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Does the nominal exchange rate regime affect the real interest parity condition?
Dreger, Christian - 2010 - Postprint
The real interest parity (RIP) condition combines two cornerstones in international finance, uncovered interest parity (UIP) and ex ante purchasing power parity (PPP). The extent of deviation from RIP is therefore an indicator of the lack of product and financial market integration. This paper...
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Regional and ethnic favoritism in the allocation of humanitarian aid
Bommer, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Pérez-Alvarez, Marcello - 2018
International humanitarian aid is pivotal in the response to natural disasters suffered by low-and middle-income countries. While its allocation has been shown to be influenced by donors' foreign policy considerations, power relations within recipient countries have not been addressed. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011846259
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Money and Inflation in the euro area during the financial crisis
Dreger, Christian; Wolters, Jürgen - 2011
This paper explores the stability of the relation between money demand for M3 and inflation in the euro area by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009427840
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Money and inflation in the euro area during the financial crisis
Dreger, Christian; Wolters, Jürgen - 2011
This paper explores the stability of the relation between money demand for M3 and inflation in the euro area by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009130684
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M3 money demand and excess liquidity in the euro area
Dreger, Christian (contributor);  … - 2008
Money growth in the euro area has exceeded its target since 2001. Likewise, recent empirical studies did not find …) estimation methods. To obtain the result, the short run homogeneity restriction between money and prices is relaxed. In addition …, a rise in the income elasticity after 2001 is taken into account. The break might be linked to the introduction of euro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726115
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Greasing the wheels of entrepreneurship? : the impact of regulations and corruption on firm entry
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Gassebner, Martin (contributor) - 2007
The paper investigates whether the impact of regulations on entrepreneurship depends on corruption. We first test whether regulations robustly deter firm entry into the markets. Our results show that some regulations are indeed important determinants of entrepreneurial activity. Specifically,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762839
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Does high inflation cause central bankers to lose their job? : evidence based on a new data set
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Sturm, Jan-Egbert (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper introduces new data on the term in office of central bank governors in 137 countries for 1970-2004. Our panel models show that the probability that a central bank governor is replaced in a particular year is positively related to the share of the term in office elapsed, political and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762844
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The devil is in the shadow : do institutions affect income and productivity or only official income and official productivity?
Dreher, Axel; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume; Schneider, Friedrich - 2007
This paper assesses the relationship between institutions, output, and productivity, when official output is corrected for the size of the shadow economy. Our results confirm the usual positive impact of institutional quality on official output and total factor productivity, and its negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762854
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Does US aid buy UN general assembly votes? : A disaggregated analysis
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Nunnenkamp, Peter (contributor);  … - 2006
Using panel data for 143 countries over the period 1973-2002, this paper empirically analyzes the influence of US aid on voting patterns in the UN General Assembly. We use disaggregated aid data to account for the fact that various forms of aid may differ in their ability to induce political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003313895
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Has globalisation increased inequality?
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Gaston, Noel G. (contributor) - 2006
There has been no shortage of theories which purport to explain why globalisation may have, adverse, insignificant or even beneficial effects on income and earnings inequality. Surprisingly, the empirical realities remain an almost complete mystery. In this paper we use data on industrial wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003348663