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Decentralization as a disincentive for transnational terror? An empirical test

Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2008

Using panel data for a maximum of 109 countries over the years 1976-2000, we empirically analyze the impact of decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Taking account of the potential simultaneity between terror and decentralization, our results show that expenditure...

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Does Terror Threaten Human Rights? Evidence from Panel Data

Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars-H. R. - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2007

The paper presents a political economy model linking terror and governments’ respect for human rights. Using panel data for 111 countries over the period 1973-2002, we then empirically analyze whether and to what extent terror affects human rights – measured by three indices covering a wide...

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Power to the People? The Impact of Decentralization on Governance

Dreher, Axel - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2006

The paper analyzes the impact of decentralization on governance employing four indicators of governance and five measures of decentralization. Depending on data availability, crosssections for a maximum of 129 countries are estimated. Results for a panel of about 70 countries over the period...

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Cross-Country Determinants of Life Satisfaction: Exploring Different Determinants across Groups in Society

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2006

This paper explores a wide range of cross-country determinants of life satisfaction exploiting a database of 90,000 observations in 70 countries. We distinguish four groups of aggregate variables as potential determinants of satisfaction: political, economic, institutional, and human development...

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Do Differences in Institutional and Legal Environments Explain Cross-Country Variations in IPO Underpricing?

Hopp, Christian; Dreher, Axel - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2007

We empirically analyze the determinants of Initial Public Offering (IPO) underpricing using panel data for 29 countries over the period 1988-2005. Our hypotheses stress the importance of institutional and legal factors in explaining cross-country variations. We find that increased protection of...

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Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2008

A long tradition in economics explores the association between the quality of formal institutions and economic … performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited. In this paper …, we revisit the findings from recent cross-country studies on the institutions-happiness association. Our findings suggest …

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