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Tracking under-reported financial flows : China’s development finance and the aid-conflict nexus revisited
Strange, Austin M.; Parks, Bradley; Tierney, Michael J.; … - 2015
on 1,511 projects to 50 African countries. We use this database to extend previous research on aid and conflict, which … withdrawals of "traditional" aid no longer induce conflict in the presence of sufficient alternative funding from China. Our … better understand the link between aid and conflict. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010526723
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Government decentralization as a disincentive for transnational terror? : an empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009
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. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces the number of transnational terror events in a country, while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003866216
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Government decentralization as a disincentive for transnational terror? : an empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009
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. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces the number of transnational terror events in a country, while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857142
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Does terror threaten human rights? : evidence from panel data
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Gassebner, Martin (contributor);  … - 2007 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003459778
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Decentralization as a disincentive for transnational terror? : an empirical test
Dreher, Axel (contributor);  … - 2007
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003604502
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Decentralization as a disincentive for transnational terror? : an empirical test
Dreher, Axel (contributor);  … - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003764202
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Geography, economics, and power : global assessments of development with geo-referenced Data
Cruzatti, John - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013165991
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Information transmission and ownership consolidation in aid programs
Dreher, Axel; Marchesi, Silvia - 2013
This paper explores the role of information transmission in explaining donors ́choice between project aid and budget support. Budget support increases the involvement of recipient governments in the decision-making process and can thus be an example of a "delegation-scheme." Conversely, project...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199746
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Patterns of force : system strength, terrorism and civil war
Freytag, Andreas; Meierrieks, Daniel; Münch, Angela; … - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003945624
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Patterns of force : system strength, terrorism and civil war
Freytag, Andreas; Meierrieks, Daniel; Münch, Angela; … - 2010
negatively to incidences of more violent forms of violent opposition. We also show that poor conflict management (as a system … find that system size is positively associated with all analyzed modes of violent opposition. -- terrorism ; civil conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962657