Development

• Aid Effectiveness and Donor Motives (with Valentin Lang and Bernhard Reinsberg), CEPR Discussion Paper 18417, 2023.
• Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries (with Richard Bluhm, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley C. Parks, Austin Strange, Michael J. Tierney), CEPR Discussion Paper 14818, 2020.
• Can Aid Buy Foreign Public Support? Evidence from Chinese Development Finance (with Lukas Wellner, Andreas Fuchs, Brad Parks, Austin Strange), Economic Development and Cultural Change, forthcoming.
• Chinese Aid and Health at the Country and Local Level (with John Cruzatti C., Johannes Matzat), World Development 167: 106214 (2023).
• Bilateral or Multilateral? International Financial Flows and the Dirty-Work Hypothesis (with Valentin Lang, B. Peter Rosendorff, James Raymond Vreeland), Journal of Politics 84, 4: 1932-1946 (2022).
• Home Bias in Humanitarian Aid: The Role of Regional Favoritism in the Allocation of International Disaster Relief (with Christian Bommer and Marcello Perez-Alvarez), Journal of Public Economics 208: 104604 (2022).
• Banking on Beijing. The Aims and Impacts of China’s Overseas Development Program (with Andreas Fuchs, Bradley C. Parks, Austin Strange, Michael J. Tierney), Cambridge University Press (2022).
  • 2023 International Political Economy Society’s Best New Dataset Award
  • Social Sciences Outstanding Research Output Award 2022-23, University of Hong Kong
  • Reviewed in: Review of International Organizations (2022), Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 37, 7: 562 (2022), The China Quarterly (2022), Journal of International Relations (2022), International Affairs (2023), Perspectives on Politics (2023), Asian Policy & Politics (2023), Political Science Quarterly (2023), Foreign Affairs (2023).
• Aid, China, and Growth: Evidence from a New Global Development Finance Dataset (with Andreas Fuchs, Bradley C. Parks, Austin Strange, Michael J. Tierney), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 13, 2: 135-174 (2021).
• The Political Economy of Multilateral Aid Funds (with Jenny Simon, Justin Valasek), Review of International Organizations 16, 3: 689-719 (2021).
• Is Favoritism a Threat to Chinese Aid Effectiveness? A Subnational Analysis of Chinese Development Projects (with Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, Paul A. Raschky, Michael J. Tierney), World Development 139: 105291 (2021).
• Aid and Growth. New Evidence Using an Excludable Instrument (with Sarah Langlotz), Canadian Journal of Economics 53, 3: 1162-1198 (2020).
• The Political Economy of International Finance Corporation Lending (with Valentin Lang, Katharina Richert), Journal of Development Economics 140: 242-254 (2019).
• African Leaders and the Geography of China’s Foreign Assistance (with Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, Paul A. Raschky, Michael J. Tierney), Journal of Development Economics 140: 44-71 (2019).
  • International Geneva (IG) Award 2020
• The Effects of Foreign Aid on Refugee Flows (with Andreas Fuchs, Sarah Langlotz), European Economic Review 112: 127-147 (2019).
• Foreign aid (with Valentin F. Lang and Sebastian Ziaja), in: T. Risse, T. Börzel and A. Draude (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Governance and Limited Statehood, pp. 394-415, Oxford University Press (2018).
• Geopolitics, Aid and Growth: The Impact of UN Security Council Membership on the Effectiveness of Aid (with Vera Eichenauer and Kai Gehring), World Bank Economic Review 32: 268-286 (2018).
• Apples and Dragon Fruits: The Determinants of Aid and Other Forms of State Financing from China to Africa (with Andreas Fuchs, Bradley C. Parks, Austin Strange, Michael J. Tierney), International Studies Quarterly 62: 182-194 (2018).
• Information Transmission and Ownership Consolidation in Aid Programs (with Sarah Langlotz and Silvia Marchesi), Economic Inquiry 55: 1671-1688 (2017).
• Do We Know What We Think We Know? Aid Fragmentation and Effectiveness Revisited (with Kai Gehring, Katharina Michaelowa, Franziska Spörri), World Development 99: 320-334 (2017).
• Tracking Under-Reported Financial Flows: China’s Development Finance and the Aid-Conflict Nexus Revisited (with Austin Strange, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, Andreas Fuchs), Journal of Conflict Resolution 61: 935-963 (2017).
• Rogue Aid? An Empirical Analysis of China’s Aid Allocation (with Andreas Fuchs), Canadian Journal of Economics 48: 988-1023 (2015).
• Aid and Growth at the Regional Level (with Steffen Lohmann), Oxford Review of Economic Policy 31: 420-446 (2015).
• Government Ideology in Donor and Recipient Countries: Does Political Proximity Matter for the Effectiveness of Aid? (with Anna Minasyan and Peter Nunnenkamp), European Economic Review 79: 80-92 (2015).
• Gesture Politics or Real Commitment? Gender Inequality and the Allocation of Aid (with Kai Gehring and Stephan Klasen), World Development 70: 464-480 (2015).
• The Allocation of German Aid: Self-interest and Government Ideology (with Maya Schmaljohann and Peter Nunnenkamp), Economics & Politics 27: 160-184 (2015).
• Comment on Lof, Mekasha, and Tarp (2014) (with Dierk Herzer, Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann D., Stephan Klasen, Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso), World Development 70: 389-396 (2015).
• The devil is in the shadow. Do institutions affect income and productivity or only official income and official productivity? (with Pierre-Guillaume Méon and Friedrich Schneider), Public Choice 158: 51-83 (2014).
• Determinants of Donor Generosity: A Survey of the Aid Budget Literature (with Andreas Fuchs and Peter Nunnenkamp), World Development 56: 172-199 (2014).
• The costs of favoritism: Is politically-driven aid less effective? (with Stephan Klasen, James Raymond Vreeland, Eric Werker), Economic Development and Cultural Change 62: 157-191 (2013).
• New Donors (with Andreas Fuchs, Peter Nunnenkamp), International Interactions 39: 402-415 (2013).
• The Role of Country-of-origin Characteristics for Foreign Direct Investment and Technical Cooperation in Post-reform India (with Peter Nunnenkamp and Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati), World Development 44: 88-109 (2013).
• Does Legalization of Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking? (with Seo-Young Cho and Eric Neumayer), World Development 41: 67-82 (2013).
  • Reprinted in: Women’s Human Rights 9: 138-183 (2013).
• Development (Paradigm) Failures (with Roland Hodler), Journal of Development Economics 101: 63-74 (2013).
• Does Aid Buy (Economic) Freedom? (with Kai Gehring), in: J. Gwartney, R. Lawson and J. Hall (eds.), Economic Freedom of the World: 2012 Annual Report, pp. 219-246, Fraser Institute (2012).
• Aid Allocation by German NGOs: Does the Degree of Public Refinancing Matter? (with Peter Nunnenkamp, Susann Thiel, Rainer Thiele), World Economy 35, 11: 1448-1472 (2012).
• Do IMF and World Bank programs induce government crises? An empirical analysis (with Martin Gassebner), International Organization 66, 2: 329-358 (2012).
• Financial Dependence and Aid Allocation by Swiss NGOs: A Panel Tobit Analysis (with Peter Nunnenkamp, Hannes Öhler, Johannes Weisser), Economic Development and Cultural Change 60, 4: 829-867 (2012).
• Does foreign aid really raise per-capita income? A time series perspective (with Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann D., Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Dierk Herzer, Stephan Klasen), Canadian Journal of Economics 45: 288-313 (2012).
• Why it pays for aid recipients to take note of the Millennium Challenge Corporation: Other donors do! (with Peter Nunnenkamp and Hannes Öhler), Economics Letters 115: 373-375 (2012).
• Does Conditionality Work? A Test for an Innovative US Aid Scheme (with Hannes Öhler and Peter Nunnenkamp), European Economic Review 56: 138-153 (2012).
• Are ‘New’ Donors Different? Comparing the Allocation of Bilateral Aid Between NonDAC and DAC Donor Countries? (with Peter Nunnenkamp and Rainer Thiele), World Development 39, 11: 1950-1968 (2011).
• Does Terror Increase Aid? (with Andreas Fuchs), Public Choice 149: 337-363 (2011).
• Foreign Students and Migration to the United States (with Panu Poutvaara), World Development 39, 8: 1294-1307 (2011).
• The Impact of Aid on Growth Revisited: Do Donor and Recipient Characteristics make a Difference? (with Christopher Kilby), Economics Letters 107, 3: 338-340 (2010).
  • Reprinted in: Helen Milner and Dustin Tingley (eds.), Geopolitics of Foreign Aid, Vol. II, chapter 12, Edward Elgar Publishing (2012).
• Aid Delivery through Non-governmental Organisations: Does the Aid Channel Matter for the Targeting of Swedish Aid? (with Florian Mölders and Peter Nunnenkamp), World Economy 33, 2: 147-176 (2010).
• Does the IMF Help or Hurt? The Effect of IMF programs on the likelihood and outcome of currency crises (with Stefanie Walter), World Development 38, 1: 1-18 (2010).
• Keeping a Low Profile: What Determines the Allocation of Aid by Non-Governmental Organizations? (with Dirk-Jan Koch, Rainer Thiele and Peter Nunnenkamp), World Development 37, 5: 902-918 (2009).
• Review of Alacevich, Michele, the Political Economy of the World Bank: The early Years, Stanford, CA: Stanford Economics and Finance/World Bank, Journal of Development Studies 45, 10: 1769-1770 (2009).
• Development Aid and International Politics: Does membership on the UN Security Council influence World Bank decisions? (with Jan-Egbert Sturm and James Vreeland), Journal of Development Economics 88: 1-18 (2009).
  • 2010 Excellence Award of the KfW Development Bank for policy relevant development research
  • Reprinted in: Helen Milner and Dustin Tingley (eds.), Geopolitics of Foreign Aid, Vol. II, chapter 19, Edward Elgar Publishing (2012).
• Does US Aid Buy UN General Assembly Votes? A Disaggregated Analysis (with Rainer Thiele and Peter Nunnenkamp), Public Choice 136, 1: 139-164 (2008).
• Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data (with Rainer Thiele and Peter Nunnenkamp), World Bank Economic Review 22, 2: 291-314 (2008).
• Sectoral Aid Priorities and the MDGs: Missed Targets? (with Rainer Thiele and Peter Nunnenkamp), Poverty in Focus, October, pp. 16-17 (2007).
• Do Donors Target Aid in Line with the Millennium Development Goals? A Sector Perspective of Aid Allocation (with Rainer Thiele and Peter Nunnenkamp), Review of World Economics 143, 4: 596-630 (2007).
• Erfolge und Misserfolge in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, Information Nr. 120, pp. 1-21, Internationale Treuhand Gruppe (2006).
• IMF and Economic Growth: The Effects of Programs, Loans, and Compliance with Conditionality, World Development 34, 5: 769-788 (2006).
• The Influence of Elections on IMF Programme Interruptions, Journal of Development Studies 39, 6: 101-120 (2003).
  • Reprinted in: Graham Bird and Dane Rowlands (eds.), The International Monetary Fund and the World Economy Vol. II, Edward Elgar Publishing (2007).

Political Economy

• Immigration, Political Ideologies and the Polarization of American Politics (with Sarah Langlotz, Johannes Matzat, Anna Maria Mayda, Christopher Parsons), CEPR Discussion Paper 15587, 2020.
• : 1932-1946 Bilateral or Multilateral? International Financial Flows and the Dirty-Work Hypothesis (with Valentin Lang, B. Peter Rosendorff, James Raymond Vreeland), Journal of Politics 84, 4: 1932-1946 (2022).
• Home Bias in Humanitarian Aid: The Role of Regional Favoritism in the Allocation of International Disaster Relief (with Christian Bommer and Marcello Perez-Alvarez), Journal of Public Economics 208: 104604 (2022).
• The Political Economy of Multilateral Aid Funds (with Jenny Simon, Justin Valasek), Review of International Organizations 16, 3: 689-719 (2021).
• Is Favoritism a Threat to Chinese Aid Effectiveness? A Subnational Analysis of Chinese Development Projects (with Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, Paul A. Raschky, Michael J. Tierney), World Development 139: 105291 (2021).
• The Alma Mater Effect: Does Foreign Education of Political Leaders Influence Foreign Policy? (with Shu Yu), Public Choice 185: 45-64 (2020).
• The Political Economy of International Finance Corporation Lending (with Valentin Lang, Katharina Richert), Journal of Development Economics 140: 242-254 (2019).
• African Leaders and the Geography of China’s Foreign Assistance (with Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, Paul A. Raschky, Michael J. Tierney), Journal of Development Economics 140: 44-71 (2019).
  • International Geneva (IG) Award 2020
• The Political Economy of International Organizations (with Valentin F. Lang), in: R. Congleton, B. Grofman and S. Voigt (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice, pp. 607-652, Oxford University Press (2019).
• Political influences in IMF and World Bank operations: Lessons for the design of European institutions, in: N. Campos and J.-E. Sturm (eds.), Bretton Woods, Brussels, and Beyond – Redesigning the Institutions of Europe, pp. 23-28, VoxEU.org eBook (2018).
• Geopolitics, Aid and Growth: The Impact of UN Security Council Membership on the Effectiveness of Aid (with Vera Eichenauer and Kai Gehring), World Bank Economic Review 32: 268-286 (2018).
• Information Transmission within Federal Fiscal Architectures: Theory and Evidence (with Kai Gehring, Christos Kotsogiannis and Silvia Marchesi), Oxford Economic Papers 70: 243-265 (2018).
• Government Ideology in Donor and Recipient Countries: Does Political Proximity Matter for the Effectiveness of Aid? (with Anna Minasyan and Peter Nunnenkamp), European Economic Review 79: 80-92 (2015).
• The Allocation of German Aid: Self-interest and Government Ideology (with Maya Schmaljohann and Peter Nunnenkamp), Economics & Politics 27: 160-184 (2015).
• The devil is in the shadow. Do institutions affect income and productivity or only official income and official productivity? (with Pierre-Guillaume Méon and Friedrich Schneider), Public Choice 158: 121-141 (2014).
• The Determinants of Election to the United Nations Security Council (with Matthew Gould, Matthew Rablen, James Raymond Vreeland), Public Choice 158: 51-83 (2014).
• The Political Economy of the United Nations Security Council. Money and Influence (with James Raymond Vreeland), Cambridge University Press (2014).
  • Runner up for The 2015 William H. Riker Award for the Best Book in Political Economy
  • Reviewed in: Academic Council on the United Nations System (2017), Public Choice 165, 3-4: 311-314 (2015).
• Greasing the wheels of entrepreneurship? The impact of regulations and corruption on firm entry (with Martin Gassebner), Public Choice 155: 413-432 (2013).
• Country or Leader? Political Change and UN General Assembly Voting (with Nathan M. Jensen), European Journal of Political Economy 29: 183-196 (2013).
• Does Legalization of Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking? (with Seo-Young Cho and Eric Neumayer), World Development 41: 67-82 (2013).
  • Reprinted in: Women’s Human Rights 9: 138-183 (2013).
• Do IMF and World Bank programs induce government crises? An empirical analysis (with Martin Gassebner), International Organization 66, 2: 329-358 (2012).
• Do the IMF and the World Bank Influence Voting in the UN General Assembly? (with Jan-Egbert Sturm), Public Choice 151, 1: 363-397 (2012).
• Does Terror Increase Aid? (with Andreas Fuchs), Public Choice 149: 337-363 (2011).
• Do Human Rights Offenders Oppose Human Rights Resolutions in the United Nations? (with Bernhard Boockmann), Public Choice 146: 443-467 (2011).
• Do Markets Care About Central Bank Governor Changes? Evidence from Emerging Markets (with Christoph Moser), Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking 42, 8: 1589-1612 (2010).
• When is a Central Bank Governor Fired? Evidence Based on a new Data Set (with Jakob de Haan and Jan-Egbert Sturm), Journal of Macroeconomics 32: 766-781 (2010). Turnover rates
• Corruption and the shadow economy: An empirical Analysis (with Friedrich Schneider), Public Choice 144: 215-238 (2010).
• Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence (with Christian Bjørnskov and Justina A.V. Fischer), European Journal of Political Economy 26, 4: 419-430 (2010).
• Foreign Exchange Intervention and the Political Business Cycle: A Panel Data Analysis (with Roland Vaubel), Journal of International Money and Finance 28, 5: 755-775 (2009).
• The impact of political leaders’ profession and education on reforms (with Michael Lamla, Sarah Lein, and Frank Somogyi), Journal of Comparative Economics 37, 1: 169-193 (2009).
• IMF Conditionality: Theory and Evidence, Public Choice 141, 1-2: 233-267 (2009).
• The Nexus Between Corruption and Capital Account Restrictions (with Lars-H.R. Siemers), Public Choice 140, 1-2: 245-265 (2009).
  • 2009 Publication Award of the Friends and Sponsors of RWI
• The Political Economy of IMF Forecasts (with Silvia Marchesi and James Vreeland), Public Choice 137, 1-2: 145-171 (2008).
• The Impact of Globalization on the Composition of Government Expenditures. Evidence from Panel Data (with Jan-Egbert Sturm and Heinrich W. Ursprung), Public Choice 134, 3-4: 263-292 (2008).
• Does US Aid Buy UN General Assembly Votes? A Disaggregated Analysis (with Rainer Thiele and Peter Nunnenkamp), Public Choice 136, 1: 139-164 (2008).
• Does High Inflation Cause Central Bankers to Lose Their Job? Evidence Based on A New Data Set (with Jan Egbert Sturm and Jakob de Haan), European Journal of Political Economy 24, 4: 778-787 (2008). Turnover rates
• The Bigger the Better? Evidence of the Effect of Government Size on Life Satisfaction Around the World (with Christian Bjørnskov and Justina A.V. Fischer), Public Choice 127, 3: 267-292 (2007).
• Staff growth in international organizations: A principal-agent problem? An empirical analysis (with Roland Vaubel and Uğurlu Soylu), Public Choice 133, 3-4: 275-295 (2007).
• The Influence of Globalization on Taxes and Social Policy – an Empirical Analysis for OECD Countries, European Journal of Political Economy 22, 1: 179-201 (2006).
• Power to the People? The Impact of Decentralization on Governance, KOF Working Paper 121, ETH Zurich (2006).
• A Public Choice Perspective of IMF and World Bank Lending and Conditionality, Public Choice 119, 3-4: 445-464 (2004).
• The Influence of IMF Programs on the Re-election of Debtor Governments, Economics & Politics 16, 1: 53-75 (2004).
• The Contribution of the IMF and the World Bank to Economic Freedom (with Bernhard Boockmann), European Journal of Political Economy 19, 3: 633-649 (2003).

International Organizations

• Bilateral or Multilateral? International Financial Flows and the Dirty-Work Hypothesis (with Valentin Lang, B. Peter Rosendorff, James Raymond Vreeland), Journal of Politics 84, 4: 1932-1946 (2022).
• The Political Economy of Multilateral Aid Funds (with Jenny Simon, Justin Valasek), Review of International Organizations 16, 3: 689-719 (2021).
• The Political Economy of International Finance Corporation Lending (with Valentin Lang, Katharina Richert), Journal of Development Economics 140: 242-254 (2019).
• The Political Economy of International Organizations (with Valentin F. Lang), in: R. Congleton, B. Grofman and S. Voigt (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice, pp. 607-652, Oxford University Press (2019).
• Political influences in IMF and World Bank operations: Lessons for the design of European institutions, in: N. Campos and J.-E. Sturm (eds.), Bretton Woods, Brussels, and Beyond – Redesigning the Institutions of Europe, pp. 23-28, VoxEU.org eBook (2018).
• Geopolitics, Aid and Growth: The Impact of UN Security Council Membership on the Effectiveness of Aid (with Vera Eichenauer and Kai Gehring), World Bank Economic Review 32: 268-286 (2018).
• Politics and IMF Conditionality (with Jan-Egbert Sturm and James Vreeland), Journal of Conflict Resolution 59: 120-148 (2015).
• Membership has its Privileges – The Effect of Membership in International Organizations on FDI (with Heiner Mikosch and Stefan Voigt), World Development 66: 346-358 (2015).
• The Political Economy of the United Nations Security Council. Money and Influence (with James Raymond Vreeland), Cambridge University Press (2014).
  • Runner up for The 2015 William H. Riker Award for the Best Book in Political Economy
  • Reviewed in: Academic Council on the United Nations System (2017), Public Choice 165, 3-4: 311-314 (2015).
• The Determinants of Election to the United Nations Security Council (with Matthew Gould, Matthew Rablen, James Raymond Vreeland), Public Choice 158: 51-83 (2014).
• The costs of favoritism: Is politically-driven aid less effective? (with Stephan Klasen, James Raymond Vreeland, Eric Werker), Economic Development and Cultural Change 62: 157-191 (2013).
• Joyce, Joseph P., The IMF and Global Financial Crises. Phoenix Rising? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Review of International Organizations 8, 3: 415-418 (2013).
• Country or Leader? Political Change and UN General Assembly Voting (with Nathan M. Jensen), European Journal of Political Economy 29: 183-196 (2013).
• Do IMF and World Bank programs induce government crises? An empirical analysis (with Martin Gassebner), International Organization 66, 2: 329-358 (2012).
• Do the IMF and the World Bank Influence Voting in the UN General Assembly? (with Jan-Egbert Sturm), Public Choice 151, 1: 363-397 (2012).
• Does Membership in International Organizations Increase Governments’ Credibility? A Test on the Effects of Delegating Powers (with Stefan Voigt), Journal of Comparative Economics 39: 326-348 (2011).
• Read my lips: the role of information transmission in multilateral reform design (with Silvia Marchesi and Laura Sabani), Journal of International Economics 84: 86-98 (2011). Appendix
• Do Human Rights Offenders Oppose Human Rights Resolutions in the United Nations? (with Bernhard Boockmann), Public Choice 146: 443-467 (2011).
• Does the IMF Help or Hurt? The Effect of IMF programs on the likelihood and outcome of currency crises (with Stefanie Walter), World Development 38, 1: 1-18 (2010).
• Global Horse Trading: IMF loans for votes in the United Nations Security Council (with Jan-Egbert Sturm and James Vreeland), European Economic Review 53: 742-757 (2009).
  • Top-cited article in the EER in the 2009-11 period.
• The Development of IMF and World Bank Conditionality, in: L. Yueh (ed.), The Law and Economics of Globalisation: New Challenges for a World in Flux, pp. 161-192, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (2009).
• The Impact of International Organizations on the Environment: An Empirical Analysis (with Magdalena Ramada y Galán Sarasola), in: F. Biermann, A. Schreyögg and B. Siebenhüner (ed.), International Organizations in Global Environmental Governance, pp. 19-50, London: Routledge (2009).
• IMF Conditionality: Theory and Evidence, Public Choice 141, 1-2: 233-267 (2009).
• The Political Economy of IMF Forecasts (with Silvia Marchesi and James Vreeland), Public Choice 137, 1-2: 145-171 (2008).
• Does US Aid Buy UN General Assembly Votes? A Disaggregated Analysis (with Rainer Thiele and Peter Nunnenkamp), Public Choice 136, 1: 139-164 (2008).
• IMF Programs and Reforms – Inhibition or Encouragement? (with Sarah M. Rupprecht), Economics Letters 95, 3: 320-326 (2007).
• Staff growth in international organizations: A principal-agent problem? An empirical analysis (with Roland Vaubel and Uğurlu Soylu), Public Choice 133, 3-4: 275-295 (2007).
• Independent Actor or Agent? An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of US Interests on IMF Conditions (with Nathan M. Jensen), Journal of Law and Economics 50, 1: 105-124 (2007).
• Review of Teunissen, Jan J. and Age Akkerman (eds.), Helping the Poor? The IMF and Low-Income Countries, The Hague: FONDAD 2005, World Economy 30, 3: 532-533 (2007).
• IWF und Weltbank: Unzulänglichkeiten in der Entwicklungspolitik, Orientierungen zur Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftspolitik 113, 3: 49-55, Ludwig-Erhard-Stiftung (2007).
• IMF and Economic Growth: The Effects of Programs, Loans, and Compliance with Conditionality, World Development 34, 5: 769-788 (2006).
• Does the IMF Influence Fiscal and Monetary Policy? Journal of Policy Reform 8, 3: 225-238 (2005).
• A Public Choice Perspective of IMF and World Bank Lending and Conditionality, Public Choice 119, 3-4: 445-464 (2004).
• The Influence of IMF Programs on the Re-election of Debtor Governments, Economics & Politics 16, 1: 53-75 (2004).
• Do IMF and IBRD cause moral hazard and political business cycles? Evidence from panel data (with Roland Vaubel), Open Economies Review 15, 1: 5-22 (2004).
  • Reprinted in: Graham Bird and Dane Rowlands (eds.), The International Monetary Fund and the World Economy Vol. II, Edward Elgar Publishing (2007).
• The Causes and Consequences of IMF Conditionality (with Roland Vaubel), Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 40, 3: 26-54 (2004).
  • Reprinted in: Graham Bird and Dane Rowlands (eds.), The International Monetary Fund and the World Economy Vol. II, Edward Elgar Publishing (2007).
• The Influence of Elections on IMF Programme Interruptions, Journal of Development Studies 39, 6: 101-120 (2003).
  • Reprinted in: Graham Bird and Dane Rowlands (eds.), The International Monetary Fund and the World Economy Vol. II, Edward Elgar Publishing (2007).
• Das Personalwachstum in Internationalen Organisationen: Ein Principal-Agent Problem? Eine empirische Analyse (with Roland Vaubel and Uğurlu Soylu), in: F.-U. Pappi, E. Riedel, P.W. Thurner and R. Vaubel (eds.), Die Institutionalisierung Internationaler Verhandlungen, Mannheimer Jahrbuch für Europäische Sozialforschung, Band 8, pp. 205-232, Frankfurt/New York: Campus-Verlag (2004).
• Verursacht der IWF Moral Hazard? Ein kritischer Literaturüberblick, Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Review of Economics) 54, 3: 268-287 (2003).
• The Contribution of the IMF and the World Bank to Economic Freedom (with Bernhard Boockmann), European Journal of Political Economy 19, 3: 633-649 (2003).
• Die Kreditvergabe von IWF und Weltbank: Ursachen und Wirkungen aus politisch-ökonomischer Sicht, Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin (2003).

Globalization and Migration

• Immigration, Political Ideologies and the Polarization of American Politics (with Sarah Langlotz, Johannes Matzat, Anna Maria Mayda, Christopher Parsons), CEPR Discussion Paper 15587, 2020.
• The Effect of Migration on Terror – Made at Home or Imported from Abroad? (with Martin Gassebner and Paul Schaudt), Canadian Journal of Economics 53, 4: 1703-1744 (2020).
• The Alma Mater Effect: Does Foreign Education of Political Leaders Influence Foreign Policy? (with Shu Yu), Public Choice 185: 45-64 (2020).
• The Effects of Foreign Aid on Refugee Flows (with Andreas Fuchs, Sarah Langlotz), European Economic Review 112: 127-147 (2019).
• Membership has its Privileges – The Effect of Membership in International Organizations on FDI (with Heiner Mikosch and Stefan Voigt), World Development 66: 346-358 (2015).
• The Determinants of Anti-trafficking Policies – Evidence from a New Index (with Seo-Young Cho and Eric Neumayer), Scandinavian Journal of Economics 116: 429-454 (2014).
• The Role of Country-of-origin Characteristics for Foreign Direct Investment and Technical Cooperation in Post-reform India (with Peter Nunnenkamp and Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati), World Development 44: 88-109 (2013).
• Does Legalization of Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking? (with Seo-Young Cho and Eric Neumayer), World Development 41: 67-82 (2013).
  • Reprinted in: Women’s Human Rights 9: 138-183 (2013).
• Globalization, Economic Freedom and Human Rights (with Martin Gassebner and Lars-H.R. Siemers), Journal of Conflict Resolution 56, 3: 509-539 (2012).
• Foreign Students and Migration to the United States (with Panu Poutvaara), World Development 39, 8: 1294-1307 (2011).
• Hit and (They Will) Run: The Impact of Terrorism on Migration (with Daniel Meierrieks and Tim Krieger), Economics Letters 113, 1: 42-46 (2011).
• Read my lips: the role of information transmission in multilateral reform design (with Silvia Marchesi and Laura Sabani), Journal of International Economics 84: 86-98 (2011). Appendix
• Measuring Globalisation – Opening the Black Box. A Critical Analysis of Globalization Indices (with Noel Gaston, Pim Martens, Lotte Van Boxem), Journal of Globalization Studies 1, 1: 166-185 (2010).
  • Reprinted in: Jim Sheffield, Andrey Korotayev and Leonid Grinin (eds.), Globalization. Yesterday,  Today, and Tomorrow, chapter 8, 150-177, Emergent Publications (2013).
• Diesel price convergence and mineral oil taxation in Europe (with Tim Krieger), Applied Economics 42, 15: 1955-1961 (2010).
• Ist Globalisierung messbar? (with Andreas Fuchs), Die Volkswirtschaft 10: 9-13 (2010). In French: Peut-on mesurer la mondialisation? (with Andreas Fuchs), La Vie économique 10: 9-13 (2010).
• Globalisation, the Global Village and the Civil Society (with Noel Gaston and Pim Martens), Futures 42, 6: 574-582 (2010).
• Measuring Globalization – Gauging its Consequences (with Noel Gaston and Pim Martens), New York: Springer (2008).
  • Reviewed in: Journal of Economic Literature 47, 4: 813-814 (2009), Economica 76, 304: 779-780 (2009), Socialisme & Democratie 65, 12: 53-56 (2008).
• Has Globalisation Increased Inequality? (with Noel Gaston), Review of International Economics 16, 3: 516-536 (2008).
• The Impact of Globalization on the Composition of Government Expenditures. Evidence from Panel Data (with Jan-Egbert Sturm and Heinrich W. Ursprung), Public Choice 134, 3-4: 263-292 (2008).
• Do gasoline prices converge in a unified with non-harmonized tax rates? (with Tim Krieger), Energy Journal 29: 41-68 (2008).
• Has Globalisation Really Had No Effect on Unions? (with Noel Gaston), Kyklos 60, 2: 165-186 (2007).
• Is There a Causal Link between Currency and Debt Crises? (with Bernhard Herz and Volker Karb), International Journal of Finance and Economics 11, 4: 305-325 (2006).
• Does Globalization Affect Growth? Evidence from a new Index of Globalization, Applied Economics 38, 10: 1091-1110 (2006).
  • Reprinted in: Jonathan Michie (ed.), Globalisation and Democracy, Vol. I, chapter 10, Edward Elgar (2017). Index of Globalization: http://globalization.kof.ethz.ch/
• The Influence of Globalization on Taxes and Social Policy – an Empirical Analysis for OECD Countries, European Journal of Political Economy 22, 1: 179-201 (2006).
  • Index of Globalization: http://globalization.kof.ethz.ch/
• Globalization and Taxation in the OECD: Evidence from a new Indicator of Integration, Public Finance and Management 5, 3: 400-420 (2005).
• Der Einfluß der Globalisierung auf die Steuer- und Sozialpolitik – eine empirische Analyse für die OECD Länder, in: R. Ohr (ed.), Globalisierung – Herausforderung an die Wirtschaftspolitik, pp. 75-96, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot (2004).

Terrorism

• The Effect of Migration on Terror – Made at Home or Imported from Abroad? (with Martin Gassebner and Paul Schaudt), Canadian Journal of Economics 53, 4: 1703-1744 (2020).
• Weapons of Choice: The Effect of Natural Resources on Terror and Insurgencies (with Merle Kreibaum), Journal of Peace Research 53: 539-553 (2016).
• Does Terror Increase Aid? (with Andreas Fuchs), Public Choice 149: 337-363 (2011).
• Hit and (They Will) Run: The Impact of Terrorism on Migration (with Daniel Meierrieks and Tim Krieger), Economics Letters 113, 1: 42-46 (2011).
• Does government decentralization reduce domestic terror? An empirical test (with Justina A.V. Fischer), Economics Letters 111, 3: 223-225 (2011). Data on expenditure decentralization
• Government decentralization as a disincentive for transnational terror? An empirical analysis (with Justina A.V. Fischer), International Economic Review 51, 4: 981-1002 (2010).
• Does Terror Threaten Human Rights? Evidence from Panel Data (with Martin Gassebner and Lars-H.R. Siemers), Journal of Law and Economics 53, 1: 65-93 (2010).
• Does political proximity to the U.S. cause terror? (with Martin Gassebner), Economics Letters 99, 1: 27-29 (2008).   

Corruption

• Greasing the wheels of entrepreneurship? The impact of regulations and corruption on firm entry (with Martin Gassebner), Public Choice 155: 413-432 (2013).
• Does Conditionality Work? A Test for an Innovative US Aid Scheme (with Hannes Öhler and Peter Nunnenkamp), European Economic Review 56: 138-153 (2012).
• The Impact of Institutions on the Shadow Economy and Corruption – A Latent Variables Approach (with Christos Kotsogiannis and Steve McCorriston), in: F. Schneider (ed.), The Handbook on the Shadow Economy, pp. 443-468, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (2011).
• Corruption and the shadow economy: An empirical Analysis (with Friedrich Schneider), Public Choice 144: 215-238 (2010).
• How do Institutions Affect Corruption and the Shadow Economy? (with Christos Kotsogiannis and Steve McCorriston), International Tax and Public Finance 16, 6: 773-796 (2009).
• The Nexus Between Corruption and Capital Account Restrictions (with Lars-H.R. Siemers), Public Choice 140, 1-2: 245-265 (2009).
  • 2009 Publication Award of the Friends and Sponsors of RWI
• The Economic Costs of Corruption: A Survey of the Empirical Evidence (with Thomas Herzfeld), in: F.N. De Luca (Ed.): Economic Corruption: Detection, Costs and Prevention, chapter 4, Nova Science (2008).
• Corruption Around the World: Evidence from a Structural Model (with Christos Kotsogiannis and Steve McCorriston), Journal of Comparative Economics 35, 3: 443-466 (2007).
  • Reprinted in: Jayasri Dutta and Toke S. Aidt  (eds.), Corruption and Economic Development, chapter 8, Edward Elgar (2016).
• Corruption and the shadow economy – substitutes or complements? (with Friedrich Schneider), in: M. Kreutner (ed.), The Corruption Monster – Ethik, Politik und Korruption, pp. 363-370, Czernin Verlag (2006).

Happiness

• Inequality and Happiness: When Perceived Social Mobility and Economic Reality Do Not Match (with Christian Bjørnskov, Justina A.V. Fischer, Jan Schnellenbach, Kai Gehring), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 91 75-92 (2013).
• Does Government Ideology affect Personal Happiness? A Test (with Hannes Öhler), Economics Letters 111, 2: 161-165 (2011).
• Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence (with Christian Bjørnskov and Justina A.V. Fischer), European Journal of Political Economy 26, 4: 419-430 (2010).
• On Decentralization and Life Satisfaction (with Christian Bjørnskov and Justina A.V. Fischer), Economics Letters 99, 1: 147-151 (2008).
• Cross-Country Determinants of Life Satisfaction: Exploring Different Determinants Across Groups in Society (with Christian Bjørnskov and Justina A.V. Fischer), Social Choice and Welfare 30, 1: 119-173 (2008).
• The Bigger the Better? Evidence of the Effect of Government Size on Life Satisfaction Around the World (with Christian Bjørnskov and Justina A.V. Fischer), Public Choice 127, 3: 267-292 (2007).