Research interests:
Development Economics, International Economics, Health Economics, Public Health Policy
Publication
- Foreign Direct Investment and Institutional Quality: Some Empirical Evidence, International Review of Financial Analysis 21: 81-89, 2012, with Meenakshi Rishi and Bonnie Buchanan, Seattle University
- Portfolio Flows to Emerging Markets: Do Governance and Transparency Matter? Business and Society Review 112(2) 227-249, 2007, with Niranjan Chipalkatti and Meenakshi Rishi, Seattle University
- Corruption and Capital Flight: An Empirical Assessment, International Economic Journal 20(4): 523-540, 2006, with Meenakshi Rishi, Seattle University
- Political Risk and Capital Flight, Journal of International Money and Finance 25: 308-329, 2006, with Paul J. Zak, Claremont Graduate University
- Political and Economic Determinants of Private Investment, Journal of International Development 16: 589-604, 2004
- Optimal Fiscal Policy in an Economy Facing Social-Political Instability, Review of Development Economics 7(4): 583-598, 2003, with Chetan Ghate, Indian Statistical Institute, and Paul J. Zak, Claremont Graduate University
- Infectious Diseases and Social Stigma, Medical and Health Science Journal 7, 2-14, 2011, with Joan Williams and Diego Gonzalez-Medina, Seattle University,
- Infectious Diseases and Interpersonal Trust: International Evidence, Health 3(4), 206- 210, 2011, with Diego Gonzalez-Medina, Seattle University
- User Fees and Health Service Utilization in Vietnam: How to Protect the Poor? Public Health 122(10): 1068-1078, 2008, with Huyen T. Dao, Center for Community Health Strategy, Hanoi, and Hugh Waters, Johns Hopkins University
- International Service Learning and Short-Term Business Study Abroad Program: A Case Study, Journal of Education for Business 88(5): 301-306, 2013, with Peter Raven and Stanley Chan, Seattle University.