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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...
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Political risk and real exchange rate : what can we learn from recent developments in panel data econometrics for emerging and developing countries?
Bahmani-Oskooee, Mohsen; Hadj Amor, Thouraya; Nouira, Ridha - 2019
Cross- Sectionally Augmented ARDL approach of Chudik and Pesaran (2015b), and the panel threshold estimation of Chudik et al …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955761
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How do economic, political, and institutional factors influence the choice of exchange rate regimes? : new evidence from selected MENA countries
Maraoui, Najia; Hadj Amor, Thouraya; Khefacha, Islem; … - 2021
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Recent estimates of exchange rate pass-through to import prices in the Euro area
Cheikh, Nidhaleddine Ben; Rault, Christophe - 2015
This paper provides an update on the exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) estimates for 12 euro area (EA) countries. First …-through elasticities, we find very weak evidence of a decline around the inception of the euro in 1999. However, our results reveal that a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010518820
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Recent estimates of exchange rate pass-through to import prices in the Euro area
Cheikh, Nidhaleddine Ben; Rault, Christophe - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010412919
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Recent Estimates of Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Import Prices in the Euro Area
Ben Cheikh, Nidhaleddine - 2015
This paper provides an update on the exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) estimates for 12 Euro area (EA) countries. First …-through elasticities, we find very weak evidence of a decline around the inception of the euro in 1999. However, our results reveal that a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013022505
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Recent Estimates of Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Import Prices in the Euro Area
Ben Cheikh, Nidhaleddine - 2014
This paper provides an update on the exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) estimates for 12 Euro area (EA) countries. First … towards more stable macroeconomic conditions across Euro Area (EA) Member States. Second, when assessing the stability of pass …-through elasticities we find very weak evidence of a decline around the inception of the Euro in 1999. However, our results reveal that a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045898
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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...
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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...
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