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The impact of political leaders' profession and education on reforms

Dreher, Axel; Lamla, Michael J.; Lein-Rupprecht, Sarah M.; … - 2006

This paper analyzes whether the educational and professional background of a head of government matters for the implementation of market-liberalizing reforms. Employing panel data over the period 1970-2002, we present empirical evidence based on a novel data set covering profession and education...

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The Impact of Political Leaders' Profession and Education on Reforms

Dreher, Axel; Lamla, Michael J.; Lein, Sarah M.; … - 2007

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Wedded to prosperity? : informal influence and regional favoritism

Bomprezzi, Pietro; Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; … - 2024

We investigate the informal inﬂuence of political leaders’ spouses on the subnational allocation of foreign aid. Building new worldwide datasets on personal characteristics of political leaders and their spouses as well as on geocoded development aid projects (including new data on 19...

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Wedded to Prosperity? Informal Influence and Regional Favoritism

Bomprezzi, Pietro; Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; … - 2024

We investigate the informal inﬂuence of political leaders' spouses on the subnational allocation of foreign aid. Building new worldwide datasets on personal characteristics of political leaders and their spouses as well as on geocoded development aid projects (including new data on 19 Western...

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The impact of political leaders' profession and education on reforms

Dreher, Axel; Lamla, Michael; Lein-Rupprecht, Sarah M.; … - In: Journal of comparative economics : the journal of the … 37 (2009) 1, pp. 169-193

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The Influence of Elections on Compliance with World Bank Conditionality and IMF Program Interruptions

Dreher, Axel - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Statistik, … - 2001

programs around election dates in the recipient countries. Compliance with World Bank conditionality is lower in election years … and pre-election years. Using a proxy for IMF program interruptions it is shown that breakdowns are less likely in … election years. However, no other political factors seem to influence interruptions and compliance systematically. The paper …

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The development and implementation of IMF and World Bank conditionality

Dreher, Axel - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2002

conditionality is lower in election years and pre-election years. Breakdowns of IMF programs are less likely in election years …

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Does the IMF cause moral hazard and political business cycles? : Evidence from panel data

Dreher, Axel; Vaubel, Roland - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Statistik, … - 2000

larger in pre-election and post-election years. Thus, IMF lending seems to facilitate the generation of political business … cycles, while IMF conditionality may serve as a scapegoat for unpopular corrective measures after the election. The paper …

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The Political Economy of International Organizations

Dreher, Axel; Lang, Valentin F. - 2016

We review the literature on the political economy of international organizations (IOs). Considering IOs as products of the preferences of various actors rather than monolithic entities we focus on national politicians, international bureaucrats, interest groups, and voters. By looking into the...

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The politics of IMF forecasts

Dreher, Axel; Marchesi, Silvia; Vreeland, James Raymond - 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...

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