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Globalization, economic freedom and human rights
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars - 2010
Using the KOF Index of Globalization and two indices of economic freedom, we empirically analyze whether globalization and economic liberalization affect governments' respect for human rights using a panel of 106 countries over the 1981-2004 period. According to our results, physical integrity...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009630635
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Fueling conflict? : (de)escalation and bilateral aid
Bluhm, Richard; Gassebner, Martin; Langlotz, Sarah; … - 2016
This paper studies the effects of bilateral foreign aid on conflict escalation and de-escalation. We make three major contributions. First, we combine data on civil wars with data on low level conflicts in a new ordinal measure capturing the two-sided and multifaceted nature of conflict. Second,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011547801
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Regional and ethnic favoritism in the allocation of humanitarian aid
Bommer, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Pérez-Alvarez, Marcello - 2018
International humanitarian aid is pivotal in the response to natural disasters suffered by low-and middle-income countries. While its allocation has been shown to be influenced by donors' foreign policy considerations, power relations within recipient countries have not been addressed. This...
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Who's afraid of foreign aid? : the donors' perspective
Chong, Alberto (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003395211
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Economic and political liberalizations
Giavazzi, Francesco; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2004
This paper studies empirically the effects of and the interactions amongst economic and political liberalizations. Economic liberalizations are measured by a widely used indicator that captures the scope of the market in the economy, and in particular of policies towards freer international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450308
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009266761
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Government repression and the death toll from natural disasters
Costa, Samia - 2012
Natural disasters have been a major cause of human suffering. Countries with higher income, lower inequality, lower corruption, and more democratic regimes have been found to experience less casualties from disasters. Government repression, however, could also play a role in disaster...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009489005
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Policy coordination under model disagreement and uncertainty
Hefeker, Carsten; Neugart, Michael - 2019
What are the incentives for governments to coordinate their policies internationally when there is model disagreement and uncertainty? We build a model where countries disagree on policy targets and how policies affect the economies, and show that uncertainty not only determines the type of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011966668
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Beyond the veil of ignorance : the influence of direct democracy on the shadow economy
Schneider, Friedrich; Teobaldelli, Désirée - 2012
In this paper we analyze the influence of direct democratic institutions on the size and development of the shadow economies. The framework developed predicts a negative relationship between the degree of direct democracy and the size of the shadow economy. Countries where direct democratic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009503812