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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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International banking and liquidity risk transmission : lessons from across countries

Buch, Claudia M.; Goldberg, Linda S. - 2014

Network, established in 2012, brings together researchers from around the world with access to micro-level data on individual …

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Real exchange rates, the trade balance and net foreign assets : long-run relationships and measures of misalignment

Zhang, Guangfeng; MacDonald, Ronald - In: Open economies review 25 (2014) 4, pp. 635-653

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International banking and liquidity risk transmission : lessons from across countries

Buch, Claudia M.; Goldberg, Linda S. - 2014

Network (IBRN), established in 2012, brings together researchers from around the world with access to micro-data on individual …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010393856

Asset market and balance of payments characteristics : an exlectic exchange rate model for the dollar, mark and yen

MacDonald, Ronald - In: Open economies review 10 (1999) 1, pp. 5-29

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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,...

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The inverse domino effect : are economic reforms contagious?

Gassebner, Martin (contributor); Gaston, Noel G. (contributor) - 2007

This paper examines whether a country's economic reforms are affected by reforms adopted by other countries. A simple model of economic reforms is developed to motivate the econometric work. Unsurprisingly, the model predicts that reforms are more likely when factors of production are...

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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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Trade costs, trade balances and current accounts : an application of gravity to multilateral trade

Fazio, Giorgio; MacDonald, Ronald; Mélitz, Jacques - In: Open economies review 19 (2008) 5, pp. 557-578

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Does terror threaten human rights? : evidence from panel data

Dreher, Axel (contributor); Gassebner, Martin (contributor); … - 2007 - [Elektronische Ressource]

The paper presents a political economy model linking terror and governments' respect for human rights. Using panel data for 111 countries over the period 1973-2002, we then empirically analyze whether and to what extent terror affects human rights - measured by three indices covering a wide...

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