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The female vote and the rise of AKP in Turkey
Fidrmuc, Jan; Tunali, Cigdem Börke - 2015
science research in recent years. In this study, we examine whether there is gender gap in voting behavior in Turkey. Using … men and women in Turkey. There are significant differences between the genders, nevertheless. In particular, the effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010485535
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Does membership on the UN security council influence IMF decisions? : evidence from panel data
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Sturm, Jan-Egbert (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377296
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Does membership in international organizations increase governments' credibility? : testing the effects of delegating powers
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Voigt, Stefan (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688912
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Buying votes and international organizations : the dirty work-hypothesis
Dreher, Axel; Lang, Valentin; Rosendorff, B. Peter; … - 2018
We show how major shareholders can exploit their power over international organizations to hide their foreign-policy interventions from domestic audiences. We argue that major powers exert influence bilaterally when domestic audiences view the intervention favorably. When domestic audiences are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011927941
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Membership has its privileges : the effect of membership in international organizations on FDI
Dreher, Axel; Mikosch, Heiner; Voigt, Stefan - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008699691
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The costs of favoritism : is politically-driven aid less effective?
Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Vreeland, James Raymond; … - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003948233
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Donor ideology and types of foreign aid
Brech, Viktor; Potrafke, Niklas - 2013
We examine how donor government ideology influences the composition of foreign aid flows. We use data for 23 OECD countries over the period 1960]2009 and distinguish between multilateral and bilateral aid, grants and loans, recipient characteristics such as income and political institutions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764976
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The political economy of multilateral aid funds
Simon, Jenny; Valasek, Justin - 2016
In 2014 over $60 billion was mobilized to help developing nations mitigate climate change, an amount equivalent to the GDP of Kenya. Interestingly, breaking from the traditional model of bilateral aid, donor countries distributed nearly fifty percent of their aid through multilateral aid funds...
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The determinants of election to the United Nations Security Council
Dreher, Axel; Gould, Matthew; Rablen, Matthew; … - 2012
predicts, for instance, World Bank and IMF loans. But who gets elected to the UNSC? Addressing this question empirically is not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009571740
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Reform of the United Nations Security Council : equity and efficiency
Gould, Matthew; Rablen, Matthew D. - 2014
Twenty years of negotiations over reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) are yet to bear fruit. We use recent advances in the theory of a-priori voting power to present a formal quantitative appraisal of the "structural reforms" contained within eleven current reform proposals, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358266