CESifo Research Network Fellow

Axel Dreher

University of Heidelberg
Alfred-Weber-Institut for Economics
Bergheimer Strasse 58, 69115, Heidelberg, Germany

Affiliated Research Network Area

Global Economy

Fields of Interest

  • Political Economy
  • Development Economics
  • Public Choice
  • Globalization

Other Activities

Affiliated Professor - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich

CESifo Working Papers

Wedded to Prosperity? Informal Influence and Regional Favoritism

Pietro Bomprezzi, Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Teresa Hailer, Andreas Kammerlander, Lennart Kaplan, Silvia Marchesi, Tania Masi, Charlotte Robert, Kerstin Unfried
CESifo, Munich, 2024
CESifo Working Paper No. 10969

Can Aid Buy Foreign Public Support? Evidence from Chinese Development Finance

Lukas Wellner, Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley C. Parks, Austin M. Strange
CESifo, Munich, 2022
CESifo Working Paper No. 9646

Immigration, Political Ideologies, and the Polarization of American Politics

Axel Dreher, Sarah Langlotz, Johannes Matzat, Christopher Parsons
CESifo, Munich, 2020
CESifo Working Paper No. 8789

Chinese Aid and Health at the Country and Local Level

John Cruzatti C., Axel Dreher, Johannes Matzat
CESifo, Munich, 2020
CESifo Working Paper No. 8352

Connective Financing - Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries

Richard Bluhm, Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley C. Parks, Austin M. Strange, Michael J. Tierney
CESifo, Munich, 2020
CESifo Working Paper No. 8344

Is Favoritism a Threat to Chinese Aid Effectiveness? A Subnational Analysis of Chinese Development Projects

Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, Paul A. Raschky, Michael J. Tierney
CESifo, Munich, 2019
CESifo Working Paper No. 7739

Buying Votes and International Organizations: The Dirty Work-Hypothesis

Axel Dreher, Valentin F. Lang, B. Peter Rosendorff, James Raymond Vreeland
CESifo, Munich, 2018
CESifo Working Paper No. 7329

Regional and Ethnic Favoritism in the Allocation of Humanitarian Aid

Christian Bommer, Axel Dreher, Marcello Perez-Alvarez
CESifo, Munich, 2018
CESifo Working Paper No. 7038

The Effects of Foreign Aid on Refugee Flows

Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Sarah Langlotz
CESifo, Munich, 2018
CESifo Working Paper No. 6885

The Political Economy of International Finance Corporation Lending

Axel Dreher, Valentin Lang, Katharina Richert
CESifo, Munich, 2017
CESifo Working Paper No. 6661

The Effect of Migration on Terror - Made at Home or Imported from Abroad?

Axel Dreher, Martin Gassebner, Paul Schaudt
CESifo, Munich, 2017
CESifo Working Paper No. 6441

Foreign Aid in Areas of Limited Statehood

Axel Dreher, Valentin F. Lang, Sebastian Ziaja
CESifo, Munich, 2017
CESifo Working Paper No. 6340

The Political Economy of International Organizations

Axel Dreher, Valentin F. Lang
CESifo, Munich, 2016
CESifo Working Paper No. 6077

The Alma Mater Effect - Does Foreign Education of Political Leaders Influence Foreign Policy?

Axel Dreher, Shu Yu
CESifo, Munich, 2016
CESifo Working Paper No. 5871

Aid and Growth. New Evidence Using an Excludable Instrument

Axel Dreher, Sarah Langlotz
CESifo, Munich, 2015
CESifo Working Paper No. 5515

Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance

Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, Paul A. Raschky, Michael J. Tierney
CESifo, Munich, 2015
CESifo Working Paper No. 5439

Weapons of Choice

Axel Dreher, Merle Kreibaum
CESifo, Munich, 2015
CESifo Working Paper No. 5419

Information Transmission and Ownership Consolidation in Aid Programs

Axel Dreher, Silvia Marchesi
CESifo, Munich, 2013
CESifo Working Paper No. 4437

Information Transmission within Federal Fiscal Architectures: Theory and Evidence

Axel Dreher, Kai Gehring, Christos Kotsogiannis, Silvia Marchesi
CESifo, Munich, 2013
CESifo Working Paper No. 4400

Politics and IMF Conditionality

Axel Dreher, Jan-Egbert Sturm, James Raymond Vreeland
CESifo, Munich, 2013
CESifo Working Paper No. 4308

Geopolitics, Aid and Growth

Axel Dreher, Vera Eichenauer, Kai Gehring
CESifo, Munich, 2013
CESifo Working Paper No. 4299

The Determinants of Election to the United Nations Security Council

Axel Dreher, Matthew Gould, Matthew Rablen, James Raymond Vreeland
CESifo, Munich, 2012
CESifo Working Paper No. 3902

Rogue Aid? The Determinants of China's Aid Allocation

Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs
CESifo, Munich, 2011
CESifo Working Paper No. 3581

Does Conditionality Work? A Test for an Innovative US Aid Scheme

Hannes Öhler, Peter Nunnenkamp, Axel Dreher
CESifo, Munich, 2011
CESifo Working Paper No. 3454

The Spread of Anti-Trafficking Policies - Evidence from a New Index

Seo-Young Cho, Axel Dreher, Eric Neumayer
CESifo, Munich, 2011
CESifo Working Paper No. 3376