Simon Davies :: Research

• "Do Shocks have a Persistent Impact on Consumption? The Case of Rural Malawi", forthcoming, Progress in Development Studies. [Working Paper]
• "Income, Gender and Consumption: A Study of Malawian Households", Forthcoming, Journal of Developing Areas. [Working Paper]

• "Mental Accounting and Remittances: A Study of Malawian Households", 2009, Journal of Economic Psychology, 30(3):321-334. (with J.Easaw and A.Ghoshray) [Working Paper] [Presentation] [Published Paper]

• "A Regional Multiplier Approach to Estimating the Impact of Cash Transfers on the Market: The Case of Rural Malawi", 2008, Development Policy Review, 26(1):91-111. (with J.Davey) [Published Paper] [Working Paper] [4 Page Summary] [Presentation]
• "Life Satisfaction in Malawi and the Importance of Relative Consumption, Polygamy and Religion", 2008, Journal of International Development, 20:888-904 (with T.Hinks). [Published Paper]
  

• "Are natural resources really a curse? A study of firms in developing countries", Research Paper. (with R.Record) [Working Paper] [Short Summary] [Presentation]
• "Crime, Gender and Happiness in Malawi", Research Paper. (with T.Hinks) [Working Paper]
• "Remittances as Insurance for Household and Community Shocks in an Agrcultural Economy: The Case of Rural Malawi", Research Paper. [Working Paper] [Short Summary] [Poster]
• "Remittances as Insurance for Idiosyncratic and Covariate Shocks in Malawi: The Importance of Distance and Relationship - A Descriptive Study", Research Paper. [Working Paper] 
• "Determinants and Impact of Private Sector Investment in Malawi: Evidence from the 2006 Investment Climate Assessment", Research Paper. (with R.Record) [Working Paper] [Presentation]

• "Why do People Give? Motivations for Remitting in Rural Malawi". Presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Economic Theory, Policy and Applications, held by ATINER, 3-6 August, Athens, Greece. [Paper] [Presentation - file 1 file 2]
• "Supporting Households and Communities during Regional Disasters: Drought in Rural Malawi". Presented at the first Rehovot Conference on Regional Development: "Globalisation, Regional Development, and Local Initiatives", Rehovot, Israel, November 2007. [Paper] [Presentation]

• Davies, S. (2007), "Making the Most of It: A Regional Multiplier Approach to Estimating the Impact of Cash Transfers on the Market". Conducted for Concern Worldwide (Malawi) as part of evaluation of DFID funded emergency cash aid programme. [Full Report] [4 Page Summary] [Presentation] [Relief Web Summary and Report]
• Hudson, J., J.Sessions, B.Morley and S.Davies (2007), "Future Economic Activity in the South West's Rural Areas and Smaller Settlements". Research assistance for report prepared for South West of England Regional Development Agency. [Full Report]