Europe needs to get its act together
This forthcoming piece deals with the need of the European Union to defend Ukraine against Russian aggression as well as […]
Natural Resources and Education
Abstract This chapter reviews the literature on the different channels through which abundant natural resources can influence education and human […]
Diversification and Growth Revisited
Joint article with Gylfi Zoega, based on our longer paper.
Economics – An Apology
Mainstream economics, it has been claimed, has failed rather miserably in recent years and needs an overhaul. True, most economists […]
Catch-Up and the Curse of Oil
New paper with Gylfi Zoega Abstract Because of convergence, initial income is an important explanatory variable in many economic growth […]
Double Diversification with an Application to Iceland
With Per Magnus Wijkman. Published in S. Mahroum and Y. Al-Saleh (Eds.), Economic Diversification Policies in Natural Resource Rich Economies […]
Toward Greener Priorities: Madagascar
Joint article with Jean-Pascal N. Nganou, based on our longer paper.
Principal Components of Institutions, Diversification, and Growth
This chapter aims to reassess the cross-country interplay among economic performance, natural resources, and institutions, including inequality. We now assess […]
Diversifying and Benchmarking Madagascar
Because excessive specialization can be risky, diversification matters for sustainable development. A case study of Madagascar, this paper begins by […]
From Cultural Capital to Growth
Makes the case for music and visual arts as an important part of economic and social development.