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Are 'New' Donors Different? Comparing the Allocation of Bilateral Aid Between Non-DAC and DAC Donor Countries

Dreher, Axel - 2010

Major DAC donors are widely criticized for weak targeting of aid, selfish aid motives and insufficient coordination. The emergence of an increasing number of new donors may further complicate the coordination of international aid efforts. On the other hand, new donors (many of which were aid...

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Agency and Communication in IMF Conditional Lending : Theory and Empirical Evidence

Marchesi, Silvia; Sabani, Laura; Dreher, Axel - 2021

We focus on the role that the transmission of information between a multilateral (the IMF) and a country has for the optimal design of conditional reforms. Our model predicts that when agency problems are especially severe, and/or IMF information is valuable, a centralized control is indeed...

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The Politics of IMF Forecasts

Dreher, Axel; Marchesi, Silvia; Vreeland, James Raymond - 2021

Using panel data for 157 countries over the period 1999-2005 we empirically investigate the politics involved in IMF economic forecasts. We find a systematic bias in growth and inflation forecasts. Our results indicate that countries voting in line with the US in the UN General Assembly receive...

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Do IMF and World Bank Programs Induce Government Crises? An Empirical Analysis

Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin - 2008

We examine whether and under which circumstances World Bank projects and IMF programs affect the likelihood of major … model specification, those of the World Bank are shown to be robust to the choice of control variables and method of …

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Development Aid and International Politics : Does Membership on the UN Security Council Influence World Bank Decisions?

Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Vreeland, James Raymond - 2007

We investigate whether temporary members of the UN Security Council receive favorable treatment from the World Bank … temporary UN Security Council membership and the number of World Bank projects a country receives, even after accounting for … economic and political factors, as well as regional and country effects. The size of World Bank loans, however, is not affected …

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Greasing the Wheels of Entrepreneurship? Impact of Regulations and Corruption on Firm Entry

Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin - 2007

The paper investigates whether the impact of regulations on entrepreneurship depends on corruption. We first test whether regulations robustly deter firm entry into the markets. Our results show that some regulations are indeed important determinants of entrepreneurial activity. Specifically,...

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The Impact of Political Leaders' Profession and Education on Reforms

Dreher, Axel; Lamla, Michael J.; Lein, Sarah M.; … - 2007

This paper analyzes whether the educational and professional background of a head of government matters for the implementation of market-liberalizing reforms. Employing panel data over the period 1970-2002, we present empirical evidence based on a novel data set covering profession and education...

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Does US Aid Buy UN General Assembly Votes? A Disaggregated Analysis

Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2007

Using panel data for 143 countries over the period 1973-2002, this paper empirically analyzes the influence of US aid on voting patterns in the UN General Assembly. We use disaggregated aid data to account for the fact that various forms of aid may differ in their ability to induce political...

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