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Can the Knowledge Capital Model Explain Foreign Investment in Services? The Case of Singapore
Chellaraj, Gnanaraj - 2018
Singapore's investment using the Knowledge-Capital Model and compares the impact of skill endowments on manufacturing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012937397
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Can the Knowledge Capital Model Explain Foreign Investment in Services? : The Case of Singapore
Chellaraj, Gnanaraj - 2015
Singapore's investment using the Knowledge-Capital Model and compares the impact of skill endowments on manufacturing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246417
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Natural disasters and the reshaping of global value chains
Freund, Caroline L.; Mattoo, Aaditya; Mulabdic, Alen; … - In: IMF economic review 70 (2022) 3, pp. 590-623
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013433408
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Does US aid buy UN General Assembly votes? : A disaggregated analysis
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - In: Public choice 136 (2008) 1/2, pp. 139-164
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Multilateralism beyond Doha
Mattoo, Aaditya (contributor);  … - 2008
"There is a fundamental shift taking place in the world economy to which the multilateral trading system has failed to … interests largely in the rich countries, is running out of steam; (ii) the world economy is moving broadly from conditions of … commonality of interests and scope for give-and-take on these new issues make multilateral cooperation worth attempting. "--World …
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Corruption around the world : evidence from a structural model
Dreher, Axel (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652963
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Do human rights offenders oppose human rights resolutions in the United Nations?
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Boockmann, Bernhard (contributor) - 2007
We investigate voting behavior on human rights in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Our central question is whether countries with a low human rights record systematically oppose human rights resolutions. An instrumental account of voting would suggest that these countries aim to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762834
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Greasing the wheels of entrepreneurship? : the impact of regulations and corruption on firm entry
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Gassebner, Martin (contributor) - 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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762839
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Does high inflation cause central bankers to lose their job? : evidence based on a new data set
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Sturm, Jan-Egbert (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper introduces new data on the term in office of central bank governors in 137 countries for 1970-2004. Our panel models show that the probability that a central bank governor is replaced in a particular year is positively related to the share of the term in office elapsed, political and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762844
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Development aid and international politics : does membership on the UN Security Council influence World Bank decisions?
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Sturm, Jan-Egbert (contributor);  … - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762847