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Does legalization of prostitution increase human trafficking?
Cho, Seo-Young; Dreher, Axel; Neumayer, Eric - 2011
This paper investigates the impact of legalized prostitution on human trafficking inflows. According to economic theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010349164
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Does terror increase aid?
Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas - 2011
This article empirically investigates whether, and in which ways, donors in the Development Assistance Committee respond to transnational terrorist incidents and the onset of the War on Terror through changes in aid effort and aid allocation. First, an analysis of 22 donor countries shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010349175
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness : do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009
the World Values Survey data and a broad set of fairness measures, we find strong support for the negative (positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258037
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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/10003876481
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Systemic risk diagnostics : coincident indicators and early warning signals
Schwaab, Bernd; Lucas, André; Koopman, Siem Jan - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008771823
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Corruption and the shadow economy : an empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008778413
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Country or leader? : political change and UN general assembly voting
Dreher, Axel; Jensen, Nathan M. - 2009
In this project we explore the relationship between leader change and relations between states. Voting in the United Naion's General Assembly (UNGA) is often used as a measure of political proximity between countries. We use UN voting coincidence to examine how changes in leadership affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003908562
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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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The costs of favoritism : is politically-driven aid less effective?
Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Vreeland, James Raymond; … - 2010
World Bank projects and generally find that projects that are potentially politically motivated - such as those granted to … governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank … Council members with higher short-term debt, however, a negative quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003948233
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Why it pays for aid recipients to take note of the Millennium Challenge Corporation : other donors do!
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2010
It is widely believed that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has grossly fallen short of high expectations raised by the Bush administration in 2002. From the perspective of potential recipient countries, the crucial issue is whether the MCC increased the overall pool of aid resources...
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