Samuel Obeng
Obeng Centre
Curriculum Vitae
Contact details
Email: Samuel.Obeng@warwick.ac.uk
Advice and feedback hours:S1.117
Online: Tuesday 9:00-10:00 via MS Teams Meeting linkLink opens in a new window
In-person: Monday 14:00-15:00 in room S0.86.
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EC331 RAE:
RAE A&F hour on Tuesday 14:00-15:00
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Teaching Fellow
I joined the Department of Economics as a Teaching Fellow in Economics in November 2020. I completed my PhD in Economics in 2020 at the University of East Anglia. My research interests are in the areas of political economy, public finance, intergovernmental fiscal relations, and globalisation.
Research Interests
- Political Economy
- Public Finance
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Globalisation
Teaching
- EC331: Research in Applied Economics (Co-Module Leader)
- EC107: Economics 1 (Tutor)
- EC122: Statistical Techniques A (Tutor)
- EC108: Macroeconomics 1 (Tutor)
- EC961: Intro Mathematics and Statistics
- EC959: MSc Economics Dissertation (Dissertation Supervisor)
- MSc Finance and Economics Dissertation (Dissertation Supervisor)
Publications
Journal Articles
- On the determinants and interrelationship of components of government spending (Forthcoming, Review of Development Economics)
- Anderson, Edward and Obeng, Samuel (2021). Globalisation and Government Spending: Evidence for the ‘hyper‐globalisation’ of the 1990s and 2000s. The World Economy, 44(5), 1144-1176.
- Obeng, Samuel (2021). Fiscal Decentralization and Government Size: Disentangling the Complexities. Journal of International Development, 33(6), 975-1004.
- Obeng, Samuel and Sakyi, Daniel (2017). Explaining the Growth of Government Spending in Ghana. The Journal of Developing Areas, 51(1), 103-128.
Working Papers:
- Rewarding Allegiance: Political Alignment and Fiscal Outcomes in Local Government, 2020. Warwick Economics Research Paper n.1316, also available as UEA School of Economics Working Paper 2020-05. (with Christa Brunnschweiler). (Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation). In the media: VoxDev PostLink opens in a new window
- Grants and fiscal outcomes: Evidence from local governments in Ghana (Under Review)
Work in Progress:
- Political alignment and public service provision (joint with Christa N. Brunnschweiler)
- Spillover effects of local governance (joint with Rose Camille Vincent)
- Globalisation and Inequality (joint with John Francois)
- How does economic globalisation affect economic growth? (joint with Daniel Sakyi)