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The development and implementation of IMF and World Bank conditionality

Dreher, Axel - 2002

The paper presents a detailed description of IMF and World Bank conditionality and tries to explain changes in this … conditions seem to be influenced by contemporaneous World Bank activity. Moreover, the paper tries to explain compliance with … World Bank conditionality as well as interruptions of IMF programs in the recipient countries. Compliance with World Bank …

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Sovereign credit ratings, emerging market risk and financial market volatility

Reisen, Helmut; von Maltzan, Julia - 1998

This study has investigated to which extent rating events influence sovereign bond yield spreads and overall financial market volatility. While rating agencies are part and parcel of today's financial markets, the study succeeds in tracing some independent effect that ratings exert on financial...

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Gender Discrimination and the International Division of Labour

Busse, Matthias; Spielmann, Christian - 2003

The paper empirically explores the international economic effects of gender discrimination, namely the linkages of gender inequality with comparative advantage (trade) and foreign direct investment flows. It discusses different forms and the extent of gender discrimination across countries and...

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The History of Sinks: An Analysis of Negotiating Positions in the Climate Regime

Jung, Martina - 2004

The issue of terrestrial carbon sinks, officially labelled as Land use, Land-use change and Forestry (LULUCF) has been one of the most contentious and difficult issues in the international climate change negotiations. This study analyses the negotiation process on sinks from the third Conference...

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Determinants of the Informal Economy: The Importance of Regional Factors

Krakowski, Michael - 2005

economy in world regressions. Regional regressions reveal that different aspects of governance dominate the relationship …

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Political Risk, Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment

Hefeker, Carsten; Busse, Matthias - 2005

The paper explores the linkages between political risk, institutions and foreign direct investment inflows. Using different econometric techniques for a data sample of 83 developing countries and the period 1984 to 2003, we identify those indicators that matter most for the activities of...

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Competition Policy Works: The Effect of Competition Policy on the Intensity of Competition - An International Cross-Country Comparison

Krakowski, Michael - 2005

, the intensity of local competition and the standard of living. Perception data from the World Economic Forum is used to …

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Democracy and FDI

Busse, Matthias - 2003

Many believe that multinational enterprises insensitively ignore political rights and civil liberties in the countries of their investments. Frequently, non-governmental organisations accuse multinationals of fostering repressive regimes in developing countries and consider foreign direct...

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Do transnational corporations care about labour standards?

Busse, Matthias - 2002

This paper explores the relationship between foreign direct investment, or the activities of transnational corporations, and core labour standards. It discusses the channels through which labour standards may influence foreign direct investment and presents the results of an empirical test of...

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Trade and investment effects of forced labour: An empirical assessment

Busse, Matthias; Braun, Sebastian - 2002

This paper explores the international economic effects of forced labour, namely the linkages of forced labour with comparative advantage (trade) and foreign direct investment flows. It discusses several forms and the prevalence of forced labour and presents the results of empirical tests of...

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