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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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An empirical investigation into exchange rate regime choice and exchange rate volatility

Berger, Helge; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Haan, Jakob de - 2000

We test a simple model of exchange rate regime choice with data for 65 non-OECD countries covering the period 1980-94.We find that the variance of output at home and in potential target c ountries as well as the correlation between home and foreign real activity are powerful and robust...

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Are international fund flows related to exchange rate dynamics?

Li, Suxiao; Haan, Jakob de; Scholtens, Bert - In: Open economies review 29 (2018) 1, pp. 31-48

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Political regime change, economic reform and growth accelerations

Jong-A-Pin, Richard (contributor); … - 2007

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Does terror threaten human rights? : evidence from panel data

Dreher, Axel (contributor); Gassebner, Martin (contributor); … - 2007

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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

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Does high inflation cause central bankers to lose their job? : evidence based on a new data set

Dreher, Axel (contributor); Sturm, Jan-Egbert (contributor); … - 2007

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Testing uncovered interest rate parity using LIBOR

Omer, Muhammad; Haan, Jakob de; Scholtens, Bert - 2012

We test Uncovered Interest Parity (UIP) using LIBOR interest rates for a wide range of maturities. In contrast to other markets, LIBOR markets have minimal frictions which could lead to rejecting UIP. Using panel unit root test suggested by Palm, Smeekes, and Urbain (2010) and cointegration...

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Lock, stock, and barrel : a comprehensive assessment of the determinants of terror

Gassebner, Martin; Lüchinger, Simon - 2011

We assess the robustness of previous findings on the determinants of terrorism. Using extreme bound analysis, the three most comprehensive terrorism datasets, and focusing on the three most commonly analyzed aspects of terrorist activity, i.e., location, victim, and perpetrator, we re-assess the...

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Capital controls and exchange rate regimes : an empirical investigation

Berger, Helge; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Haan, Jakob de - 2001

It is often argued that deregulation of international transactions and its effects on the globalization of financial markets is behind the decline in the attractiveness of fixed exchange rate regimes. We argue that, instead, much of the recently observed decrease in the level of capital controls...

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