the Size and Growth of Government ,"(with Hadi S. Esfahani) Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 26 No. 3, (1999): 209-20.
• "Empirical Regularities on the Growth of Government," Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 25 No. 3, (2001): 1-29.
• "James M. Buchanan (1919- ): A Pioneer of Public Economics and the Laureate of 1986," in The Frontiers of Economics: Nobel Laureates 1969-99, Abu N.M. Wahid, editor, Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. ( April 2002).
• "An Analysis of Growth of Urbanization in Developing Economies," Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 36 No.1, (Fall 2002): 81-91.
• "Determinants of Internal Migration in Developing Countries," Studi Economici, No. 77, 2002/2: 35-51.
• "The Growth of Public Expenditure: A Survey of the Literature," Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 27 No. 1, (April 2003): 1-19.
• "Rural Poverty in Developing Countries: An Empirical Analysis," Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 31 No.6, (November 2004): 500-8.
• "Educating Children in Developing Countries: An Empirical Analysis, Studi Economici, n. 85, 2005/1: 89-104.
• "Youth, Poverty Reduction, and Economic Growth in Developing Countries," Journal of International Business and Economics, Vol. VII, No. 2, (2007), 131-38.
• "The Impact of Investment Climate Indicators on Gross Capital Formation in Developing Countries," Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 42, No. 1, (Fall 2008): 155-63.
• "An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Fertility in Developing Countries," Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 32 No. 1, (April 2008): 47-55.
• "Human Capital, Poverty, and Income Distribution in Developing Countries," Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 35, No. 4 (October 2008): 294-303.
• "Inequality in Developing Countries: An Empirical Assessment," Journal of International Finance and Economics, Vol. 8, No. 3 (November 2008): 12-18.
• "The Determinants of Infrastructure Development in Developing Countries," Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 32 No. 3, (November 2008): 43-54.
• "Health, Economic Development, and Poverty in Developing Countries," Economia Internazionale/International Economics, Vol. LXII, No. 2 (May 2009): 163-174.
• "Poverty, Income Distribution, and Agriculture in Developing Countries," Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 36, No. 2 (2009): 168-83.
• "Division, International Integration, and Economic Development," Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 33, No. 2. (August 2009): 49-58.
• "Factor Mobility, Net Migration, Growth, and the Lot of the Poorest Quintile in Developing Countries," Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2010): 125-35.
• Distribution and Development in Developing Countries: an Empirical Assessment,” Economia Internazionale/International Economics,
  Vol. 63, No. 2 (May 2010): 169-78.
• “Institutions and Development in Developing Countries: An Empirical Assessment," Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, Vol. 10 (2011): 327-338.
• “Debt and Growth in Developing Countries,” Economia Internazionale/International Economics, Vol. 64, No. 2 (May 2011): 173-93.
• "Government Expenditure and Growth in Developing Countries,” Progress in Development Studies, Vol. 12, No. 1 (January 2012): 77-82.
• "Geography, Access, Urbanization, Trade and Economic Development," The Orient Vision, Vol. VII, Issue I (Jan-Feb-March 2011): 36-60.
• "Changes in Human Development in Developing Countries: An Empirical Assessment," Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, Vol. 10 (2011): 288-299.
• "Population and Economic Growth in Developing Countries," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences (IJ-ARBSS), Vol. 2, Issue 1 (January 2012): 6-17.
• "Trade, Government Consumption, and Economic Growth in Upper-Middle Income Countries," International Journal of Business and Social Science (IJBSS), Vol. 2, No. 10 (June 2011): 9-14.
• "Democracy and Urban Poverty in Developing Countries," International Journal of Financial Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 3, No. 1 (2011): 93-102.
• "Climate Change, Growth, and Development in Developing Countries," Economia Internazionale/International Economics, Vol. 64, No. 4 (November 2011): 445-64.
• "Security and Development in Developing Countries," Modern Economy, Vol. 2, No. 5 (November 2011): 874-9.
• "Population and Economic Growth in Africa,”Economia Internazionale/International Economics, Vol. 66, No. 2 (May 2013): 215-30.
• "Determinants of Civil War Risk: An Empirical Assessment,” International Journal of Academic Research in Economics and Management Sciences, Vol.1, Issue 2 (April 2012): 112-9.
• "Factor Endowment, Human Capital, and Inequality in Developing Countries,”Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 40, Issue 1 (January 2013): 98-106.
• "Gender Gaps in Human Capital in Developing Countries: An Empirical Assessment," Economics Research International, Vol. 2012 (2012), Article ID 715419, 8 pages.
• "Exports, Imports, Government Consumption, and Economic Growth in Upper-Middle Income Countries,” Progress in Development Studies, Vol. 14, No. 2 (April 2014): 197-204.
• "Public Policies, Business Environment, and Economic Growth in Developing Countries,” International Journal of Research in Commerce, Economics & Management, Vol. No. 3, Issue No. 6 (June 2013): 1-4.
• "Female Labor Force Participation in Developing Countries,” Economia Internazionale/International Economics, Vol. LXVII, No. 3 (August 2014): 337-50.
• "Gender Gaps in Human Capital and Economic Growth in Developing Countries,"Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 3, No. 4 (November 2013): 91-8.
• "The Role of Policy Fundamentals in Fostering Economic Growth in Developing Countries,"Modern Economy, Vol. 4, No. 11 (November 2013): 706-11.
• "Poverty in Agrarian Developing Economies,” Advances in Economics and Business, Vol. 1, No. 2 (October 2013): 134-8.
• "Drivers of Economic Growth in Developing Countries,” Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 38, Issue 1 (April 2014): 75-85.
• "Risk Management at the Macroeconomy Level and Development in Developing Countries,” Economics Research International, vol. 2014, Article ID 505230, 5 pages, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/505230.
• “Idiosyncratic Risk and Development in Developing Countries,” Research in Applied Economics, Vol. 6, No. 2 (June 2014): 149-56. doi:10.5296/rae.v6i2.5775.
• “Risk and Development in Developing Countries,” British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade, Vol. 4, No. 10 (October 2014): 1491-1500.
• “Risk Management at the Financial Sector Level and Development in Developing Countries,” Economia Internazionale/International Economics, Vol. LXVII, No. 4 (November 2014): 457-69.
• "Risk Management at the Enterprise Sector Level and Development in Developing Countries," Journal of Empirical Economics, 4 (2) (May 2015): 103-108.
• "Determinants of the Global Financial Crisis Recovery: An Empirical Assessment," Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 44, Issue 1 (January 2017): 36-46.
• "Determinants of the Relative Importance of Imports in the Economy: An Empirical Assessment," British Journal of Economics, Management, and Trade, Vol. 15, No. 4 (December 2016): 1-18.
• "Determinants of the Size of Government in High-Income Countries,"Bulletin of Applied Economics, 4(1) (June 2017): 35-45.
• "Determinants of the Relative Importance of Education in Low-Income and Lower Middle-Income Countries," Economia Internazionale/International Economics, Vol. 70, Issue 2 (May 2017): 153-164.
• "Tests of a More Comprehensive Model of Economic Growth in Lower Middle-Income Countries, Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 45, Issue 1 (January 2018): 46-58..
• "Internet Use around the World: An Empirical Assessment,"Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, Vol. 16, Issue 6 (December 2017): 683-699..
• "Business Environment and Economic Growth: Further Empirical Results," International Journal of Economics and Financial Management, Vol. 1, Issue 1 (June 2017): 25-45.
• "Public Policies, Institutions, and Economic Growth in Low-Income and Lower Middle-Income Countries: Further Empirical Evidence," Advances in Economics and Business, Vol. 5, No. 8 (August 2017): 440-447.
• "The Role of Information and Communications Technology in Economic Development: Evidence from Different Country Groups," European Journal of Business, Economics, and Accountancy, Vol. 5, No. 5 (September 2017): 1-20.