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Economic inequality : causes, consequences, and measurement issues : an empirical contribution
Scholl, Nathalie - 2016
(Un-)gleichheit und Gerechtigkeit waren schon immer Kernbestandteil eines jeden politischen Konzeptes, welches das Wohl der Menschen in den Mittelpunkt rückte. Die Idee der Gleichheit ist so alt wie die der Demokratie selbst und neben instrumentellen Gründen, aus denen man (Un-)gleichheit...
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Has Globalisation Increased Inequality?
Dreher, Axel; Gaston, Noel - 2007
There has been no shortage of theories which purport to explain why globalisation may have, adverse, insignificant or even beneficial effects on income and earnings inequality. Surprisingly, the empirical realities remain an almost complete mystery. In this paper we use data on industrial wage...
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The role of country-of-origin characteristics for foreign direct investment and technical cooperation in post-reform India
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Vadlamannati, Krishna … - 2011
The decisions of foreign investors on technical cooperation versus equity engagements and on the degree of ownership in FDI projects are likely to depend on their relative bargaining position vis-à-vis the host country. India provides an interesting case for analyzing the interplay between...
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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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Corruption around the world : evidence from a structural model
Dreher, Axel (contributor);  … - 2007
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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 …
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The devil is in the shadow : do institutions affect income and productivity or only official income and official productivity?
Dreher, Axel; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume; Schneider, Friedrich - 2007
This paper assesses the relationship between institutions, output, and productivity, when official output is corrected for the size of the shadow economy. Our results confirm the usual positive impact of institutional quality on official output and total factor productivity, and its negative...
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