Mwangi S Kimenyi
Biographic Data
| ID | 120022 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mwangi S Kimenyi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mwangi S |
| FAMILY NAME | Kimenyi |
| SIGNATURE | KIMENYI M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Connecticut |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 139 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Institutions and Collective Choice in Developing Countries: Applications of the theory of public choice
Devolution and Development: Governance Prospects in Decentralizing States
Governing the Nile River Basin: The Search for a New Legal Regime
The effective and efficient management of water is a major problem, not just for economic growth and development in the Nile River basin, but also for the peaceful coexistence of the millions of people who live in the region. Of critical importance to the people of this part of Africa is the reasonable, equitable and sustainable management of the waters of the Nile River and its tributaries. Written by scholars trained in economics and law, and w…
The African Lions: Kenya country case study
This paper mainly analyses the drivers of economic growth in Kenya and the linkages to the labour market dynamics, with a focus on population growth, its structure, and the prospects of reaping a demographic dividend. This is in recognition that Kenya, as the ninth largest economy in Africa and the fourth largest in sub-Saharan Africa and with a locational advantage, presents some policy lessons and challenges that can boost its capacity for grow…
Governing the Nile River Basin: The Search for a New Legal Regime
The effective and efficient management of water is a major problem, not just for economic growth and development in the Nile River basin, but also for the peaceful coexistence of the millions of people who live in the region. Of critical importance to the people of this part of Africa is the reasonable, equitable and sustainable management of the waters of the Nile River and its tributaries. Written by scholars trained in economics and law, and w…
Reconstituting Africa's Failed States: The Case of Somalia
Constitutional federalism is usually suggested as an appropriate and effective form of government for a country that is characterized by significant levels of ethnic diversity. Hence, where destructive ethnic mobilization has resulted in state failure, the suggestion has usually been for the country to adopt some form of constitutional federalism as a way to more effectively manage diversity and minimize further violent conflict. While Somalia is…
The political economy of constitutional choice: A study of the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum
Voting in Kenya: Putting Ethnicity in Perspective
Do Kenyans vote according to ethnic identities or policy interests? Based on results from a national probability sample survey conducted in December 2007, this article shows that, while ethnic origins drive voting patterns, elections in Kenya amount to more than a mere ethnic census. We start by reviewing how Kenyans see themselves, which is mainly in non-ethnic terms. We then report on how they see others, whom they fear will organize politicall…
United States
The Length of Legislative Sessions and the Growth of Government
This article suggests a simple and straightforward explanation for government growth based on the length of time that Congress meets in session. The basic hypothesis is that the more time spent in session, the longer and/or more complex the number of bills enacted into law. Because each bill enacted is likely to entail some spending clauses, the bills enacted in longer sessions are likely to involve larger government spending than those passed in…
Rent-seeking and institutional stability in developing countries
Rent-seeking in the academy: The political economy of specialty programs
S ince the 1960s, hundreds of ethnic (black/Hispanic/native American) and gender (women's) studies programs have been established in American universities. Emerging from the civil rights and women's movements, these specialty programs were established to meet the needs of various minority groups that had been neglected by the mainstream curriculum--a curriculum, it is claimed, designed by and for white males. At a time when civil rights activists…
Race, Amenities, and Psychic Income
Even when there are no racial wage differences between black and white faculty in institutions of higher learning in the Deep South, there are significant racial differences in amenities such that the psychic income of blacks is lower than that of whites. It is demonstrated that black faculty will tend to have higher turnover rates than whites if racial discrepancies in amenities exist. The maintenance of old traditions that affect job satisfacti…
Attitudes towards Race and Poverty in the Demand for Private Education: The Case of Mississippi
Most studies of the demand for private education have treated “white flight” as a response to the proportion of the population that is black in a particular area. The present article, by contrast, considers the possibility that this flight may be from poverty rather than race. The article develops an aggregate demand function for private education from which individual behavior may be inferred, and then applies the model to data from Mississippi.…
Political successions and the growth of government
Interest Groups, Transfer Seeking and Democratization: Competition for the Benefits of Governmental Power May Explain African Political Instability
The effect of permanent interest group transfer-seeking behavior on the degree of democratization is examined, Each permanent interest group is viewed as attempting to maximize its share of wealth transfers through the political process. To maximize the share of transfers, each group undertakes competitive strategies to control the instruments of transfers. Such competition is more intense the larger the number of permanent interest groups in a g…
An interest-group theory of population growth
Voting in Kenya: Putting Ethnicity in Perspective
Do Kenyans vote according to ethnic identities or policy interests? Based on results from a national probability sample survey conducted in December 2007, this article shows that, while ethnic origins drive voting patterns, elections in Kenya amount to more than a mere ethnic census. We start by reviewing how Kenyans see themselves, which is mainly in non-ethnic terms. We then report on how they see others, whom they fear will organize politicall…
Attitudes towards Race and Poverty in the Demand for Private Education: The Case of Mississippi
Most studies of the demand for private education have treated “white flight” as a response to the proportion of the population that is black in a particular area. The present article, by contrast, considers the possibility that this flight may be from poverty rather than race. The article develops an aggregate demand function for private education from which individual behavior may be inferred, and then applies the model to data from Mississippi.…
The political economy of constitutional choice: A study of the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum
Interest Groups, Transfer Seeking and Democratization: Competition for the Benefits of Governmental Power May Explain African Political Instability
The effect of permanent interest group transfer-seeking behavior on the degree of democratization is examined, Each permanent interest group is viewed as attempting to maximize its share of wealth transfers through the political process. To maximize the share of transfers, each group undertakes competitive strategies to control the instruments of transfers. Such competition is more intense the larger the number of permanent interest groups in a g…
An interest-group theory of population growth
Rent-seeking and institutional stability in developing countries
Political successions and the growth of government
Reconstituting Africa's Failed States: The Case of Somalia
Constitutional federalism is usually suggested as an appropriate and effective form of government for a country that is characterized by significant levels of ethnic diversity. Hence, where destructive ethnic mobilization has resulted in state failure, the suggestion has usually been for the country to adopt some form of constitutional federalism as a way to more effectively manage diversity and minimize further violent conflict. While Somalia is…
United States
An interest-group theory of population growth
Political successions and the growth of government
Interest Groups, Transfer Seeking and Democratization: Competition for the Benefits of Governmental Power May Explain African Political Instability
The effect of permanent interest group transfer-seeking behavior on the degree of democratization is examined, Each permanent interest group is viewed as attempting to maximize its share of wealth transfers through the political process. To maximize the share of transfers, each group undertakes competitive strategies to control the instruments of transfers. Such competition is more intense the larger the number of permanent interest groups in a g…
Race, Amenities, and Psychic Income
Even when there are no racial wage differences between black and white faculty in institutions of higher learning in the Deep South, there are significant racial differences in amenities such that the psychic income of blacks is lower than that of whites. It is demonstrated that black faculty will tend to have higher turnover rates than whites if racial discrepancies in amenities exist. The maintenance of old traditions that affect job satisfacti…
Attitudes towards Race and Poverty in the Demand for Private Education: The Case of Mississippi
Most studies of the demand for private education have treated “white flight” as a response to the proportion of the population that is black in a particular area. The present article, by contrast, considers the possibility that this flight may be from poverty rather than race. The article develops an aggregate demand function for private education from which individual behavior may be inferred, and then applies the model to data from Mississippi.…
Rent-seeking in the academy: The political economy of specialty programs
S ince the 1960s, hundreds of ethnic (black/Hispanic/native American) and gender (women's) studies programs have been established in American universities. Emerging from the civil rights and women's movements, these specialty programs were established to meet the needs of various minority groups that had been neglected by the mainstream curriculum--a curriculum, it is claimed, designed by and for white males. At a time when civil rights activists…
Rent-seeking and institutional stability in developing countries
The Length of Legislative Sessions and the Growth of Government
This article suggests a simple and straightforward explanation for government growth based on the length of time that Congress meets in session. The basic hypothesis is that the more time spent in session, the longer and/or more complex the number of bills enacted into law. Because each bill enacted is likely to entail some spending clauses, the bills enacted in longer sessions are likely to involve larger government spending than those passed in…
United States
The political economy of constitutional choice: A study of the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum
Voting in Kenya: Putting Ethnicity in Perspective
Do Kenyans vote according to ethnic identities or policy interests? Based on results from a national probability sample survey conducted in December 2007, this article shows that, while ethnic origins drive voting patterns, elections in Kenya amount to more than a mere ethnic census. We start by reviewing how Kenyans see themselves, which is mainly in non-ethnic terms. We then report on how they see others, whom they fear will organize politicall…
Reconstituting Africa's Failed States: The Case of Somalia
Constitutional federalism is usually suggested as an appropriate and effective form of government for a country that is characterized by significant levels of ethnic diversity. Hence, where destructive ethnic mobilization has resulted in state failure, the suggestion has usually been for the country to adopt some form of constitutional federalism as a way to more effectively manage diversity and minimize further violent conflict. While Somalia is…
Governing the Nile River Basin: The Search for a New Legal Regime
The effective and efficient management of water is a major problem, not just for economic growth and development in the Nile River basin, but also for the peaceful coexistence of the millions of people who live in the region. Of critical importance to the people of this part of Africa is the reasonable, equitable and sustainable management of the waters of the Nile River and its tributaries. Written by scholars trained in economics and law, and w…
The African Lions: Kenya country case study
This paper mainly analyses the drivers of economic growth in Kenya and the linkages to the labour market dynamics, with a focus on population growth, its structure, and the prospects of reaping a demographic dividend. This is in recognition that Kenya, as the ninth largest economy in Africa and the fourth largest in sub-Saharan Africa and with a locational advantage, presents some policy lessons and challenges that can boost its capacity for grow…
Governing the Nile River Basin: The Search for a New Legal Regime
The effective and efficient management of water is a major problem, not just for economic growth and development in the Nile River basin, but also for the peaceful coexistence of the millions of people who live in the region. Of critical importance to the people of this part of Africa is the reasonable, equitable and sustainable management of the waters of the Nile River and its tributaries. Written by scholars trained in economics and law, and w…
Devolution and Development: Governance Prospects in Decentralizing States
Institutions and Collective Choice in Developing Countries: Applications of the theory of public choice
Political science (13 works) · Economics (12 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Development economics (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (4 works)