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Risk aversion and trade union membership
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2008
In an open-shop model of trade union membership with heterogeneity in risk attitudes, a worker's relative risk aversion … significantly positive relationship between risk aversion and the likelihood of union membership. Additionally, we observe a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264999
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Risk aversion and trade union membership
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2008
In an open-shop model of trade union membership with heterogeneity in risk attitudes, a worker's relative risk aversion … significantly positive relationship between risk aversion and the likelihood of union membership. Additionally, we observe a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268721
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Gruppe – Eine systemtheoretische Bestimmung
Kühl, Stefan - In: KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und … 73 (2021) 1, pp. 25-58
Darstellung anderer als Personen unterstützen. Im Gegensatz zu Familien ist dabei die Mitgliedschaft in Gruppen in einem hohen … Maße kontingent, sodass die Akzeptanz personenbezogener Kommunikation für die Mitgliedschaft maßgeblich ist. Aufgrund der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014501720
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Implications of this year's EU Enlargement: A preliminary Analysis
Klaus, Vaclav - In: CESifo Forum 05 (2004) 3, pp. 61-63
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Beyond security, towards institution building: The case of NATO-Macedonia relations
Schweickert, Rainer; Melnykovska, Inna; Heitmann, Hanno - 2012
Membership Action Plan (MAP) in 1999 due to country's strategic importance. Only after the Ohrid agreement, effective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286325
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The costs of favoritism: Is politically-driven aid less effective?
Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Raymond, James; Werker, Eric - 2010
As is now well documented, aid is given for both political as well as economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically-motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of World Bank projects and generally find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302713
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Does membership on the UN security council influence IMF conditionality?
Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Vreeland, James Raymond - 2010
We investigate whether elected members of the United Nations Security Council receive favorable treatment from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), analyzing panel data on the level of conditionality attached to (a maximum of) 314 IMF arrangements with 101 countries over the period of 1992 to...
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The costs of favoritism: Is politically-driven aid less effective?
Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Vreeland, James Raymond; … - 2010
As is now well documented, aid is given for both political as well as economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically-motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of World Bank projects and generally find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332994
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Membership has its Privileges: On the Effects of Delegating Powers Internationally
Voigt, Stefan - 2005
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263282
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Does membership on the UN security council influence IMF decisions?: evidence from panel data
Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Vreeland, James Raymond - 2006
temporary UN Security Council membership and participation in IMF programs, even after accounting for economic and political … factors, as well as regional and country effects, and duration dependence. There is also evidence that UNSC membership reduces … the number of conditions included in IMF programs. The size of the loan, however, is not affected by UNSC membership. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263985