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international peace and security. Members vote on issues of global importance and consequently receive perks – election to the UNSC … predicts, for instance, World Bank and IMF loans. But who gets elected to the UNSC? Addressing this question empirically is not … candidates while the latter ratifies them. Using an original multiple discrete choice model to analyze a dataset of 180 elections …
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international peace and security. Members vote on issues of global importance and consequently receive perks – election to the UNSC … predicts, for instance, World Bank and IMF loans. But who gets elected to the UNSC? Addressing this question empirically is not … candidates while the latter ratifies them. Using an original multiple discrete choice model to analyze a dataset of 180 elections …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561498
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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We review the literature on the political economy of international organizations (IOs). Considering IOs as products of the preferences of various actors rather than monolithic entities we focus on national politicians, international bureaucrats, interest groups, and voters. By looking into the...
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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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This paper analyzes whether nation-state governments can increase their credibility by becoming members of international organizations. Credibility is an important asset because it determines the real interest rate and is expected to have an important impact on investment and growth. It is...
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parliamentary elections. This effect is not driven by linguistic differences, migration, socioeconomic factors or public good …
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In recent decades, a large and increasing number of leading firms in a diverse set of industries have faced allegations of ‘unethical' practices along their international value chains. In many cases this has triggered consumer boycotts and NGO campaigns, introducing a new link between upstream...
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We investigate whether temporary members of the UN Security Council receive favorable treatment from the IMF, using panel data for 191 countries over the period 1951 to 2004. Our results indicate a robust positive relationship between temporary UN Security Council membership and participation in...
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stronger tendency for arming incentives to be equalized and thus for a “leveling of the playing field.” Depending on world …. And, where such conflict is present, comparisons of autarkic prices to world prices could be inaccurate predictors of …
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