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 …

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 …

I examine whether elections influence perceived corruption in the public sector. Perceived corruption in the public …. The results show that the reversed CPI was about 0.4 points higher in election years than in other years, indicating that … perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is especially pronounced before early elections …

We explore the effect of oil import price shocks on political outcomes using a worldwide dataset on elections of chief …