Articles in Journals

Asiedu, Elizabeth and James Freeman, “The Effect of Corruption on Firm Level Investment: Evidence from Transition Countries, Latin America and the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africaforthcoming in the Review of Development Economics.

 

Asiedu, Elizabeth and Boaz Nandwa, “On the Impact of Foreign Aid in Education on Growth: How Relevant is the Heterogeneity of Aid Flows and the Heterogeneity of Aid Recipients?” Revised version published in Review of World Economics, 143 (4) (2007), 631-649.

 

Asiedu, Elizabeth and Hadi S. Esfahani, “Is the World Flat? Differential Regulation of Domestic and Foreign Owned Firms,” Revised version published in Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 48 (2008), 389-4111.

 

Asiedu, Elizabeth and Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, “The Impact of Trade and Investment Liberalization on Foreign Direct Investment, Wages and Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa Revised version published in African Development Review , 20 (1) (2008), 49-66.

 

Asiedu, Elizabeth and James Freeman, “The Effect of Globalization on Firm Profit: Do Owners’ Race/Ethnicity Matter?”, Revised version published in  American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 97 (2) (2007), 368-372.

Asiedu, Elizabeth, “Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of Government Policy, Institutions and Political Instability, World Economy, 29 (1) (2006), 63-77.

Asiedu, Elizabeth, Yi Jin and Anne Villamil, “Do Lack of Transparency and Enforcement Undermine International Risk-SharingAnnals of Finance, 2 (2) (2006), 123-140.

Asiedu, Elizabeth, “The Determinants of Employment of Affiliates of US Multinational Enterprises in Africa Revised version published in Development Policy Review, 22 (4), (2004), 371-379.

Asiedu, Elizabeth, “Policy Reform and Foreign Direct Investment to Africa: Absolute Progress but Relative Decline Revised version published in Development Policy Review, 22 (1) (2004), 41-48.

Asiedu, Elizabeth and Donald Lien, “Capital Controls and Foreign Direct Investment,” Revised version published in World Development, 32 (3) (2004), 479-490.

Asiedu, Elizabeth, "Debt Relief and Institutional Reform: A focus on Heavily Indebted Poor Countries,” Revised version published in Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 43 (4) (2003), 614-626.

Asiedu, Elizabeth and Anne P. Villamil, “Imperfect Enforcement, Foreign Investment and Foreign Aid,” Revised version published in  Macroeconomic Dynamics, 6 (4) (2002), 476-495.

Asiedu, Elizabeth “On the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries: Is Africa Different?”  Revised version published in  World Development, 30 (1) (2002), 107-119.

Asiedu, Elizabeth and Hadi S. Esfahani, "Ownership Structure in Foreign Direct Investment Projects," Revised version published in Review of Economics and Statistics, 83 (4) (2001), 647-662.

Asiedu, Elizabeth and Anne P. Villamil, “Discount Factors and Thresholds: Foreign Investment when Enforcement is Imperfect,” Revised version published in  Macroeconomic Dynamics, 4 (1) (2000), 1-21.

 

Articles in Edited Volumes

Asiedu, Elizabeth “The Determinants of Employment of Affiliates of U.S. Multinational Enterprises in Africa,” 2006, in Subhash C. Jain and Sushil Vachani (eds.), The Role of MNCs in Alleviating Global Poverty, Edward Edgar Publishing. Paper was originally published in the journal Development Policy Review.

Asiedu, Elizabeth “Policy Reform and Foreign Direct Investment to Africa: Absolute Progress but Relative Decline,” in Saleh Nsouli (ed.), The New Economic Partnership for African Development: The Key Challenges, International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. Paper was originally published in the journal Development Policy Review.

Asiedu, Elizabeth and Donald Lien “Women’s Education, Labor Force Participation and Development in Africa,” in Sylvain Boko, Mina Baliamoune and Sitawa Kimuna (eds.), Globalization, Liberalization and the Role of Women in African Development, African World Press/The Red Sea Press, Trenton, New Jersey.

Asiedu, Elizabeth “On the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries: Is Africa Different?” published in Saleh Nsouli (ed.), The New Economic Partnership for African Development: The Key Challenges, International Monetary Fund. Paper was originally published in the journal World Development.

Book Reviews

Asiedu, Elizabeth Understanding Africa: A Political Economy Perspective by Richard A. Fredland, CHOICE, 39 (5), January 2002.

Asiedu, Elizabeth “State legitimacy and Development in Africa” by Pierre Englebert in CHOICE Magazine, 38 (3), February 2001.

Asiedu, Elizabeth “Africa in the Global Economy” by Richard E. Mshomba in CHOICE Magazine, 37 (11),  July/August 2000.