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What determines the finance-growth nexus? : An endogenous growth model and empirical evidence

Graff, Michael (contributor); Karmann, Alexander (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

An endogenous growth model on finance and growth is formulated, and empirical analyses are conducted. The model exhibits structural shifts and breaks caused by institutional changes, suggesting that a linear approach is inadequate. To address this point empirically, we fit data for 90 countries...

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Agency and communication in IMF conditional lending : theory and empirical evidence

Marchesi, Silvia; Sabani, Laura; Dreher, Axel - 2009

the countries' authorities, openness, and transparency, consistently with the theory. -- IMF conditionality ; delegation …

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The golden hello and political transitions

Aidt, Toke; Albornoz, Facundo; Gassebner, Martin - 2012

have taken place. We test this unexplored implication of the theory empirically. We find in a world sample from 1970 to …We analyze the influence of IMF and World Bank programs on political regime transitions. We develop an extended version … transitions ; democracy ; autocracy ; IMF ; World Bank …

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Finanzielle Entwicklung und wirtschaftliches Wachstum : eine Mehrwellen-Pfadanalyse

Graff, Michael (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Hochschulbildung und Wirtschaftswachstum : neue empirische Ergebnisse

Graff, Michael (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Intellectual property rights and foreign direct investment : the role of industry and host-country characteristics

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Spatz, Julius - 2003

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Do multinational enterprises contribute to convergence or divergence? : a disaggregated analysis of US FDI

Mayer-Foulkes, David - 2005

It is a widely held belief that foreign direct investment (FDI) has a positive effect on economic growth. We test this hypothesis by performing convergence regressions derived from a model of endogenous technological change. We estimate the rate of growth in per-capita income, relative to the...

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The impact of aid on growth revisited : do donor motives matter?

Kilby, Christopher; Dreher, Axel - 2009

The typical identification strategy in aid effectiveness studies assumes donor motives do not influence the impact of aid on growth. We call this homogeneity assumption into question, first constructing a model in which donor motives matter and then testing the assumption empirically. -- Aid ;...

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Corruption and the shadow economy : an empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel (contributor); Schneider, Friedrich (contributor) - 2006

This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are complements in low income countries. The hypotheses are tested for a crosssection of 120 countries and a...

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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...

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