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Fly with the eagles or scratch with the chickens? Zum Herdenverhalten von Wechselkursprognostikern
Pierdzioch, Christian; Schäfer, Dirk; Stadtmann, Georg - 2010
In diesem Beitrag wird analysiert, ob Wechselkursprognosen Anhaltspunkte dafür liefern, dass Prognostiker ein so genanntes Herdenverhalten zeigen. Auf der Basis unterschiedlicher theoretischer Modellansätze wird skizziert, warum Prognostiker einen Anreiz haben könnten, einem Herdentrieb zu...
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The costs of favoritism: Is politically-driven aid less effective?
Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Raymond, James; Werker, Eric - 2010
World Bank projects and generally find that projects that are potentially politically motivated - such as those granted to … governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank … Council members with higher short-term debt, however, a negative quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World …
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009
the World Values Survey data and a broad set of fairness measures, we find strong support for the negative (positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302716
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Why it pays for aid recipients to take note of the millennium challenge corporation: Other donors do!
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2010
It is widely believed that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has grossly fallen short of high expectations raised by the Bush administration in 2002. From the perspective of potential recipient countries, the crucial issue is whether the MCC increased the overall pool of aid resources...
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Are 'new' donors different? Comparing the allocation of bilateral aid between non-DAC and DAC donor
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2010
Major DAC donors are widely criticized for weak targeting of aid, selfish aid motives and insufficient coordination. The emergence of an increasing number of new donors may further complicate the coordination of international aid efforts. On the other hand, new donors (many of which were aid...
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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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International human rights treaty to change social patterns: The convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women
Cho, Seo-Young - 2010
This paper analyzes empirically whether the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), advocating the multiple dimensions of women's rights, affects the level of women's rights in a country. Measuring commitments to the CEDAW based on...
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Excess comovements between the Euro/US dollar and British pound/US dollar exchange rates
Kühl, Michael - 2009
The aim of this paper is to discuss excess comovements for the Euro/US dollar and British pound/US dollar exchange rates, i.e. we look for comovements of exchange rates which are stronger than implied by fundamentals. The results of the empirical analysis give evidence that excess comovements...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302725
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On commitment levels and compliance mechanisms: Determinants of participation in global environmental agreements
Bernauer, Thomas; Kalbhenn, Anna; Koubi, Vally; Ruoff, Gabi - 2010
We argue that participation in international agreements is influenced by their design characteristics, notably commitment levels, measured by the specificity of obligations, and compliance mechanisms, measured by monitoring, enforcement, assistance, and dispute settlement provisions in treaties....
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Legitimizing global economic governance through transnational parliamentarization: The parliamentary dimensions of the WTO and the World Bank
Krajewski, Markus - 2010
part, the paper assesses the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO (PCWTO) and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank … (Parliamentary Conference on the WTO, PCWTO) und das Parlamentarische Netzwerk zur Weltbank (Parliamentary Network on the World Bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302729