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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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The effects of taxation on the location decision of multinational firms : M&A vs. Greenfield investments
Hebous, Shafik; Ruf, Martin; Weichenrieder, Alfons J. - 2010
M&A investments. Based on a novel firm-level dataset on German outbound FDI, we find evidence that location decisions of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003974552
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Do stringent environmental policies deter FDI? : M&A versus Greenfield
Bialek, Sylwia; Weichenrieder, Alfons J. - 2015
analyze a firm-level data set on German outbound FDI and innovate on previous studies by controlling for the mode of entry and …
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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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Minority positions in the German council of economic experts : a political economic analysis
Potrafke, Niklas - 2013
I investigate minority votes in the German Council of Economic Experts. The dataset contains information on the voting … against the majority opinion of the German Council of Economic Experts. This voting pattern indicates that the channel of … ; German Council of Economic Experts …
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What determines fiscal policy? : evidence from German states
Berger, Helge (contributor); Holler, Anika (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003499703
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Inequality and the state : comparing U.S. and German preferences
Corneo, Giacomo - 2000
Survey data from the United States, West Germany and East Germany are analyzed to compare individual attitudes towards … political redistribution in each country. In West Germany the homo oeconomicus effect , the social rivalry effect and the public … effect disappears. In East Germany both the second and the third effect disappear. …
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The behavior of the maximum likelihood estimator of dynamic panel data sample selection models
Raymond, Wladimir; Mohnen, Pierre A.; Palm, Franz C.; … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003497689
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An empirically-based taxonomy of Dutch manufacturing : innovation policy implications
Raymond, Wladimir; Mohnen, Pierre A.; Palm, Franz C.; … - 2004
The paper studies the degree of homogeneity of innovative behavior in order to determine empirically an industry classification of Dutch manufacturing that can be used for policy purposes. We use a twolimit tobit model with sample selection, which explains the decisions by business enterprises...
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The effect of unconventional fiscal policy on consumption expenditure
D'Acunto, Francesco; Hoang, Daniel; Weber, Michael - 2016 - This version: August 2016
German government announced in November 2005 an unexpected 3-percentage-point increase in value-added tax (VAT), effective in …
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