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Are "new" donors different? : comparing the allocation of bilateral aid between non-DAC and DAC donor countries

Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2010

Major DAC donors are widely criticized for weak targeting of aid, selfish aid motives and insufficient coordination. The emergence of an increasing number of new donors may further complicate the coordination of international aid efforts. On the other hand, new donors (many of which were aid...

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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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Does aid for education educate children? : evidence from panel data

Dreher, Axel (contributor); Nunnenkamp, Peter (contributor); … - 2006

This paper empirically analyzes the impact of aid on education for about 100 countries over the period 1970 - 2005. We estimate a system of equations to test whether and to what extent the impact of sector-specific aid on educational attainment depends on (i) the extent to which aid adds to...

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The volatility of international trade flows and exchange rate uncertainty

Baum, Christopher F.; Caglayan, Mustafa - 2009

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Nonparametric estimation of homothetic and homothetically separable functions

Lewbel, Arthur (contributor); Linton, Oliver (contributor) - 2003 - Rev

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Long-Run Links Among Money, Prices, and Output: World-Wide Evidence

Reimers, Hans-Eggert; Herwartz, Helmut - 2001

analyse this topic by means of a P-star model. Based on the quantity theory of money, this approach explains inflation via a …. Moreover, parameter restrictions for the long-run relationships implied by the monetary theory are tested. Country specific P … Preisniveau und dem realen Output testet. Weiterhin werden die Parameterrestriktionen, die sich durch die monet¨are Theorie …

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International investment positions and exchange rate dynamics: a dynamic panel analysis

Binder, Michael; Offermanns, Christian J. - 2007

In this paper we revisit medium- to long-run exchange rate determination, focusing on the role of international investment positions. To do so, we develop a new econometric framework accounting for conditional long-run homogeneity in heterogeneous dynamic panel data models. In particular, in our...

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Concepts to Calculate Equilibrium Exchange Rates: An Overview

MacDonald, Ronald - 2000

In this paper we present a critical overview of differnt methods of constructing an equilibrium exchange rate. The recent literature on purchasing power parity (PPP) indicates that on its own PPP is not a good vehicle for defining an equilibrium exchange rate. Rather, we argue that the latter...

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