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Shooting the messenger of good news : a critical look at the World Bank's success story of effective aid

Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2002

In a report presented at the UN Conference on Financing for Development in March 2002, the World Bank claims that the … policies. However, the World Bank's success story rests on an extremely weak foundation: First, the institution's contribution … the distribution of World Bank financing. Second, the picture portrayed in the report takes a bad turn if only two …

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Consumer preferences and the reliability of Euler equation tests of capital mobility : some simulation-based evidence

Buch, Claudia M.; Döpke, Jörg; Pierdzioch, Christian - 2002

The globalization of international financial markets has renewed interest in the measurement of capital mobility …

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Cross-border bank mergers : what lures the rare animal?

Buch, Claudia M.; DeLong, Gayle L. - 2001

Although domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the financial services industry have increased steadily over the past two decades, international M&As were relatively rare until recently. This paper uses a novel dataset of over 2,300 mergers that took place between 1978 and 2001 to analyse...

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What determines maturity? : an analysis for foreign assets of German commercial banks

Buch, Claudia M. - 2000

Surges and reversals of short-term foreign liabilities are often held responsible for instabilities in international financial markets. Yet, empirical evidence on the factors determining the maturity of capital flows is scant. This paper analyzes the determinants of foreign assets of German...

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How global is FDI? : evidence from the analysis of Theil indices

Bickenbach, Frank; Liu, Wan-hsin; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2015

It is open to question whether the intensified worldwide competition for FDI has reduced its traditionally strong concentration in a few large and relatively advanced host countries. We calculate and decompose Theil indices to track changes in absolute and relative concentration of FDI during...

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Infrastructure and trade : a gravity analysis for major trade categories using a new index of infrastructure

Donaubauer, Julian; Glas, Alexander; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2016

Making use of considerably improved measures of infrastructure, we assess the impact of infrastructure on bilateral trade for a panel of 37 developed and emerging economies during the period 1995-2011. We find significant and non-linear effects of overall infrastructure and infrastructure in...

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Bilateral investment treaties do work : until they don't

Aisbett, Emma; Busse, Matthias; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2016

The recent boom of investor-state disputes filed under international investment agreements has fueled a controversial academic and policy debate. Despite its importance, there has been very little work to date on the impacts of compensation claims by investors on FDI flows to the responding host...

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Sectoral aid priorities : are donors really doing their best to achieve the millennium development goals?

Thiele, Rainer - 2006

We analyze the aid portfolio of various bilateral and multilateral donors, testing whether they have prioritised aid in line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In doing so, we combine sectorally disaggregated aid data with indicators reflecting the situation of recipient countries...

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The contribution of economics to the analysis of climate change and uncertainty : a survey of approaches and findings

Peterson, Sonja (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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[Business cycles and FDI : evidence from German sectoral data]

Buch, Claudia M. (contributor); … - 2005

Globalization has affected business cycle developments in OECD countries and has increased activities of firms across …

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