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Jeffrey B. Nugent is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States and is active in research within the broader field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their work spans multiple specialized subfields including Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Strategy and Management, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, reflecting diverse interest areas:

  • Global trade and economics
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • International Business and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility
  • Natural Resources and Economic Development
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth

Their publication record includes work in several academic journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • China Economic Review
  • Energy
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
  • Asian Development Review

The scientist's recent academic papers feature the following titles, with year and venue:

  • "China's outward foreign direct investment in the Belt and Road Initiative: What are the motives for Chinese firms to invest?" (2021, China Economic Review)
  • "Does the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce Align Private Firms with the Goals of the People's Republic of China's Belt and Road Initiative?" (2020, Asian Development Review)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with the scientist include:

  • Jiaxuan Lu
  • Esra Ballı
  • Abdurrahman Nazif Çatık
  • Nuran COŞKUN
  • Çiler SİGEZE

Their research outputs extend to interdisciplinary areas connecting economics with energy and environmental issues, as seen in their involvement with topics like renewable energy, sustainability, and health professions.

Best Publications

  • Host country reforms and FDI inflows: How much difference do they make?

    Victor M. Gastanaga;Jeffrey B. Nugent;Bistra Pashamova

  • Institutions and economic development

    Justin Yifu Lin;Jeffrey B. Nugent

  • The old-age security motive for fertility.

    Jeffrey B. Nugent

  • The New Institutional Economics and its applicability to development

    Mustapha K. Nabli;Jeffrey B. Nugent

  • Development Performance and the Institutions of Governance: Evidence from East Asia and Latin America*

    Nauro F Campos;Jeffrey B Nugent

  • Economics of Development: Empirical Investigations.

    Pan A. Yotopoulos;Jeffrey B. Nugent

  • Who is Afraid of Political Instability

    Nauro F Campos;Nauro F Campos;Jeffrey B Nugent

  • A Balanced-Growth Version of the Linkage Hypothesis: A Test

    Pan A. Yotopoulos;Jeffrey B. Nugent

  • Aid, Nontraded Goods, and the Transfer Paradox in Small Countries

    Makoto Yano;Jeffrey B. Nugent

  • Foreign Expansion by Italian Manufacturing Firms in the Nineties: an Ordered Probit Analysis

    Roberto Basile;Anna Giunta;Jeffrey B. Nugent

  • The importance of being a capable supplier: Italian industrial firms in global value chains:

    Mariarosaria Agostino;Anna Giunta;Jeffrey Bishop Nugent;Domenico Scalera

  • Aggregate Investment and Political Instability: An Econometric Investigation

    Nauro F. Campos;Jeffrey B. Nugent

  • Share contracts and their rationale: Lessons from marine fishing

    J.‐Ph. Platteau;J. Nugent

  • Old age pensions and fertility in rural areas of less developed countries: some evidence from Mexico.

    Jeffrey B. Nugent;R. Thomas Gillaspy

  • Small and Medium Enterprises in Korea: Achievements, Constraints and Policy Issues

    Jeffrey B. Nugent;Seung-Jae Yhee

  • Between state, markets and households: A neoinstitutional analysis of local organizations and institutions

    Jeffrey B. Nugent

  • Tenancy Choice in a Competitive Framework with Transactions Costs

    Lee J. Alston;Samar K. Datta;Jeffrey B. Nugent

  • China's outward foreign direct investment in the Belt and Road Initiative: What are the motives for Chinese firms to invest?

    Jeffrey B. Nugent;Jiaxuan Lu

  • Shares versus Residual Claimant Contracts: The Case of Chinese TVEs☆☆☆

    Cheng Hsiao;Cheng Hsiao;Jeffrey Nugent;Isabelle Perrigne;Jicheng Qiu

  • ARE FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FATE

    Jeffrey B. Nugent;James A. Robinson

  • The efficiency of the mesta: A parable

    Jeffrey B Nugent;Nicolas Sanchez

  • The Dynamics of the Regulation of Labor in Developing and Developed Countries since 1960

    Nauro F. Campos;Nauro F. Campos;Nauro F. Campos;Jeffrey B. Nugent

Frequent Co-Authors

Nauro F. Campos
Nauro F. Campos University College London
Cheng Hsiao
Cheng Hsiao University of Southern California
Mehmet Balcilar
Mehmet Balcilar University of New Haven
Lee J. Alston
Lee J. Alston Indiana University
Justin Yifu Lin
Justin Yifu Lin Peking University
James A. Robinson
James A. Robinson University of Chicago
M. Hashem Pesaran
M. Hashem Pesaran University of Cambridge
Sudipto Dasgupta
Sudipto Dasgupta Chinese University of Hong Kong

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