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The golden halo and political transitions
Aidt, Toke; Albornoz, Facundo; Gassebner, Martin - 2010 - Preliminary version, February 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008903525
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The golden hello and political transitions
Aidt, Toke; Albornoz, Facundo; Gassebner, Martin - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009667174
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The golden hello and political transitions
Aidt, Toke; Albornoz, Facundo; Gassebner, Martin - 2012
have taken place. We test this unexplored implication of the theory empirically. We find in a world sample from 1970 to …We analyze the influence of IMF and World Bank programs on political regime transitions. We develop an extended version … transitions ; democracy ; autocracy ; IMF ; World Bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629705
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The golden halo and political transitions
Aidt, Toke; Albornoz, Facundo; Gassebner, Martin - 2010 - Preliminary version, February 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008935001
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The golden hello and political transitions
Aidt, Toke; Albornoz, Facundo; Gassebner, Martin - 2012
have taken place. We test this unexplored implication of the theory empirically. We find in a world sample from 1970 to …We analyze the influence of IMF and World Bank programs on political regime transitions. We develop an extended version … transitions ; democracy ; autocracy ; IMF ; World Bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009630635
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762839
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Do autocratic states trade less?
Aidt, Toke (contributor); Gassebner, Martin (contributor) - 2007
The paper analyzes whether the political regime of a country influences its involvement in international trade. Firstly, we develop a theoretical model that predicts that autocracies trade less than democracies. Secondly, we test the predictions of the model empirically using a panel of more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003764029
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Terrorism and cabinet duration : an empirical analysis
Gassebner, Martin (contributor);  … - 2007
We examine the relationship between terrorism and cabinet duration. Our data set includes more than 2,400 cabinets in over 150 countries in the period 1968-2002. We find a small, but significant effect of terrorism on the probability of government failure. Furthermore, we find that the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003764094
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Do IMF and World Bank programs induce government crises? : an empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Gassebner, Martin (contributor) - 2008
We examine whether and under which circumstances World Bank projects and IMF programs affect the likelihood of major … model specification, those of the World Bank are shown to be robust to the choice of control variables and method of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003764224
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The inverse domino effect : are economic reforms contagious?
Gassebner, Martin (contributor); Gaston, Noel G. (contributor) - 2007
This paper examines whether a country's economic reforms are affected by reforms adopted by other countries. A simple model of economic reforms is developed to motivate the econometric work. Unsurprisingly, the model predicts that reforms are more likely when factors of production are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003764355