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Do markets care about central bank governor changes? : evidence from emerging markets

Moser, Christoph (contributor); Dreher, Axel (contributor) - 2007

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The political economy of international finance corporation lending

Dreher, Axel; Richert, Katharina - 2017

The bulk of International Finance Corporation (IFC) lending benefits companies from rich countries, and projects in countries with middle income. Large conglomerates such as Lidl or Mövenpick have been among its direct beneficiaries. This contrasts to some extent with the IFC's official...

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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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Worker commitment and establishment performance

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2021

Using a cross section of matched data from the employee and management questionnaires of the European Company Survey, this paper investigates the determinants of worker commitment and the potential contribution of commitment to establishment performance. An index of worker commitment is...

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Management practices and establishment performance under non-union workplace representation

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Bellmann, Lutz - 2020

This paper brings together two factors deemed important correlates of firm performance: advanced management practices and works councils. The country sample comprises nations where workplace representation is via a works council. The Management Questionnaire of the 2013 European Company Survey...

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Trust and workplace performance

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2019

This paper explores the relationship between trust and establishment performance. The outcome indicators are management's assessment of the economic or financial situation of the workplace and its relative labor productivity. Trust is initially measured using the individual survey respondent's...

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Dissonant works councils and establishment survivability

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Grunau, Philipp; … - 2019

Using subjective information provided by manager respondents on the stance taken by the works council in company decision making, this paper investigates the association between a measure of works council dissonance or disaffection and plant closings in Germany, 2006-2015. The potential effects...

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Contract innovation in Germany : an economic evaluation of pacts for employment and competitiveness

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Evers, Katalin; … - In: BJIR : an international journal of employment relations 55 (2017) 3, pp. 500-526

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Rogue aid? : The determinants of China's aid allocation

Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas - 2011

Foreign aid from China is often characterized as "rogue aid" that is not guided by recipient need but by China …, covering the 1956-2006 period, to empirically test to which extent political and commercial interests shape China's aid … allocation decisions. We estimate the determinants of China's allocation of project aid, food aid, medical teams and total aid …

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Aid on demand : African leaders and the geography of China's foreign assistance

Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; Hodler, Roland; Parks, Bradley - 2015

This article investigates whether China's foreign aid is particularly prone to political capture by political leaders … results show that current political leaders’ birth regions receive substantially larger financial ows from China than other …

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