Axel Dreher

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used new data on the term in office of central bank governors for a large set of countries for 1970-2005 to estimate a model for the probability that a central bank governor is replaced before the end of his legal term.

TL;DR: This article analyzed the effect of IMF and World Bank policies on the composite index of economic freedom and its sub-indexes, using a panel of 85 countries observed between 1970 and 1997.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that perceived fairness of the income generation process affects the association between income inequality and subjective well-being, and that there are systematic differences in this regard between countries that are characterized by a high or, respectively, low level of actual fairness.

TL;DR: This paper analyzed whether the educational and professional background of a head of government matters for the implementation of market-liberalizing reforms, finding that entrepreneurs, professional scientists, and trained economists are significantly more reform oriented than union executives.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate whether ex post rewards are effective in inducing reforms and find evidence of strong anticipation effects immediately after the announcement of the MCC, while increasing uncertainty about the timing and amount of MCC aid appear to weaken the incentive to fight corruption over time.