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Buying votes and international organizations : the dirty work-hypothesis
Dreher, Axel; Lang, Valentin; Rosendorff, B. Peter; … - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037759
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Buying votes and international organizations : the dirty work-hypothesis
Dreher, Axel; Lang, Valentin; Rosendorff, B. Peter; … - 2018
We show how major shareholders can exploit their power over international organizations to hide their foreign-policy interventions from domestic audiences. We argue that major powers exert influence bilaterally when domestic audiences view the intervention favorably. When domestic audiences are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011927941
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Does membership on the UN Security Council influence IMF conditionality?
Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Vreeland, James Raymond - 2010
We investigate whether elected members of the United Nations Security Council receive favorable treatment from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), analyzing panel data on the level of conditionality attached to (a maximum of) 314 IMF arrangements with 101 countries over the period of 1992 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337309
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Politics and IMF conditionality
Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Vreeland, James Raymond - 2013 - This version: June 2013
Bailouts sponsored by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are famous for their conditionality: in return for continued installments of desperately needed loans, governments must comply with austere policy changes. Many have suggested, however, that politically important countries face rather...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009757253
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Politics and IMF conditionality
Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Vreeland, James Raymond - 2013 - This version: June 2013
Bailouts sponsored by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are famous for their conditionality: in return for continued installments of desperately needed loans, governments must comply with austere policy changes. Many have suggested, however, that politically important countries face rather...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009765008
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Buying votes and international organizations
Dreher, Axel; Vreeland, James Raymond - 2011
This study explores a basic idea in political economy: Trading money for political influence. Our focus is at the level of international institutions, where governments may exploit their influence in one organization to gain leverage over another. In particular, we consider the lending...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348627
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The politics of IMF forecasts
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Marchesi, Silvia (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003620169
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The politics of IMF forecasts
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Marchesi, Silvia (contributor);  … - 2007
Using panel data for 157 countries over the period 1999-2005 we empirically investigate the politics involved in IMF economic forecasts. We find a systematic bias in growth and inflation forecasts. Our results indicate that countries voting in line with the US in the UN General Assembly receive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003764051
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Geography, economics, and power : global assessments of development with geo-referenced Data
Cruzatti, John - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013165991
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Globalization, economic freedom and human rights
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars - 2010
Using the KOF Index of Globalization and two indices of economic freedom, we empirically analyze whether globalization …-2004 period. According to our results, physical integrity rights significantly and robustly increase with globalization and … community is presumably less effective in promoting empowerment rights. -- Human Rights ; Globalization ; Economic Freedom …
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