The seventeenth volume of the Journal of Government and Economics (JGE) was released in the spring of 2025, with articles exploring a variety of topics in the emerging field of government and economics. Adamu Braimah Abille and Ishmael Adjei assess the relationship between capital flight, external debt and governance for 20 African countries using unbalanced panel data from 1990 to 2020. Temitope Adebayo investigates the effectiveness of government expenditure as a policy intervention for combating the incidence of poverty in Nigeria during the period from 1981 to 2022. Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Andrew T. Young employ "doubly robust" event studies and matching methods to explore whether public participation in Constitution-making can curb political corruption. Timbul Parasian Hutahean, Wawan Hermawan, Bayu Kharisma and Alfiah Hasanah study the “tax aggressiveness” of firms in Indonesia by examining 2016 debt-to-equity cap reforms to the debt tax benefit. Leigh Gardner and Tehreem Husain present data on financial links between British colonies and Crown Agents, exploring implications for debates about the "empire effect" on financial globalization.

Does better governance abate the external debt–capital flight revolvement in sub-Saharan Africa?

Adamu Braimah Abille, Ishmael Adjei

Funding the future: Nigeria's battle against poverty through government expenditure

Temitope Adebayo

Can public participation in constitution-making curb corruption?

Jamie Bologna Pavlik, Andrew T. Young

Does the limiting debt tax benefits curb tax aggressiveness? Evidence from Indonesia 2016 debt-to-equity reform

Timbul Parasian Hutahean, Wawan Hermawan, Bayu Kharisma, Alfiah Hasanah

Sinews of empire? The Crown Agents for the Colonies and African government debt under colonial rule

Leigh Gardner, Tehreem Husain