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Cross-country determinants of life satisfaction : exploring different determinants across groups in society

Bjørnskov, Christian (contributor); … - 2006

This paper explores a wide range of cross-country determinants of life satisfaction exploiting a database of 90,000 observations in 70 countries. We distinguish four groups of aggregate variables as potential determinants of satisfaction: political, economic, institutional, and human development...

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In search for a long-run relationship between aid and growth : pitfalls and findings

Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2009

standard panel estimation techniques, such as 2-ways FE estimation, panel GMM and SUR estimation, points to some pitfalls … dynamic feasible generalized least squares estimation (DFGLS)). Estimations with DFGLS show that aid has an insignificant or a … the world. It can be shown that by not controlling for autocorrelation, one erroneously attributes to aid a larger …

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Determinants of donor generosity : a survey of the aid budget literature

Fuchs, Andreas; Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2012

What determines the foreign aid effort of donor countries? We review the existing literature on donors’ aid budgets and examine which of the suggested variables robustly determine aid effort, measured as Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a share of gross national income. More...

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Government ideology in donor and recipient countries : does ideological proximity matter for the effectiveness of aid?

Dreher, Axel; Minasyan, Anna; Nunnenkamp, Peter - In: European economic review : EER 79 (2015), pp. 80-92

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Foreign aid and its effect on per-capita income (growth) in recipient countries : pitfalls and findings from a time series perspective

Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2010

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The impact of international organizations on the environment : an empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel (contributor); … - 2006

extent the presence of IMF, World Bank, regional Multilateral Development Banks, WTO and Global Environmental Facilities has … international organizations affect the environment directly via their impact on CO2 emissions. Projects financed by World Bank, ADB …; environmental governance is not affected. -- International Organizations ; Environment, Governance ; IMF ; World Bank ; WTO ; Trade …

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The intriguing nexus between corruption and capital account restrictions

Dreher, Axel (contributor); Siemers, Lars (contributor) - 2005

The paper develops a theoretical model showing a mutual relationship between corruption and capital account restrictions. According to the model, higher corruption induces stricter restrictions and vice versa. We test the model using panel data for 112 countries over the period 1984-2002 and...

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The bigger the better? : evidence of the effect of government size on life satisfaction around the world

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2005

This paper empirically analyzes the question whether government involvement in the economy is conducive or detrimental to life satisfaction in a cross-section of 74 countries. This provides a test of a longstanding dispute between standard neoclassical economic theory, which predicts that...

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Cross-country determinants of life satisfaction : exploring different determinants across groups in society

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2005

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003242733

The intriguing nexus between corruption and capital account restrictions

Dreher, Axel (contributor); Siemers, Lars (contributor) - 2005

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003230626