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Mwangi Samson Kimenyi

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This person is deceased (Date: 06 Jun 2015)
First Name:Mwangi
Middle Name:Samson
Last Name:Kimenyi
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RePEc Short-ID:pki109
Terminal Degree:1986 Center for the Study of Public Choice (CSPC); Economics Department; George Mason University (from RePEc Genealogy)

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Working papers

  1. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Francis M. Mwega & Njuguna Ndung'u, 2015. "The African Lions: Kenya country case study," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2015-134, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  2. Bold, Tessa & Kimenyi, Mwangi & Mwabu, Germano & Sandefur, Justin, 2013. "Can free provision reduce demand for public services ? evidence from Kenyan education," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6685, The World Bank.
  3. Tessa Bold & Mwangi Kimenyi & Germano Mwabu & Alice Ng'ang'a & Justin Sandefur, 2013. "Scaling-up What Works: Experimental Evidence on External Validity in Kenyan Education," CSAE Working Paper Series 2013-04, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
  4. Bold, Tessa & Kimenyi, Mwangi & Mwabu, Germano & Ng’ang’a, Alice & Sandefur, Justin, 2012. "Scaling up education interventions in Kenya: the importance of institutions," PEP Policy Briefs 159927, Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP).
  5. Tessa Bold & Mwangi Kimenyi & Germano Mwabu & Justin Sandefur, 2011. "Does Abolishing Fees Reduce School Quality? Evidence from Kenya," CSAE Working Paper Series 2011-04, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
  6. Tessa Bold, Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Justin Sandefur, 2011. "Why Did Abolishing Fees Not Increase Public School Enrollment in Kenya?- Working Paper 271," Working Papers 271, Center for Global Development.
  7. Tessa Bold, Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Justin Sandefur, 2011. "The High Return to Private Schooling in a Low-Income Country- Working Paper 279," Working Papers 279, Center for Global Development.
  8. Michael Bratton & Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2008. "Voting in Kenya: Putting Ethnicity in Perspective," Working papers 2008-09, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  9. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Roxana Gutierrez Romero, 2008. "Identity, Grievances, and Economic Determinants of Voting in the 2007 Kenyan Elections," Working papers 2008-38, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  10. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Roxana Gutierrez Romero, 2008. "Tribalism as a Minimax-Regret Strategy: Evidence from Voting in the 2007 Kenyan Elections," Working papers 2008-35, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  11. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & William F. Shughart II, 2008. "The Political Economy of Constitutional Choice: A Study of the 2005 Kenyan Constitutional Referendum," Working papers 2008-08, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  12. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2007. "Institutional Infrastructure to Support 'Super Growth' in Kenya: Governance Thresholds, Reversion Rates and Economic Development," Working papers 2007-32, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  13. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2006. "Economic Reforms and Pro-Poor Growth: Lessons for Africa and other Developing Regions and Economies in Transition," Working papers 2006-02, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  14. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2006. "The Demand for Power Diffusion: A Case Study of the 2005 Constitutional Referendum Voting in Kenya," Working papers 2006-11, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  15. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Germano Mwabu, 2005. "Policy Advice during a Crisis," Working papers 2005-41, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  16. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2005. "Economic Rights, Human Development Effort and Institutions," Working papers 2005-40, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  17. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2005. "Efficiency and Efficacy of Kenya's Constituency Development Fund: Theory and Evidence," Working papers 2005-42, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  18. Angelica E. Njuguna & Stephen N. Karingi & Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2005. "Measuring Potential Output and Output Gap and Macroeconomic Policy: The Case of Kenya," Working papers 2005-45, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  19. Rob Vos & Arjun Bedi & Paul K. Kimalu & Damiano K. Manda & Nancy N. Nafula & Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2004. "Achieving Universal Primary Education: Can Kenya Afford it?," Working papers 2004-47, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  20. Damiano Kulundu Manda & Germano Mwabu & Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2004. "Human Capital Externalities and Private Returns to Education in Kenya," Working papers 2004-08, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  21. Bedi, A.S. & Kimalu, P. & Kimenyi, M.S. & Manda, D.K. & Mwabu, G. & Nafula, N., 2003. "User charges and utilisation of health services in Kenya," ISS Working Papers - General Series 19140, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.
  22. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2003. "Ethnicity, Governance and the Provision of Public Goods," Working papers 2003-49, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  23. Geda, A. & de Jong, N. & Mwabu, G. & Kimenyi, M.S., 2001. "Determinants of poverty in Kenya : a household level analysis," ISS Working Papers - General Series 19095, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.
  24. Richard N. Langlois & David J. Denault & Samson M. Kimenyi, 1994. "Bursting Boilers and the Federal Power Redux The Evolution of Safety on the Western Rivers," Working papers 1994-01, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  25. Mwangi S Kimenyi and Roxana Gutierrez Romero, "undated". "Tribalism as a Minimax-Regret Strategy: Evidence of Voting in the 2007 Kenyan Elections," QEH Working Papers qehwps172, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.

Articles

  1. Bold, Tessa & Kimenyi, Mwangi & Mwabu, Germano & Ng’ang’a, Alice & Sandefur, Justin, 2018. "Experimental evidence on scaling up education reforms in Kenya," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 168(C), pages 1-20.
  2. Tessa Bold & Mwangi Kimenyi & Germano Mwabu & Justin Sandefur, 2015. "Can Free Provision Reduce Demand for Public Services? Evidence from Kenyan Education," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 29(2), pages 293-326.
  3. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2013. "Introduction: Accountability and Service Delivery in Africa," Journal of African Development, African Finance and Economic Association (AFEA), vol. 15(1), pages 11-17.
  4. Tessa Bold & Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Justin Sandefur, 2013. "Public and Private Provision of Education in Kenya," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 22(suppl_2), pages -56, August.
  5. Kimenyi, Mwangi S., 2011. "Institutions and development: the primacy of microanalysis," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(4), pages 549-553, December.
  6. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2011. "Contribution of Higher Education to Economic Development: A Survey of International Evidence," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 20(suppl_3), pages -49, August.
  7. Olu Ajakaiye & Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2011. "Higher Education and Economic Development in Africa: Introduction and Overview," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 20(suppl_3), pages -13, August.
  8. Mwangi Kimenyi & William Shughart, 2010. "The political economy of constitutional choice: a study of the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 1-27, March.
  9. Mwangi Kimenyi, 2008. "Mark Gradstein and Kai A. Konrad (Eds.) Institutions and Norms in Economic Development," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 135(3), pages 497-499, June.
  10. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2007. "Markets, Institutions And Millennium Development Goals," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(2), pages 14-19, June.
  11. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2006. "Ethnicity, Governance and the Provision of Public Goods," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 15(1), pages 62-99, April.
  12. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Germano Mwabu & Damiano Kulundu Manda, 2006. "Human Capital Externalities and Private Returns to Education in Kenya," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 32(3), pages 493-513, Summer.
  13. Germano Mwabu & Mwangi Kimenyi & Paul Kimalu & Nancy Nafula & Damiano Manda, 2003. "Predicting Household Poverty: A Methodological Note with a Kenyan Example," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 15(1), pages 77-85.
  14. Augustin Kwasi Fosu & Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Njuguna S. Ndung'u, 2003. "Economic Reforms and Restructuring in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Overview," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 12(Supplemen), pages 1-11, September.
  15. Kimenyi, Mwangi S. & Mbaku, John Mukum, 2002. "Reply," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 9(6), pages 815-817, December.
  16. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 1998. "United States," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 555(1), pages 225-225, January.
  17. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 1998. "Harmonizing Ethnic Claims in Africa: A Proposal for Ethnic-Based Federalism," Cato Journal, Cato Journal, Cato Institute, vol. 18(1), pages 43-63, Spring/Su.
  18. Kimenyi, Mwangi S. & Mbaku, John Mukum, 1996. "Rents, military elites, and political democracy," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 11(4), pages 699-708, April.
  19. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Robert D. Tollison, 1995. "The Length of Legislative Sessions and the Growth of Government," Rationality and Society, , vol. 7(2), pages 151-155, April.
  20. Kimenyi, Mwangi S & Mbaku, John M, 1993. "Rent-Seeking and Institutional Stability in Developing Countries," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 77(2), pages 385-405, October.
  21. John Conlon & Mwangi Kimenyi, 1991. "Attitudes towards race and poverty in the demand for private education: The case of Mississippi," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer;National Economic Association, vol. 20(2), pages 5-22, December.
  22. Mwangi Kimenyi, 1991. "Race, amenities, and psychic income," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer;National Economic Association, vol. 20(1), pages 49-58, September.
  23. Kimenyi, Mwangi S & Lee, Jooh & Shughart, William F, II, 1990. "Price-Cost Margins and Industry Structure in Developing Countries: The Case of Korea," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(3), pages 197-210, July.
  24. Kimenyi, Mwangi S. & Tollison, Robert D. & Wagner, Richard E., 1990. "Regulatory finance in alternative models of regulation : General fund financing versus earmarked taxation," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 6(4), pages 519-529.
  25. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Dwight R. Lee & Robert D. Tollison, 1990. "Efficient Lobbying and Earmarked Taxes," Public Finance Review, , vol. 18(1), pages 104-113, January.
  26. Mwangi Kimenyi & William Shughart, 1989. "Political successions and the growth of government," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 62(2), pages 173-179, August.
  27. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 1989. "Interest Groups, Transfer Seeking and Democratization: Competition for the Benefits of Governmental Power May Explain African Political Instability," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 48(3), pages 339-349, July.
  28. Kimenyi, Mwangi S. & Shughart, William II & Tollison, Robert D., 1988. "Affirmative action and unemployment," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 4(4), pages 479-490.
  29. Mwangi Kimenyi, 1988. "Review," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 57(3), pages 295-296, June.
  30. Wayne Brough & Mwangi Kimenyi, 1986. "On the inefficient extraction of rents by dictators," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 48(1), pages 37-48, January.

Chapters

  1. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Olumide Taiwo, 2013. "Tribal systems," Chapters, in: William F. Shughart II & Laura Razzolini & Michael Reksulak (ed.), The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition, chapter 12, pages 195-213, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  2. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2005. "Ethnicity, Institutions of Governance and Conflict Avoidance," International Economic Association Series, in: Augustin Kwasi Fosu & Paul Collier (ed.), Post-Conflict Economies in Africa, chapter 4, pages 57-73, Palgrave Macmillan.
  3. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 1998. "Ethnic Rent-Seeking, Stability and Institutional Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa," International Economic Association Series, in: Silvio Borner & Martin Paldam (ed.), The Political Dimension of Economic Growth, chapter 18, pages 324-334, Palgrave Macmillan.

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  1. NEP-AFR: Africa (15) 2004-06-27 2005-11-05 2005-11-05 2005-11-05 2006-02-19 2006-04-22 2006-06-03 2007-09-16 2008-04-04 2008-04-04 2008-10-07 2008-10-07 2011-04-02 2013-04-27 2013-11-16. Author is listed
  2. NEP-DEV: Development (8) 2004-04-25 2005-11-05 2005-11-05 2006-02-19 2006-06-03 2007-09-16 2008-04-04 2011-04-02. Author is listed
  3. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (6) 2006-04-22 2006-06-03 2008-04-04 2008-04-04 2008-10-07 2008-10-07. Author is listed
  4. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (5) 2006-04-22 2008-04-04 2008-04-04 2008-10-07 2008-10-07. Author is listed
  5. NEP-EDU: Education (5) 2004-06-27 2005-11-05 2011-04-02 2013-04-27 2013-11-16. Author is listed
  6. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (3) 2004-06-27 2011-04-02 2013-11-16
  7. NEP-DCM: Discrete Choice Models (2) 2005-11-05 2006-04-22
  8. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (2) 2004-06-27 2011-04-02
  9. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (2) 2005-10-29 2005-11-05
  10. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (1) 2013-04-27
  11. NEP-NPS: Nonprofit and Public Sector (1) 2013-11-16
  12. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (1) 2006-06-03
  13. NEP-TRA: Transition Economics (1) 2006-02-19

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