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We argue that membership in International Organizations (IOs) is an important determinant of FDI inflows. To the extent that membership restricts a country from pursuing policies that are harmful to investors, it can signal low political risk. Using data over the 1971-2005 period, we find that...
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predicts, for instance, World Bank and IMF loans. But who gets elected to the UNSC? Addressing this question empirically is not …
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World Bank projects and generally find that projects that are potentially politically motivated – such as those granted to … governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank … Council members with higher short-term debt, however, a negative quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World …
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We investigate whether temporary members of the UN Security Council receive favorable treatment from the IMF, using panel data for 191 countries over the period 1951 to 2004. Our results indicate a robust positive relationship between temporary UN Security Council membership and participation in...
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We review the literature on the political economy of international organizations (IOs). Considering IOs as products of the preferences of various actors rather than monolithic entities we focus on national politicians, international bureaucrats, interest groups, and voters. By looking into the...
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There is little causal evidence about deep-rooted sources of support for shifting power from nation-states to international organizations. Focusing on the European Union, this paper develops the hypothesis that citizens appreciate the role of international organizations in constraining member...
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This paper analyzes whether nation-state governments can increase their credibility by becoming members of international organizations. Credibility is an important asset because it determines the real interest rate and is expected to have an important impact on investment and growth. It is...
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In recent years, Europe has experienced an unprecedented influx of refugees. While natives' attitudes toward refugees … refugees' characteristics. We conducted survey experiments with more than 5,000 university students in Germany in which we … exogenously shifted participants' beliefs about refugees' education level through information provision. Consistent with economic …
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first reviewing the institutional framework laid out by the Geneva Convention for Refugees, we demonstrate that, despite …
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on both refugees and asylum-seekers coupled with a matching mechanism linking countries' and migrants' preferences. We …
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