Research

My research examines IT infrastructure, market efficiency, and firm performance, with a particular focus on emerging economies. I use econometric methods including panel data models, VAR, and unit root tests.

For a complete list of publications, see my Google Scholar profile or ORCID profile.

Selected Publications

Telecommunications and economic growth: An empirical analysis of sub-Saharan Africa (2012)
With S.H. Lee and L. Gutierrez.
Applied Economics 44(4), 461–469.
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Flood hazards and urban housing markets: The effects of Katrina on New Orleans (2010)
With R. McKenzie.
Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 40(1), 62–76.

On the endogeneity of telecommunications and economic growth: Evidence from Asia (2013)
With S.H. Lee.
Information Technology for Development 19(1), 62–85.
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The day-of-the-week effect revisited: International evidence (2014)
With M.F. Dicle.
Journal of Economics and Finance 38(3), 407–437.

Comprehensive indoor smoking bans and smoking prevalence: Evidence from the BRFSS (2016)
With T.W. Carton, M. Darden, S.H. Lee, and I. Ricket.
American Journal of Health Economics 2(4), 535–556.

The efficient corruption hypothesis and the dynamics between economic freedom, corruption, and national income (2020)
With J. Hall and A.R. Scarcioffolo.
Journal of Developing Areas 54(3).

Creation of a separate telecom regulatory agency: A duration analysis of its time pattern (2006)
With S.H. Lee.
Contemporary Economic Policy 24(3), 407–417.
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Telecommunications and stock market efficiency in emerging markets (2025)
Working paper.

Default and collapsed instruments in dynamic panel GMM: A Monte Carlo comparison (2025)
Economics Bulletin 45(4), 1915–1925.
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The business analytics skills employers are looking for (2025)
With N. Indika.
Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education 23(2).