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Are "new" donors different? : comparing the allocation of bilateral aid between non-DAC and DAC donor countries
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 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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The impact of aid on growth revisited : do donor motives matter?
Kilby, Christopher; Dreher, Axel - 2009
The typical identification strategy in aid effectiveness studies assumes donor motives do not influence the impact of aid on growth. We call this homogeneity assumption into question, first constructing a model in which donor motives matter and then testing the assumption empirically. -- Aid ;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003908678
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Fueling conflict? : (de)escalation and bilateral aid
Bluhm, Richard; Gassebner, Martin; Langlotz, Sarah; … - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548497
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Trade, Aid, Remittances and Migration
Akkoyunlu, Sule - 2009
I investigated whether migration is interrelated with trade, aid and remittances so that any policies that consider trade, aid and remittances also affect the decision to migrate. We developed and estimated an empirical model of Turkish migration to Germany and tested the model for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909609
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Keeping a low profile : what determines the allocation of aid by non-governmental organizations?
Koch, Dirk-Jan; Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003767716
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The impact of international organizations on the environment : an empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel (contributor);  … - 2006
extent the presence of IMF, World Bank, regional Multilateral Development Banks, WTO and Global Environmental Facilities has … international organizations affect the environment directly via their impact on CO2 emissions. Projects financed by World Bank, ADB …; environmental governance is not affected. -- International Organizations ; Environment, Governance ; IMF ; World Bank ; WTO ; Trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003289301
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Does US aid buy UN general assembly votes? : A disaggregated analysis
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Nunnenkamp, Peter (contributor);  … - 2006
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003348645
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Does aid for education educate children? : evidence from panel data
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Nunnenkamp, Peter (contributor);  … - 2006
enrolment. This result is robust to the method of estimation, employing instruments to control for the endogeneity of aid, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003387352
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What drives health care expenditure? : Baumol's model of 'unbalanced growth' revisited
Hartwig, Jochen (contributor) - 2006
The share of health care expenditure in GDP rises rapidly in virtually all OECD countries, causing increasing concern among politicians and the general public. Yet, economists have to date failed to reach an agreement on what the main determinants of this development are. This paper revisits...
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The information content of capacity utilisation rates for output gap estimates
Graff, Michael; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2010
From a theoretical perspective, the output gap is probably the most comprehensive and convincing concept to describe the cyclical position of an economy. Unfortunately, for practical purposes, the concept depends on the determination of potential output, which is an inherently unobservable...
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