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Brain gain (drain), immigration and global network: Nepalese students in the UK (2011)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K. (2011). Brain gain (drain), immigration and global network: Nepalese students in the UK. International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, 4(4), 345-365. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEPEE.2011.043309

Nepalese students in UK are struggling to balance tuition and other expenses in the short-run and for the gainful employment in the long run. The opportunity cost of emigration in a labour surplus economy of Nepal is very little in comparison to bene... Read More about Brain gain (drain), immigration and global network: Nepalese students in the UK.

Inequality, corruption and the informal sector (2011)
Journal Article
Dobson, S., & Ramlogan-Dobson, C. (2012). Inequality, corruption and the informal sector. Economics letters, 115(1), 104-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.11.034

The marginal impact of corruption on income inequality is shown to be a linear function of the size of the informal sector. This implies that anti-corruption policies alone are unlikely to reduce inequality in countries with a large informal sector.... Read More about Inequality, corruption and the informal sector.

Different cultures, different values: The role of cultural variation in public’s WTP for marine species conservation (2011)
Journal Article
Ressurreição, A., Gibbons, J., Kaiser, M., Dentinho, T. P., Zarzycki, T., Bentley, C., …Edwards-Jones, G. (2012). Different cultures, different values: The role of cultural variation in public’s WTP for marine species conservation. Biological Conservation, 145(1), 148-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.10.026

Understanding the cultural variation in public preference for marine species is a necessary pre-requisite if conservation objectives are to include societal preferences in addition to scientific considerations. We report the results of a contingent s... Read More about Different cultures, different values: The role of cultural variation in public’s WTP for marine species conservation.

What are the costs and benefits of biodiversity recovery in a highly polluted estuary? (2011)
Journal Article
Pascual, M., Borja, A., Franco, J., Burdon, D., Atkins, J. P., & Elliott, M. (2012). What are the costs and benefits of biodiversity recovery in a highly polluted estuary?. Water Research, 46(1), 205-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2011.10.053

Biodiversity recovery measures have often been ignored when dealing with the restoration of degraded aquatic systems. Furthermore, biological valuation methods have been applied only spatially in previous studies, and not jointly on a temporal and sp... Read More about What are the costs and benefits of biodiversity recovery in a highly polluted estuary?.

Impact of exchange rate and money supply on growth, inflation and interest rates in the UK (2011)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K. (2011). Impact of exchange rate and money supply on growth, inflation and interest rates in the UK. International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance, 4(4), 355-371. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMEF.2011.043400

Growth rates, inflation and interest rates are determined simultaneously in the UK. Depreciations of Sterling pounds contribute to the growth by enhancing international competitiveness. Inflation from the growth of money, depreciation of Sterling and... Read More about Impact of exchange rate and money supply on growth, inflation and interest rates in the UK.

General equilibrium impacts of monetary and fiscal policies on welfare of households in South Asia (2011)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K. (2011). General equilibrium impacts of monetary and fiscal policies on welfare of households in South Asia. Review of development economics, 15(4), 745-757. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9361.2011.00640.x

Impacts of fiscal and monetary policies are assessed in an open economy two sector multi-household general equilibrium tax model with money for South Asia. Despite impressive growth rates there is evidence for alarming gaps in the distribution of inc... Read More about General equilibrium impacts of monetary and fiscal policies on welfare of households in South Asia.

Cognitive Skills, Openness and Growth (2011)
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Bhattarai, K., & Basu, P. (2012). Cognitive Skills, Openness and Growth. Economic Record, 88(280), 18-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4932.2011.00764.x

A significant positive relationship exists between the ratios of trade and educational spending to gross domestic product, implying that countries which are more open on the trade front also spend more on education. An open economy endogenous growth... Read More about Cognitive Skills, Openness and Growth.

Explaining young mortality (2011)
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O'Hare, C., O’Hare, C., & Li, Y. (2012). Explaining young mortality. Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 50(1), 12-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.insmatheco.2011.09.005

Stochastic modeling of mortality rates focuses on fitting linear models to logarithmically adjusted mortality data from the middle or late ages. Whilst this modeling enables insurers to project mortality rates and hence price mortality products it do... Read More about Explaining young mortality.

Managing the marine environment: is the DPSIR framework holistic enough? (2011)
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Atkins, J. P., Gregory, A. J., Burdon, D., & Elliott, M. (2011). Managing the marine environment: is the DPSIR framework holistic enough?. Systems research and behavioral science, 28(5), 497-508. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.1111

Ever increasing and diverse use of the marine environment and consequent impacts on marine life, habitats and landscapes make prominent the need for policy and policy-making procedures that promote resilience and sustainability. In this paper, we foc... Read More about Managing the marine environment: is the DPSIR framework holistic enough?.

Is corruption really bad for inequality? Evidence from Latin America (2011)
Journal Article
Andres, A. R., & Ramlogan-Dobson, C. (2011). Is corruption really bad for inequality? Evidence from Latin America. Journal of Development Studies, 47(7), 959-976. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2010.509784

This article presents new evidence on the relationship between corruption and income inequality. Using a panel data methodology, we find that lower corruption is associated with higher income inequality in Latin America. This result is in contrast to... Read More about Is corruption really bad for inequality? Evidence from Latin America.