2026 Oliver Morrissey: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	54	1147	1018	128	115	244	9361

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Economics and Finance

1147

1018

128

115

244

9361

Overview

Oliver Morrissey is a researcher affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

The main fields of study covered by Morrissey's work include:

Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Their subfields of study demonstrate a focus on specific disciplinary aspects such as:

Economics and Econometrics
Accounting
Plant Science
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Soil Science

Core research topics addressed by Morrissey encompass diverse themes, including:

Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Taxation and Compliance Studies
Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
Agricultural risk and resilience
Income, Poverty, and Inequality
Seed and Plant Biochemistry
Moringa oleifera research and applications

The researcher has contributed to a range of publications, frequently collaborating with several co-authors. The most frequent co-authors include:

Abrams M.E. Tagem
Hayatullah Ahmadzai
Livini Donath
Trudy Owens
Admire Shayanowako

Morrissey's work has appeared in multiple academic venues, with regular appearances in:

The Journal of Development Studies
Development Policy Review
Working Paper Series
Sustainability
Journal of Institutional Economics

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Oliver Morrissey include:

African Leafy Vegetables for Improved Human Nutrition and Food System Resilience in Southern Africa: A Scoping Review (2021), published in Sustainability
Institutions and tax capacity in sub-Saharan Africa (2023), published in the Journal of Institutional Economics
Under-utilised crops and rural livelihoods: Bambara groundnut in Tanzania (2020), published in Oxford Development Studies
What are the drivers of tax capacity in sub-Saharan Africa? (2021), published in Working Paper Series
Taxation and accountability in sub-Saharan Africa (2023), published in Working Paper Series

Best Publications

Aid instability as a measure of uncertainty and the positive impact of aid on growth

Robert Lensink;Oliver Morrissey

532
Citations
Aid and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Accounting for Transmission Mechanisms

Karuna Gomanee;Sourafel Girma;Oliver Morrissey

405
Citations
Foreign direct investment: Flows, volatility and the impact on growth

Robert Lensink;Oliver Morrissey

396
Citations
Does aid increase growth

Oliver Morrissey

231
Citations
Governance, Private Investment and Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries

Oliver Morrissey;Manop Udomkerdmongkol

230
Citations
AID, GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE AND AGGREGATE WELFARE

Karuna Gomanee;Oliver Morrissey;Paul Mosley;Arjan Verschoor

229
Citations
Aid, Public Spending and Human Welfare: Evidence from Quantile Regressions

Karuna Gomanee;Sourafel Girma;Oliver Morrissey

224
Citations
Aid and the public sector in Pakistan: Evidence with endogenous aid

Susana Franco-Rodriguez;Oliver Morrissey;Mark McGillivray

221
Citations
Foreign Direct Investment, Skills and Wage Inequality in East Asia.

Dirk Te Velde;Oliver Morrissey

203
Citations
Aid fungibility in Assessing Aid: red herring or true concern?

Mark McGillivray;Oliver Morrissey

197
Citations
Aid illusion and public sector fiscal behaviour

Mark McGillivray;Oliver Morrissey

179
Citations
Aid and tax revenue: Signs of a positive effect since the 1980s

Paul Clist;Oliver Morrissey

178
Citations
The economic potential of tourism in Tanzania

Josaphat Kweka;Oliver Morrissey;Adam Blake

168
Citations
Fiscal Effects of Aid

Mark McGillivray;Oliver Morrissey

158
Citations
The Fiscal Effects of Aid in Ghana

Robert Osei;Oliver Morrissey;Tim Lloyd

155
Citations
Distribution and Poverty Impacts of Tax Structure Reform in Developing Countries: How Little We Know

Norman Gemmell;Oliver Morrissey

151
Citations
Fiscal Effects of Aid

Oliver Morrissey;Mark McGillivray

146
Citations
Government spending and economic growth in Tanzania, 1965 - 1996

Josaphat P. Kweka;Oliver Morrissey

141
Citations
The Nature of Aid and Trade Relationships

Robert Osei;Oliver Morrissey;Tim Lloyd

126
Citations
Structural Adjustment and Liberalisation in Developing Countries: What Lessons Have We Learned?

David Greenaway;Oliver Morrissey

121
Citations
Aid, pro-poor government spending and welfare

K. Gomanee;O. Morrissey;P. Mosley;A. Verschoor

109
Citations
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: FLOWS, VOLATILITY AND GROWTH

Robert Lensink;Oliver Morrissey

84
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Milner University of Nottingham

Mark McGillivray Deakin University

Robert Lensink University of Groningen

Norman Gemmell Victoria University of Wellington

Sourafel Girma University of Nottingham

David Greenaway University of Nottingham

Paul Mosley University of Sheffield

Dierk Herzer Helmut Schmidt University

Holger Görg Kiel University

Howard White Campbell Collaboration

External Links

Personal website of Oliver Morrissey

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