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Compliance for big brothers: An empirical analysis on the impact of the anti-trafficking protocol

Cho, Seo-young; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya - 2010

The Anti-trafficking Protocol reflects the interests of the major powers. Due to the high costs of compliance, countries will strategically select certain obligations to comply, which can satisfy the major powers with smaller costs. Among the three main obligations of the Protocol - prevention,...

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Knowledge and growth in the very long run

Strulik, Holger - 2012

fully developed countries. An extension towards a two-region world economy shows robustness of the gradual take-off and …

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The spread of anti-trafficking policies: Evidence from a new index

Cho, Seo-Young; Dreher, Axel; Neumayer, Eric - 2010

We analyze the spread of policies dealing with international trafficking in human beings. Arguing that countries are unlikely to make independent choices, we identify pressure, externalities and learning or emulation as plausible diffusion mechanisms for spatial dependence in anti-trafficking...

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Has the financial crisis eroded citizens' trust in the European Central Bank? Panel data evidence for the Euro area, 1999-2011

Roth, Felix; Gros, Daniel; Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas - 2012

In the aftermath of the financial crisis trust, in the European Central Bank (ECB) has reached an historical low. Taking panel data and using a fixed effects DFGLS estimation for a 12–country sample over the time period 1999 to 2011 with a total of 312 observations, this paper detects a...

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Membership has its privileges: The effect of membership in international organizations on FDI

Dreher, Axel; Mikosch, Heiner; Voigt, Stefan - 2010

We argue that membership in International Organizations (IOs) is an important determinant of FDI inflows. To the extent that membership restricts a country from pursuing policies that are harmful to investors, it can signal low political risk. Using data over the 1971-2005 period, we find that...

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Globalization, economic freedom and human rights

Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars-H. R. - 2010

Using the KOF Index of Globalization and two indices of economic freedom, we empirically analyze whether globalization and economic liberalization affect governments´ respect for human rights using a panel of 106 countries over the 1981-2004 period. According to our results, physical integrity...

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Paying a visit: The Dalai Lama Effect on international trade

Fuchs, Andreas; Klann, Nils-Hendrik - 2011

Is political compliance a precondition for healthy trade relations with China? The Chinese government frequently threatens that meetings between its trading partners' officials and the Dalai Lama will be met with animosity and ultimately harm trade ties with China. We run a gravity model of...

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Buying votes and international organizations

Dreher, Axel; Vreeland, James Raymond - 2011

This study explores a basic idea in political economy: Trading money for political influence. Our focus is at the level of international institutions, where governments may exploit their influence in one organization to gain leverage over another. In particular, we consider the lending...

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Discarding food vs. starving people: Inefficient and immoral?

Koester, Ulrich - 2012

on March 13, 2012: Europe's waste would suffice twice to feed the world's hungry. This statement startled many people … dieser Welt zu ernähren. Diese Aussage hat viele Menschen erschreckt. In Europa und anderen wohlhabenden Ländern werden …

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International grain markets: Russia as a new power?

Glauben, Thomas; Pàll, Zsombor; Perekhozhuk, Oleksandr; … - 2012

Russia, a former net importer of wheat, has developed into one of the leading actors in the world wheat market within … the last decade. Forecasts suggest that Russia's share in the world market may increase even further and Russia might … become the world's largest wheat exporter by 2020. One key research question resulting from this development is whether …

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