Cooray, Arusha, and Nam, Young-Sook (2024) Public social spending, government effectiveness, and economic growth: an empirical investigation. Applied Economics. (In Press)

Caporin, Massimiliano, Cooray, Arusha, Kuziboev, Bekhzod, and Yusubov, Inomjon (2023) New insights on the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) for Central Asia. Empirical Economics. (In Press)

Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya, Cooray, Arusha, and de Soysa, Indra (2023) Can bigger health budgets cushion pandemics? An empirical test of COVID-19 deaths across the world. Journal of Public Policy, 43 (1). pp. 33-58.

Cooray, Arusha, Gangopadhyay, Partha, and Das, Narasingha (2023) Causality between volatility and the weekly economic index during COVID-19: The predictive power of efficient markets and rational expectations. International Review of Financial Analysis, 89. 102792.

Cooray, Arusha, Jha, Chandan, and Panda, Bibhudutta (2023) Corruption and assortative matching of partners in international trade. European Journal of Political Economy, 77. 102273.

Cooray, Arusha (2023) Corruption and the Financial Sector: An examination of the literature. In: Jha, Chandan Kumar, Mishra, Ajit, and Sarangi, Sudipta, (eds.) The Political Economy of Corruption. Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy . Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 87-99.

Apergis, Nicholas, Cooray, Arusha, and Rehman, Mobeen Ur (2023) US partisan conflict uncertainty and households' access to bank credit: Evidence from UK survey data. Global Finance Journal, 56. 100744.

Aziz, Nusrate, Chowdhury, Murshed, and Cooray, Arusha (2022) Why do people from wealthy countries migrate? European Journal of Political Economy, 73. 102156.

Apergis, Nicholas, Rehman, Mobeen Ur, and Cooray, Arusha (2021) Do fiscal shocks explain bond yield in high- and low-debt economies? Journal of Economic Studies, 48 (2). pp. 468-494.

Aziz, Nusrate, Cooray, Arusha, and Teo, Wing Leong (2021) Do immigrants’ funds affect the exchange rate? The World Economy, 44 (2). pp. 560-585.

Brazys, Samuel, Cooray, Arusha, Kolås, Åshild, and Vadlamannati, Krishna (2021) Editorial: New conversations in development studies. Journal of International Development, 33 (6). pp. 947-952.

Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya, Cooray, Arusha, and de Soysa, Indra (2021) Health-system equity, egalitarian democracy and COVID-19 outcomes: an empirical analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 49 (1). pp. 104-113.

Apergis, Nicholas, and Cooray, Arusha (2020) How do human rights violations affect poverty and income distribution? International Economics, 161. pp. 56-65.

Apergis, Nicholas, Chatziantoniou, Ioannis, and Cooray, Arusha (2020) Monetary policy and commodity markets: unconventional versus conventional impact and the role of economic uncertainty. International Review of Financial Analysis, 71. 101536.

Apergis, Nicholas, Cooray, Arusha, Khraief, Naceur, and Apergis, Iraklis (2019) Do gold prices respond to real interest rates? Evidence from the Bayesian Markov Switching VECM model. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 60. pp. 134-148.

Cooray, Arusha, and Khraief, Naceur (2019) Money growth and inflation: new evidence from a nonlinear and asymmetric analysis. Manchester School, 87 (4). pp. 543-577.

Apergis, Nicholas, and Cooray, Arusha (2018) Asymmetric real exchange rates and poverty: the role of remittances. Emerging Markets Review, 35. pp. 111-119.

Cooray, Arusha, and Schneider, Friedrich (2018) Does corruption throw sand into or grease the wheels of financial sector development? Public Choice, 177. pp. 111-133.

Paudel, Ramesh C., Cooray, Arusha, and UNSPECIFIED (2018) Export performance of developing countries: does landlockedness matter? Review of Development Economics, 22 (3). e36-e62.

Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya, Cooray, Arusha, and Brazys, Samuel (2018) Nothing to hide: commitment to, compliance with, and impact of the special data dissemination standard. Economics and Politics, 30 (1). pp. 55-77.

Cooray, Arusha, Marfouk, Abdeslam, and Nazir, Maliha (2018) Public opinion and immigration: who favours employment discrimination against immigrants? International Migration, 56 (6). pp. 5-23.

Apergis, Nicholas, and Cooray, Arusha (2018) The behaviour of interest rate spreads prior to and after the financial crisis: evidence across OECD countries. Manchester School, 86 (5). pp. 559-585.

Cooray, Arusha, and Dzhumashev, Ratbek (2018) The effect of corruption on labour market outcomes. Economic Modelling, 74. pp. 207-218.

Apergis, Nicholas, and Cooray, Arusha (2017) Economic Freedom and Income Inequality: Evidence from a Panel of Global Economies— A Linear and a Non-Linear Long-Run Analysis. Manchester School, 85 (1). pp. 88-105.

Dzhumashev, Ratbek, and Cooray, Arusha (2017) The Feldstein-Horioka hypothesis revisited. B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 17 (1).

Wacker, Konstantin M., Cooray, Arusha, and Gaddis, Isis (2017) Globalization and female labor force participation in developing countries: An empirical (Re-)assessment. In: Christensen, Bent Jesper, and Kowalczyk, Carsten, (eds.) Globalization: Strategies and Effects. Springer Nature, Berlin, Germany, pp. 545-583.

Cooray, Arusha, Dzhumashev, Ratbek, and Schneider, Friedrich (2017) How does corruption affect public debt? An empirical analysis. World Development, 90. pp. 115-127.

Cooray, Arusha, Dutta, Nabamita, and Mallick, Sushanta (2017) Trade openness and labor force participation in Africa: the role of political institutions*. Industrial Relations, 56 (2). pp. 319-350.

Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya, and Cooray, Arusha (2017) Transparency pays? Evaluating the effects of the Freedom of Information laws on perceived government corruption. Journal of Development Studies, 53 (1). pp. 116-137.

Hassan, Gazi, Cooray, Arusha, and Holmes, Mark (2017) The effect of female and male health on economic growth: cross-country evidence within a production function framework. Empirical Economics, 52 (2). pp. 659-689.

Cooray, Arusha, Dutta, Nabamita, and Mallick, Sushanta (2017) The right to be free: is media freedom good news for women's rights? Journal of Institutional Economics, 13 (2). pp. 327-355.

Apergis, Nicholas, and Cooray, Arusha (2016) Debt uncertainty and economic growth: evidence from five highly indebted Eurozone countries. Applied Economics Letters, 23 (3). pp. 171-174.

Cooray, Arusha (2016) Do International Flows Increase Enrollment Rates? Macroeconomic Dynamics, 20 (4). pp. 1051-1072.

Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya, and Cooray, Arusha (2016) Do freedom of information laws improve bureaucratic efficiency? An empirical investigation. Oxford Economic Papers, 68 (4). pp. 968-993.

Cooray, Arusha, Dutta, Nabamita, and Mallick, Sushanta (2016) Does female human capital formation matter for the income effect of remittances? Evidence from developing countries. Oxford Development Studies, 44 (4). pp. 458-478.

Apergis, Nicholas, and Cooray, Arusha (2016) Old wine in a new bottle: Trade openness and fdi flows-are the emerging economies converging? Contemporary Economic Policy, 34 (2). pp. 336-351.