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  • Determinants of civil war and excess zeroes 
    Dunne, John Paul; Tian, Nan (2016-09)
    This paper considers the determinants of civil conflict, using a zero-inflated modelling approach that deals with the problem of excess zero observations, which we argue are related to two distinct data generation processes. ...
  • Government spending, corruption and economic growth 
    d'Agostino, Giorgio; Dunne, John Paul; Pieroni, Luca (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2012)
    This paper considers the effects of corruption and government spending on economic growth. It starts from an endogenous growth model and extends it to account for the detrimental effects of corruption on the potentially ...
  • How much does military spending affect growth? Causal estimates from the World’s non-rich countries 
    d’Agostino, Giorgio; Dunne, John Paul; Pieroni, Luca (2016-12)
    While not always a concern for the general economic growth literature, the debate over the effects of military spending on growth continues to develop, with no consensus, but a deepening understanding of the limitations ...
  • Macroeconomic Effects of Commodity Price Shocks in a Low‐income Economy: The Case of Tobacco in Malawi 
    Bangara, Bertha Chipo; Dunne, John Paul (South African Journal of Economics, 2018-02)
    A major concern for developing economies is a dependence on commodities when their prices are volatile as a major change in the international commodity price can have important implications for economic growth. While some ...
  • Military expenditure and economic growth: A survey 
    Dunne, John Paul; Tian, Nan (The Economics of Peace and Security Journal, 2013)
    Until recently, a long-standing, impressively large, and growing literature on the effects of military expenditure on economic growth appeared to have failed to result in a scholarly consensus. But the availability of 20 ...
  • Military Expenditure, Economic Growth and Heterogeneity 
    Dunne, John Paul; Tian, Nan (2013-06)
    This paper examines the impact of military expenditure on economic growth on a large balanced panel, using an exogenous growth model and dynamic panel data methods for 106 countries over the period 1988-2010. A major focus ...

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