The DES issues a Discussion Paper series in Economics that includes both theoretical and empirical research papers. This initiative is to provide both staff members and students with the research output of the Department and to encourage researchers to obtain feedbacks on their papers.

• 2006/3 "Modelling Political Economy of Social Security in Mauritius: A Game Theoretic Approach" by Avinash S. Samboo and Shyam Nath. [PDF Downloadable]
  
• 2006/2 "An Analysis of Productive Efficiency of Banks: A Study of the Post-Financial Liberalisation Period in Mauritius" by Kheswam Jankee.
  
• 2006/01 “Foreign Ownership and Labour Productivity in Sub Saharan Africa” by
  Verena Tandrayen, Shyam Nath and Chris Milner.
  
• 2005/02 “A Counterfactual Analysis of Fiscal Decentralisation in Small Countries: The Case of Mauritius” by Shyam Nath and Larry Schroeder. [PDF Downloadable]