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FDI and health in developed economies : a panel cointegration analysis

Herzer, Dierk; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2012

This paper examines the long-run effect of FDI on health in developed countries. Using panel cointegration techniques …, we find a significant and negative long-run effect. -- FDI ; health ; panel cointegration …

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Income inequality and health : new evidence from panel data

Herzer, Dierk; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2011

This paper argues that previous cross-country (panel) studies on the relationship between income inequality and health …-country heterogeneity in the impact of inequality on health. Using panel cointegration techniques that are robust to omitted variables … statistically significant positive impact on population health. Also, there is some evidence that inequality is endogenous in the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310846

Firm heterogeneity and choice of ownership structure : an empirical analysis of German FDI in India

Görg, Holger; Lauber, Verena; Meyer, Birgit; … - 2008

their engagement in already existing Indian firms. Most notably, the productivity of the German parents matters only for …

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Spatial effects of foreign direct investment in US states

Bode, Eckhardt; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Waldkirch, Andreas - 2009

This paper estimates the aggregate productivity effects of Marshallian externalities generated by foreign direct … externalities and other intra- and inter-regional spillovers generated by domestic firms. The productivity effects of these … explicitly as determinants of total factor productivity, and tests several empirical specifications of this model, using data for …

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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

NGOs play an important role in international development cooperation, but the allocation of NGO aid has rarely been mapped, let alone explained. Based on a representative dataset for 61 important NGOs from various OECD countries, we analyze the targeting of NGO aid across a large number of...

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Aid allocation through various official and private channels : need, merit and self-interest as motives of German donors

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2009

Previous literature largely ignores the heterogeneity of aid channels used by each single donor country. We estimate Tobit models to assess the relative importance of recipient need, recipient merit and self-interest of donors for various channels of official and private German aid across a...

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Aid and growth accelerations : an alternative approach to assess the effectiveness of aid

Dovern, Jonas (contributor); Nunnenkamp, Peter (contributor) - 2006

It continues to be heavily disputed whether foreign aid promotes economic growth in developing countries. In most cross-country regressions, aid is considered effective only if it shifts recipient countries to a significantly higher and sustainable growth path. We apply an alternative approach...

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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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Throwing foreign aid at HIV/AIDS in developing countries : missing the target?

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2010

We assess empirically whether foreign official development assistance (ODA) has been effective in alleviating HIV/AIDS epidemics, which figures prominently among the Millennium Development Goals. We employ a difference-in-difference-in-differences approach to identify the treatment effect of ODA...

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The effect of foreign aid on income inequality : evidence from panel cointegration

Herzer, Dierk; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2012

This paper examines the long-run effect of foreign aid on income inequality for 21 recipient countries using panel cointegration techniques to control for omitted variable and endogeneity bias. We find that aid exerts an inequality increasing effect on income distribution. -- Inequality ;...

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