Talea Bernatzki, Matthias Busse and Ruth Hoekstra,

Promoting Rwanda’s Business Environment: Impact of Reforms and Drivers of Change, Development Policy Review, Vol. 40 (2022), No.2, e12578.

Matthias Busse, Ceren Erdogan and Henning Mühlen

Structural Transformation and its Relevance for Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, Review of Development Economics, Vol. 23 (2019), No.1, pp. 33-93

Emma Aisbett, Matthias Busse and Peter Nunnenkamp, Bilateral Investment Treaties as Deterrents of Host-country Discretion: The Impact of Investor-state Disputes on Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries, Review of World Economics, Vol. 154 (2018), No. 1, pp 119–155

Matthias Busse, Ruth Hoekstra and Robert Osei

The Effectiveness of Aid in Improving Regulations – An Empirical Assessment, South African Journal of Economics, Vol. 85 (2017), No. 3, pp. 368-385

Matthias Busse, Ceren Erdogan and Henning Mühlen

China's Impact on Africa – The Role of Trade, FDI and Aid,  Kyklos, Vol. 69 (2016), No. 2, pp. 228–262

Matthias Busse, Jens Königer

Trade and Economic Growth: A Re-examination of the Empirical Evidence, Economics Bulletin, Vol. 35 (2015), No. 4, pp. 2862-2876