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Articles in Refereed Journals
The Impact of Aid on Bureaucratic Quality: Does the Mode of Delivery Matter? Journal of International Development, forthcoming (with P. Selaya).
Aid and Sectoral Growth. Evidence from Panel Data. Journal of Development Studies 46(2010): 1749-1766 (with P. Selaya).
Less Aid Proliferation and More Donor Coordination: The Wide Gap between Words and Deeds. Journal of International Development 22 (2010): 920-940 (with I. Aldasoro, P. Nunnenkamp).
Sind Nichtregierungsorganisationen die besseren Entwicklungshelfer. Perspektiven der Entwicklungspolitik 10 (2009): 266-289 (with P. Nunnenkamp).
Keeping a Low Profile: What Determines the Allocation of Aid by Non-Governmental Organizations. World Development 37 (2009): 902-918 (with D.J. Koch, A. Dreher, P. Nunnenkamp)
Resource Booms, Inequality, and Poverty: The Case of Gas in Bolivia. Review of Income and Wealth 54 (2008): 407-437 (with J. Lay, M. Wiebelt).
Does US Aid Buy UN Voting Behaviour? A Disaggregated Analysis. Public Choice 136(2008): 139-164 (with A. Dreher, P. Nunnenkamp).
Does Aid for Education Educate Children: Evidence from Panel Data. World Bank Economic Review 22 (2008): 291-314 (with A. Dreher, P. Nunnenkamp).
External Shocks, Policy Reforms, and Pro-Poor Growth in
Do Donors Target Aid in Line with the Millennium Development Goals? A Sectoral Perspective on Aid Allocation. Review of World Economics 143(4): 596-630 (with A. Dreher, P. Nunnenkamp).
The Impact of Coffee Price Changes on Rural Households in
Targeting Aid to the Needy and Deserving: Nothing But Promises? The World Economy 29 (2006): 1171-1201 (with P. Nunnenkamp).
Assessing the Allocation of Aid: Developmental Concerns and the Self-Interest of Donors. Indian Economic Journal 54 (2006): 26-51 (with G. Canavire, P. Nunnenkamp, L. Triveño).
Price Incentives, Non-Price Factors, and Agricultural Production in Sub-Saharan
The Bias Against Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Has it Survived 20 Years of Structural Adjustment Programs? Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 42 (2003): 5–20.
The Social Impact of Structural Adjustment in
A Social Accounting Matrix for
Können Öko-Label zu einer nachhaltigen Bewirtschaftung der tropischen Regenwälder beitragen? Zeitschrift für angewandte Umweltforschung 12 (1999): 261–266.
A CGE Model for Environmental Policy Evaluation in the South African Mining Sector. South African Journal of Economics 67 (1999): 456–474.
Social and Private Health and Old Age Insurance? Some Theoretical Considerations and the Chilean Experience. Applied Economics Quarterly 44 (1998): 367–392.
Conserving Tropical Rain Forests in
Policies to Reduce Tropical Deforestation and Degradation: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 33 (1994): 162-178.
Empirische Allgemeine Gleichgewichtsmodelle – Struktur und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 213 (1994): 513–544 (with G. Klepper, O. Lorz, F. Stähler, M. Wiebelt).
National and International Policies for
The Profile of Protection in the Rice Sector. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 30 (1991): 349–365.