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Axel Dreher
Researcher at Heidelberg University
Publications - 354
Citations - 22333
Axel Dreher is an academic researcher from Heidelberg University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Panel data & Politics. The author has an hindex of 78, co-authored 350 publications receiving 20081 citations. Previous affiliations of Axel Dreher include Center for Economic Studies & ETH Zurich.
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The bigger the better? Evidence of the effect of government size on life satisfaction around the world
TL;DR: The authors empirically analyzes whether government size is conducive or detrimental to life satisfaction in a cross-section of 74 countries and finds that life satisfaction decreases with higher government consumption, and this result is stronger when the government is leftwing.
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Independent actor or agent? An empirical analysis of the impact of US interests on IMF conditions
Axel Dreher,Nathan M. Jensen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a panel data analysis of 206 letters of intent from 38 countries over the period 4/1997-2/2003 reveals that the number of conditions on an IMF loan depends on a borrowing country's voting pattern in the UN General Assembly.
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Does Legalized Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the impact of legalized prostitution on human trafficking inflows and show that the scale effect dominates the substitution effect, leading to an expansion of the prostitution market, increasing human trafficking and reducing demand for trafficked women.
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Are 'New' Donors Different? Comparing the Allocation of Bilateral Aid between Non- DAC and DAC Donor Countries
TL;DR: This article found that new donors tend to focus on closer neighbors, care less for recipient need, exhibit a weaker bias towards badly governed countries, respond to disasters, but with fewer resources than old donors, and do not pursue commercial self interest.
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IMF conditionality: theory and evidence
TL;DR: The authors analyzes whether and to what extent reliance on conditionality is appropriate to guarantee the revolving character of the resources of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and presents theoretical arguments in favor of conditionality, and those against the use of conditions.