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The Political Economy of International Organizations

Dreher, Axel - 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 political economy of international organizations

Dreher, Axel; Lang, Valentin - 2019

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Staff growth in international organizations : a principal-agent problem? ; an empirical anaylsis

Vaubel, Roland; Dreher, Axel; Soylu, Uğurlu - In: Public choice 133 (2007) 3/4, pp. 275-295

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The political economy of international organizations

Dreher, Axel; Lang, Valentin - 2016

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The political economy of multilateral aid funds

Dreher, Axel; Simon, Jenny; Valasek, Justin - 2018

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How Do Institutions Affect Corruption and the Shadow Economy?

Dreher, Axel; Kotsogiannēs, Chrēstos; McCorriston, Steve - 2005

This paper analyzes a simple model that captures the relationship between institutional quality, the shadow economy and corruption. It shows that an improvement in institutional quality reduces the shadow economy and affects the corruption market. The exact relationship between corruption and...

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Formal institutions and subjective well-being : revisiting the cross-country evidence

Bjørnskov, Christian - In: European journal of political economy 26 (2010) 4, pp. 419-430

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Do Human Rights Offenders Oppose Human Rights Resolutions in the United Nations?

Boockmann, Bernhard; Dreher, Axel - 2013

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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Does Membership in International Organizations Increase Governments' Credibility? Testing the Effects of Delegating Powers

Dreher, Axel; Voigt, Stefan - 2008

This paper analyzes whether nation-state governments can increase their credibility by becoming members of international organizations. Credibility is an important asset because it determines the real interest rate and is expected to have an important impact on investment and growth. It is...

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Development Aid and International Politics : Does Membership on the UN Security Council Influence World Bank Decisions?

Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Vreeland, James Raymond - 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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