Bio

Rob Gillanders is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Dublin City University Business School, Ireland. He is also a Docent (adjunct professor) at Hanken School of Economics, Finland. He holds a PhD in Economics from University College Dublin. Prior to working at DCUBS he worked in Finland at Hanken School of Economics and Aalto University. His main research interests are in Development, Political Economy and Public Economics, with a particular focus on corruption and governance.

Rob's main research interest is corruption but he is also interested in issues relating to regulation, gender, FDI, and institutions/governance in general. Rob's research has been published in journals such as Economics of Governance, International Interactions, International Tax and Public Finance, The Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation, The Journal of Development Studies, Kyklos, and Review of World Economics.

Related Publications

Corruption at the border

customs
migration
borders
cross-border flows

26/07/2018

Overview of corruption and anti-corruption: Uzbekistan

bribery
extortion
country profile
patronage

03/12/2015

Cameroun: tour d’horizon de la corruption et de la lutte conttra la corruption

cameroon
cameroun

30/05/2016

Overview of lifestyle audits as an anti-corruption tool and country examples from Africa

public officials
illicit enrichment
income and asset declaration
corruption
lifestyle audits
unexplained wealth

12/07/2021

Grand Corruption and the SDGs - Selling the country's future: the island sales scheme in the Maldives

sustainable development goals
sdg
land
grand corruption
water
environment

08/01/2020

Robert Gillanders

Affiliation

Dublin City University

Professional Title

Assistant Professor of Economics

Country/Territory

Ireland

Topics

Specialisms

Empirical studies of corruption; causes and consequences of corruption; regulation and red tape.

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