Articles in refereed Journals (Economics)
- 57. Read my lips: the role of information transmission in multilateral reform design (with Silvia Marchesi and Laura Sabani), Journal of International Economics, forthcoming. Appendix
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56. Does Government Ideology affect Personal Happiness? A Test (with Hannes Öhler), Economics Letters, forthcoming.
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55. Do the IMF and the World Bank Influence Voting in the UN General Assembly? (with Jan-Egbert Sturm), Public Choice, forthcoming.
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54. Globalization, Economic Freedom and Human Rights (with Martin Gassebner and Lars-H.R. Siemers), Journal of Conflict Resolution, forthcoming.
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53. Foreign Students and Migration to the United States (with Panu Poutvaara), World Development, forthcoming.
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52. Does government decentralization reduce domestic terror? An empirical test (with Justina A.V. Fischer), Economics Letters, forthcoming. [Data on expenditure decentralization]
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51. Do Human Rights Offenders Oppose Human Rights Resolutions in the United Nations? (with Bernhard Boockmann), Public Choice 146: 443-467 (2011).
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50. Do Markets Care About Central Bank Governor Changes? Evidence from Emerging Markets (with Christoph Moser), Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking 42, 8: 1589-1612 (2010).
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49. Government decentralization as a disincentive for transnational terror? An empirical analysis (with Justina A.V. Fischer), International Economic Review 51, 4: 981-1002 (2010).
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48. Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence (with Christian Bjørnskov and Justina A.V. Fischer), European Journal of Political Economy 26, 4: 419-430 (2010).
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47. Does Terror Threaten Human Rights? Evidence from Panel Data (with Martin Gassebner and Lars-H.R. Siemers), Journal of Law and Economics 53, 1: 65-93 (2010).
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46. Diesel price convergence and mineral oil taxation in Europe (with Tim Krieger), Applied Economics 42, 15: 1955-1961 (2010).
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45. Corruption and the shadow economy: An empirical Analysis (with Friedrich Schneider), Public Choice 144: 215–238 (2010).
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44. When is a Central Bank Governor Fired? Evidence Based on a new Data Set (with Jakob de Haan and Jan-Egbert Sturm), Journal of Macroeconomics 32: 766-781 (2010).
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43. The Impact of Aid on Growth Revisited: Do Donor and Recipient Characteristics make a Difference? (with Christopher Kilby), Economics Letters 107, 3: 338-340 (2010).
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42. Aid Delivery through Non-governmental Organisations: Does the Aid Channel Matter for the Targeting of Swedish Aid? (with Florian Mölders and Peter Nunnenkamp), World Economy 33, 2: 147-176 (2010).
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41. Does the IMF Help or Hurt? The Effect of IMF programs on the likelihood and outcome of currency crises (with Stefanie Walter), World Development 38, 1: 1-18 (2010).
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40. How do Institutions Affect Corruption and the Shadow Economy? (with Christos Kotsogiannis and Steve McCorriston), International Tax and Public Finance 16, 6: 773-796 (2009).
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39. Global Horse Trading: IMF loans for votes in the United Nations Security Council (with Jan-Egbert Sturm and James Vreeland), European Economic Review 53: 742-757 (2009).
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38. IMF Conditionality: Theory and Evidence, Public Choice 141, 1-2: 233-267 (2009).
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37. Foreign Exchange Intervention and the Political Business Cycle: A Panel Data Analysis (with Roland Vaubel), Journal of International Money and Finance 28, 5: 755-775 (2009).
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36. Keeping a Low Profile: What Determines the Allocation of Aid by Non-Governmental Organizations? (with Dirk-Jan Koch, Rainer Thiele and Peter Nunnenkamp), World Development 37, 5: 902-918 (2009).
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35. The Nexus Between Corruption and Capital Account Restrictions (with Lars-H.R. Siemers), Public Choice 140, 1-2: 245–265 (2009).
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34. Development Aid and International Politics: Does membership on the UN Security Council influence World Bank decisions? (with Jan-Egbert Sturm and James Vreeland), Journal of Development Economics 88: 1-18 (2009).
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33. The impact of political leaders’ profession and education on reforms (with Michael Lamla, Sarah Lein, and Frank Somogyi), Journal of Comparative Economics 37, 1: 169-193 (2009).
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32. On Decentralization and Life Satisfaction (with Christian Bjørnskov and
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31. The Political Economy of IMF Forecasts (with Silvia Marchesi and James Vreeland), Public Choice 137, 1-2: 145-171 (2008).
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30. Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data (with Rainer Thiele and Peter Nunnenkamp), World Bank Economic Review 22, 2: 291-314 (2008).
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29. Does US Aid Buy UN General Assembly Votes? A Disaggregated Analysis (with Rainer Thiele and Peter Nunnenkamp), Public Choice 136, 1: 139-164 (2008).
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28. Does High Inflation Cause Central Bankers to Lose Their Job? Evidence Based on A New Data Set (with Jan Egbert Sturm and Jakob de Haan), European Journal of Political Economy 24, 4: 778-787 (2008). [Turnover rates of central bankers are available at http://www.kof.ethz.ch/centralbankgovernors].
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27. Does political proximity to the U.S. cause terror? (with Martin Gassebner), Economics Letters 99, 1: 27-29 (2008).
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26. Has Globalisation Increased Inequality? (with Noel Gaston), Review of International Economics 16, 3: 516-536 (2008).
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25. The Impact of Globalization on the Composition of Government Expenditures. Evidence from Panel Data (with Jan-Egbert Sturm and Heinrich W. Ursprung), Public Choice 134, 3-4: 263-292 (2008).
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24. Do gasoline prices converge in a unified with non-harmonized tax rates? (with Tim Krieger), Energy Journal 29: 41-68 (2008).
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23. Cross-Country Determinants of Life Satisfaction: Exploring Different Determinants Across Groups in Society (with Christian Bjørnskov and Justina A.V. Fischer), Social Choice and Welfare 30, 1: 119-173 (2008).
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22. Do Donors Target Aid in Line with the Millennium Development Goals? A Sector Perspective of Aid Allocation (with Rainer Thiele and Peter Nunnenkamp), Review of World Economics 143, 4: 596-630 (2007).
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21. Staff growth in international organizations: A principal-agent problem? An empirical analysis (with Roland Vaubel and Uðurlu Soylu), Public Choice 133, 3-4: 275-295 (2007).
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20. Corruption Around the World: Evidence from a Structural Model (with Christos Kotsogiannis and Steve McCorriston), Journal of Comparative Economics 35, 3: 443-466 (2007). [Index of Corruption is available at http://www.axel-dreher.de/corruption index.xls].
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19. IMF Programs and Reforms – Inhibition or Encouragement? (with Sarah M. Rupprecht), Economics Letters 95, 3: 320-326 (2007).
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18. Independent Actor or Agent? An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of US Interests on IMF Conditions (with Nathan M. Jensen), Journal of Law and Economics 50, 1: 105-124 (2007).
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17. The Bigger the Better? Evidence of the Effect of Government Size on Life Satisfaction Around the World (with Christian Bjørnskov and Justina A.V. Fischer), Public Choice 127, 3: 267-292 (2007).
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16. Has Globalisation Really Had No Effect on Unions? (with Noel Gaston), Kyklos 60, 2: 165-186 (2007).
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15. Is There a Causal Link between Currency and Debt Crises? (with Bernhard Herz and Volker Karb), International Journal of Finance and Economics 11, 4: 305-325 (2006).
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14. Does Globalization Affect Growth? Evidence from a new Index of Globalization, Applied Economics 38, 10: 1091-1110 (2006). [Index of Globalization is available at http://globalization.kof.ethz.ch/.
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13. IMF and Economic Growth: The Effects of Programs, Loans, and Compliance with Conditionality, World Development 34, 5: 769-788 (2006).
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12. The Influence of Globalization on Taxes and Social Policy – an Empirical Analysis for OECD Countries, European Journal of Political Economy 22, 1: 179-201 (2006). [Index of Globalization is available at http://globalization.kof.ethz.ch/].
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11. Does the IMF Influence Fiscal and Monetary Policy? The Journal of Policy Reform 8, 3: 225-238 (2005).
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10. A Public Choice Perspective of IMF and World Bank Lending and Conditionality, Public Choice 119, 3-4: 445-464 (2004).
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9. The Influence of IMF Programs on the Re-election of Debtor Governments, Economics & Politics 16, 1: 53-75 (2004).
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8. Do IMF and IBRD cause moral hazard and political business cycles? Evidence from panel data (with Roland Vaubel), Open Economies Review 15, 1: 5-22 (2004). Reprinted in: Graham Bird and Dane Rowlands (eds.), The International Monetary Fund and the World Economy Vol. II , pp., Edward Elgar Publishing (2007).
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7. The Causes and Consequences of IMF Conditionality (with Roland Vaubel), Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 40, 3: 26-54 (2004). Reprinted in: Graham Bird and Dane Rowlands (eds.), The International Monetary Fund and the World Economy Vol. II, pp., Edward Elgar Publishing (2007).
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6. The Influence of Elections on IMF Programme Interruptions, The Journal of Development Studies 39, 6: 101-120 (2003). Reprinted in: Graham Bird and Dane Rowlands (eds.), The International Monetary Fund and the World Economy Vol. II, pp., Edward Elgar Publishing (2007).
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5. Verursacht der IWF Moral Hazard? Ein kritischer Literaturüberblick, Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Review of Economics) 54, 3: 268-287 (2003).
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4. The Contribution of the IMF and the World Bank to Economic Freedom (with Bernhard Boockmann), European Journal of Political Economy 19, 3: 633-649 (2003).