Working Papers
The most recent Department Working Papers are listed below, the full versions are downloadable where available. Otherwise, please contact the Department on the following email to request a working paper. economics@soas.ac.uk
2009
- 163. On the Current Links Capital Markets and Investment in MENA Countries (pdf)
Randa Alami. March 2009 - 162. Infrastructure, Knowledge Creation and Spillovers and Economic Growth in China (pdf)
Sangaralingam Ramesh. March 2009 - 161. China's Transition to a Knowledge Economy (pdf)
Sangaralingam Ramesh, February 2009
2008
- 160. Linking Technology Development to Enterprise Growth: Evidence from the Mozambican Manufacturing Sector (pdf)
Alex Warren-Rodríguez. September 2008 - 159. An Exploration of Factors Shaping Technology-Upgrading Efforts in Mozambican Manufacturing Firms (pdf)
Alex Warren-Rodríguez. May 2008 - 158. The Economics and Culture of Financialisation (pdf)
Jan Toporowski, April 2008 - 157. Niebyl, Money and Development (pdf)
Daniela Tavasci, Jan Toporowski and Radha Upadhyaya, April 2008 - 156. Uncovering Dynamics in the Accumulation of Technological Capabilities and Skills in the Mozambican Manufacturing Sector (pdf)
Alex Warren-Rodríguez, March 2008 - 155. A Note on Mundell-Fleming and Developing Countries (pdf)
John Weeks, March 2008
2007
- 154. Infrastructure as Economic Density (pdf)
Sangaralingam Ramesh, December 2007 - 153. China's Quest for Alternative to Neo-liberalism: Market Reform, Economic Growth, and Labour (pdf)
Dic Lo, November 2007 - 152. From South Asian to Diaspora: Missing Women and Migration (pdf).
McCartney and Gill, November 2007 - 151. European Banks in the Developing World (pdf)
Jan Toporowski, October 2007
2006
- 150. China's Economic Growth, 1978-2005: Structural Change And Institutional Attributes (pdf)
Dic LO and LI Guicai, November 2006 - 149. The balance sheet approach to financial crises in emerging markets (pdf)
Giovanni Cozzi and Jan Toporowski, October 2006 - 148. Making Sense of China's Economic Transformation
Dic Lo, March 2006 - 147. Export-Oriented Policies, Women's Work Burden and Human Development in Mauritius (pdf)
Myriam Blin, February 2006 - 146. The Best of Two Worlds: Between-Method Triangulation in Feminist Economic Research (pdf)
Karin Astrid Siegmann and Myriam Blin, February 2006
2005
- 145. Unequal Prospects: Disparities in the Quantity and Quality of Labour Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa (pdf)
John Sender, Christopher Cramer and Carlos Oya, 2005
2004
- 144. Firm Size, Technical Efficiency and Productivity Growth in Chinese Industry (pdf)
Yuk-Shing Cheng and Dic Lo December 2004 - 143. China's Nexus of Foreign Trade and Economic Growth: Making Sense of the Anomaly (pdf)
Dic Lo, August 2004 - 142. Social origins of Ottoman industrialisation: Evidence from the Macedonian town of Naoussa (pdf)
Costas Lapavitsas, September 2004 - 141. The case for regional exchange rate arrangement in East Asia (pdf)
Takuji Kinkyo, August 2004 - 140. Disorderly adjustments to exchange rate misalignments: The experience of Korea (pdf)
Takuji Kinkyo, August 2004 - 139. Transmission channels of capital flow shocks: why Korean crisis was so severe (pdf)
Takuji Kinkyo, August 2004 - 138. Does South Africa Suffer from the Fear of Float' Syndrome?An Analysis of the Efficacy and Challenges of a Managed Floating Exchange Rate Regime with Financial Integration (pdf)
Olano Makhubela, July 2004 - 137. Globalisation and Comparative Economics: Of Efficiency, Efficient Institutions, and Late Development (pdf)
Dic Lo, June 2004 - 136. Compensating Differentials and the Queue For Public Sector Jobs: Evidence from Egyptian Household Survey Data (pdf)
Mona Said, March 2004 - 135. Assessing the Role of Foreign Direct Investment in China's Economic Development: Macro Indicators and Insights from Sectoral-Regional Analyses (pdf)
Dic Lo, January 2004 - 134. 'Episodes of Liberalisation' or 'The Logic of Capital': The Genesis of Liberalisation in India (pdf)
Matthew McCartney, January 2004 - 133. Export Promotion, the Fallacy of Composition and Declining Terms of Trade (or the Moors' Last Sigh)
Matthew McCartney, January 2004
2003
- 132. The Distribution of Gender and Public Sector Pay Premia: Evidence from the Egyptian Organised Sector (pdf)
Mona Said, December 2003 - 131. China, the East Asian Model and Late Development (pdf)
Dic Lo, November 2003 - 130. Money as 'Universal Equivalent' and its Origin in Commodity Exchange (pdf)
Costas Lapavitsas, May 2003
2002
- 129. Measurement and Nature of Absolute Poverty in Less Developed Countries (pdf)
Massoud Karshenas, Nov. 2002 - 128. Banks and the Design of the Financial System: Underpinnings in Steuart, Smith and Hilferding (pdf)
Costas Lapavitsas, Nov. 2002 - 127. Commodity Versus Gift as Metaphor for Market Versus Non-Market Relations (pdf)
Costas Lapavitsas, Mar. 2002 - 126. The Emergence of Money in Commodity Exchange, or Money as Monopolist of the Ability to Buy (pdf)
Costas Lapavitsas, Nov. 2002 - 125. Regional Economic Integraton in Africa: A Review of Problems and Prospects with a Case Study of COMESA (pdf)
Alemayehu Geda & Haile Kebret, July. 2002 - 124. A New Mode of Coordination of the Division of Labour: The Significance of the Physical Features of Product Models and of the Application of Information Technology (pdf)
Yuki Kawabata, July. 2002 - 123. Bank Rents and Uncertainty. A legacy of the subjectivists (pdf)
Yasushi Suzuki, Mar. 2002 - 122. Microfinance and Poverty Reduction: The problematic experience of Communal Banking in Peru (pdf)
Ana Marr, Feb. 2002 - 121. Studying Group Dynamics: An Alternative Analytical Framework for the Study of Microfinance Impacts on Poverty Reduction (pdf)
Ana Marr, Feb. 2002 - 120. Economic Perspectives and Accounting Issues of Japanese Banks' Non-performing Loans (pdf)
Yuta Hoshino, Feb. 2002 - 119. Towards a Re-interpretation of the Economics of Feasible Socialism (pdf)
Dic Lo and Russell Smyth, Feb 2002
2001
- 118. Redistribution and Growth for Poverty Reduction (pdf).
Hulya Dagdeviren, Rolph van der Hoeven, John Weeks, July 2001 - 117. Exports, Foreign Investment and Growth in Latin America: Scepticism by Way of Simulation (pdf).
John Weeks., July 2001 | Abstract - 116. The Crisis of Financial Intermediation, Understanding Japan's Lingering Economic Stagnation (pdf).
Yasushi Suzuki, April 2001 - 115. Growth Variability among and within African Countries: An Aspect of Unsustained Development (pdf).
John Weeks., April 2001 - 114. Total Returns in Developed and Emerging Markets in the Pacific Basin
Graham Smith, Hyun-Jung Ryoo, March 2001
2000
- 113. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Migration Under Uncertainty: A New Approach (pdf).
Yasmeen Khawaja., Oct. 2000 - 112. Military Spending and External Debts of Arab Countries 1975-1990
Randa Alami. , January 2001 - 111. Privatisation and Adjustment in Mozambique: a 'Hospital Pass'? (pdf)
Christopher Cramer. December 2000 - 110. Development Ethics: A Research Agenda
David Alexander Clark. November 2000 - 109. The Post-Washington Consensus and Lending Operations in Agriculture: New Rhetoric and Old Operational Realities (pdf).
Jonathan Pincus. , November 2000 - 108. Introduction: Reinventing the World Bank
Jonathan Pincus. , November 2000 - 107. Struggles to escape Poverty in South Africa: Results from a Purposive Rural Survey (pdf).
John Sender, November 2000 - 106. Agriculture and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia (pdf)
Massoud Karshenas, November 2000 | Abstract - 105. Inequality, Development and Economic Correctness (pdf).
Christopher Cramer, November 2000 - 104. Adaptive Technology Strategies and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from the Sri Lankan Agricultural Machinery Industry (pdf)
Sonali Deraniyagala, November 2000 - 103. The Impact of Technology Accumulation on Technical Efficiency: an Analysis of the Sri Lankan Clothing and Agricultural Machinery Industries (pdf).
Sonali Deraniyagala, November 2000 - 102. New Trade Theory Versus Old Trade Policy: A Continuing Enigma (pdf)
Sonali Deraniyagala and Ben Fine., November 2000 - 101. Output per Acre and Size of Holding: A critique of Berry and Cline on the inverse relationship (pdf).
Graham Dyer, November 2000 - 100. Growth and the Poor: A Comment on Dollar and Kraay (pdf)
Malter Lubker, Graham Smith, John Week, , October 2000 - 99. Redistribution Matters: Growth for Poverty Reduction (pdf).
Hulya Dagdeviran, Rolph van der Hoeven, John Weeks. October 2000 - 98. The Political Economy of Industrial Policy in Pakistan 1947-1971 (pdf)
Dr. Mushtaq Khan, February 2000
1999
- 97. Korean Stock Prices Under Price Limits: Variance Ratio Tests
Hung-Jung Ryoo, Graham Smith, October 1999 - 96. Variance Ratio Tests of the Random Walk Hypothesis for European Emerging Stock Markets
Hung-Jung Ryoo, Graham Smith. December 1998 - 95. The Impact of Stock Index Futures on the Korean Stock Market
Hung-Jung Ryoo, Graham Smith. November 1999 - 94. African Stock Markets: Multiple Variance Ratio Tests of Random Walks.
Graham Smith, Keith Jefferis, Hyun-Jung Ryoo. Jan. 2000 - 93. New and Improved: Economics' Contribution to Business History (pdf).
Professor Ben Fine, February 2000 | Download PDF File - 92. Whither the Welfare State: Public versus Private Consumption? (pdf)
Professor Ben Fine, February 2000 - 91. Consumption for Historians: An Economist's Gaze (pdf).
Professor Ben Fin, February 2000 - 90. Should the Informal Sector to Considered in LDC Economic Policy?
Claude Sumata., February 2000 - 89. Purchasing Power Parities and the International Comparison or Real Agricultural Output and Productivity.
Dr. Massoud Karshenas. June 1999 - 88. Structural Obstacles to Economic Adjustment in the MENA Region: The International Trade Aspects.
Dr. Massoud Karshenas. April 1999 - 87. North's Institutionalism and the Problem of Combining Theoretical Approaches.
Paul Vandenberg, March 1999 - 86. Dilemmas and Prospects for Economic Reform and Reconstruction in Iran.
Dr. Hassan Hakimian and Dr. Massoud Karshenas. March 1999 - 85. Stuck in Low Gear? Macroeconomic Policy in South Africa 1996-1998 (pdf).
Professor John Weeks. March 1999 - 84. Risk, Ethnicity and Property Rights: Towards a Political Economy of Africa's Institutions.
Paul Vandenberg, March 1999
1998
- 83. North's Institutionalism as a bridge between neo-classical and alternative schools.
Paul Vandenberg, August 1998 - 82. From East to West Asia: Lessons of Globalisation, Crisis and Economic Reform (pdf).
Dr. Hassan Hakimian, August 1998 - 81. Noisy Implementation Cycles and the Informational Role of Policy (pdf)
Dr. Pasquale Scarramozzino and Dr. Nir Vulkan. Feb. 1998 - 80. Endogenous Growth Theory: A Critical Assessment (pdf)
Professor Ben Fine, Feb. 1998 - 79. Economic Liberalisation, Competitiveness and Womens Employment in the Middle East and North Africa (pdf).
Dr Massoud Karshenas - 78. Labour Markets and the Diversity of Adjustment
Dr. Massoud Karshenas
1997
- 77. Central Bank Independence: a critical perspective
Dr. Costas Lapavitsas, Oct. 1997 - 76. State and Finance in Economic Development: Some Analytical Issue Relevant to the East Asian Miracle.
Dr. Costas Lapavitsas, Oct. 1997 - 75. Social Exclusion and Japanese Capitalism: the case of white-collar workers.
Dr. Costas Lapavitsas, Oct. 1997 - 74. Intergenerational Transfers and Growth (pdf)
Giancarlo Marini and Pasquale Scaramozzino - 73. Civil War is Not a Stupid Thing: exploring growth, distribution and conflict linkages (pdf).
Dr. Chris Cramer, Oct. 1997 - 72. Initial Conditions and Miraculous Growth: Why is South-East Asia Different from Taiwan and South Korea? (pdf)
Professor Anne Booth, Oct. 1997 - 71. Trade Liberalistion, Market Deregulation and Agricultural Performance in Central America (pdf).
Professor John Weeks. Aug. 1997 - 70. Latin America and the High Performing Asian Economies: Growth and Debt (pdf).
Professor John Weeks. July 1997 - 69. On the Theory of Decentralisation: A Critique of Mainstream Economics and Towards an Alternative Political-Economy Approach.
Dr. Rathin Roy., July 1997 - 68. Rural Poverty & Poverty Alleviation in Mozambique: What's Missing from the Debate? (pdf)
Christopher Cramer and Nicola Pontara May 1997 - 67. Re-appraising Chinas State-owned Industrial Enterprises
Dr. Dic Lo, April 1997 - 66. A Note on Market Liberalisation & Agricultural Performance in Central America. See Working Paper 71.
Professor John Weeks. April 1997 - 65. Social Time Preference (pdf)
Giancarlo Marini and Pasquale Scaramozzino. Feb. 1997
