| Anatomy of Corruption: An Approach to the Political Economy of Underdevelopment MS Alam American Journal of Economics and sociology 48 (4), 441-456, 1989 | 298 | 1989 |
| A theory of limits on corruption and some applications MS Alam Kyklos 48, 419-435, 1995 | 274 | 1995 |
| Governments and markets in economic development strategies: Lessons from Korea, Taiwan, and Japan MS Alam (No Title), 1989 | 202 | 1989 |
| Some economic costs of corruption in LDCs MS Alam The Journal of Development Studies 27 (1), 89-97, 1990 | 180 | 1990 |
| Economic growth with energy MS Alam Northeastern University, Boston, 2006 | 166 | 2006 |
| Trade orientation and macroeconomic performance in LDCs: an empirical study MS Alam Economic Development and Cultural Change 39 (4), 839-848, 1991 | 102 | 1991 |
| Poverty from the Wealth of Nations: Integration and Polarization in the Global Economy since 1760 M Alam Springer, 2016 | 68 | 2016 |
| Israeli exceptionalism: The destabilizing logic of Zionism MS Alam Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 | 61 | 2009 |
| Convergence in developed countries: an empirical investigation MS Alam Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 128, 189-201, 1992 | 46 | 1992 |
| Colonialism, decolonisation and growth rates: theory and empirical evidence MS Alam Cambridge Journal of Economics 18 (3), 235-258, 1994 | 44 | 1994 |
| The basic macro‐economics of oil economies MS Alam The journal of development studies 18 (2), 205-216, 1982 | 44 | 1982 |
| Challenging the new orientalism: dissenting essays on the" War against Islam" MS Alam (No Title), 2006 | 37 | 2006 |
| The South Korean'miracle': examining the mix of government and markets MS Alam The Journal of Developing Areas 23 (2), 233-258, 1989 | 33 | 1989 |
| Global disparities since 1800: Trends and regional patterns MS Alam Journal of World-Systems Research 12 (1), 36-59, 2006 | 20 | 2006 |
| Convergence and polarization: testing for an inverted-U relation between growth rates and GDP per capita MS Alam, A Naseer Applied Economics 24 (3), 363-367, 1992 | 20 | 1992 |
| Consumption and Employment Effects of Income Redistribution in Pakistan [with Comments] AA Cheema, MH Malik, MS Alam The Pakistan development review 23 (2/3), 347-363, 1984 | 18 | 1984 |
| Welfare implications of growth under quotas MS Alam Economics Letters 8 (2), 177-180, 1981 | 16 | 1981 |
| Bringing energy back into the economy MS Alam Review of Radical Political Economics 41 (2), 170-185, 2009 | 15 | 2009 |
| Corruption and countervailing action in Pakistan MS Alam The Political Dimension of Economic Growth: Proceedings of the IEA …, 1998 | 14 | 1998 |
| Articulating group differences: A variety of autocentrisms MS Alam Science & Society 67 (2), 205-217, 2003 | 13 | 2003 |
