Browsing School of Economics (SE) by Issue Date "2014"

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    • Determinants of access to formal financial credit in Uganda 

      Akullu, Emily (Makerere University, 2014)
      It has been established that lack of startup capital is a major impediment to economic growth. In Uganda, this has been witnessed due to the barriers in credit access from formal financial institutions, which are assumed ...

    • Essays on governance, public finance, and economic development 

      Okumu, Ibrahim Mike (University of St Andrews, 2014)
      This thesis is composed of three distinct but related essays. The first essay studies the role of the size of the economy in mitigating the impact of public sector corruption on economic development. The analysis is based ...

    • Tax evasion and the business environment in Uganda 

      Mawejje, Joseph; Okumu, Ibrahim Mike (Economic Policy Research Centre, 2014)
      We provide some empirical evidence of how a poor business environment may incentivise tax evasion. In particular, we examine the roles that specific components of the business environment that include: bribery, efficiency ...