• Foreign direct investment: determinants and effects
• Aid allocation and aid effectiveness

Recent publications

Earlier publications

• Foreign Direct Investment
• Aid Allocation and Aid Effectiveness

• Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H. (Forthcoming). How to Attract Donations: The Case of US NGOs in International Development. Journal of Development Studies
• Öhler, H., Nunnenkamp, P., Dreher, A. (2012). Does Conditionality Work? A Test for an Innovative US Aid Scheme. European Economic Review, 56 (1), 138-153.
• Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H. (Forthcoming). Why it pays for aid recipients to take note of the Millennium Challenge Corporation: Other donors do!. Economics Letters
• Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Thiel, S., Thiele, R. (Forthcoming). Aid Allocation by German NGOs: Does the Degree of Official Financing Matter. The World Economy
• Bode, E., Nunnenkamp, P., Waldkirch, A. (Forthcoming). Spatial Effects of Foreign Direct Investment in US States. Canadian Journal of Economics
• Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H., Weisser, J. (Forthcoming). Financial Dependence and Aid Allocation by Swiss NGOs: A Panel Tobit Analysis. Economic Development and Cultural Change
• Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H. (Forthcoming). Funding, Competition and the Efficiency of NGOs: An Empirical Analysis of Non-charitable Expenditure of US NGOs Engaged in Foreign Aid. Kyklos
• Nunnenkamp, P., Mukim, M. (Forthcoming). The Clustering of FDI in India: The Importance of Peer Effects. Applied Economics Letters
• Mukim, M., Nunnenkamp, P. (Forthcoming). The Location Choices of Foreign Investors: A District-level Analysis in India. The World Economy
• Chintrakarn, P., Herzer, D., Nunnenkamp, P. (Forthcoming). FDI and Income Inequality: Evidence from a Panel of US States. Economic Inquiry
• Kretschmer, B., Hübler, M., Nunnenkamp, P. (Forthcoming). Does Foreign Aid Reduce Energy and Carbon Intensities of Developing Economies?. Journal of International Development
• Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Thiele, R. (2011). Are 'New' Donors Different? Comparing the Allocation of Bilateral Aid between Non-DAC and DAC Donor Countries . World Development, 39 (11), 1950-1968.
• Berger, A., Busse, M., Nunnenkamp, P., Roy, M. (2011). More Stringent BITs, Less Ambiguous Effects on FDI? Not a Bit!. Economics Letters, 112 (3), 270-272.
• Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H. (2011). Throwing Foreign Aid at HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries: Missing the Target?. World Development, 39 (10), 1704-1723.
• Liu, W., Nunnenkamp, P. (2011). Domestic Repercussions of Different Types of FDI: Firm-level Evidence for Taiwanese Manufacturing . World Development, 39 (5), 808-823.
• Mühlen, H., Nunnenkamp, P. (2011). FDI by Early Movers, Followers and Latecomers: Timing of Entry by German Firms during Transition in the Czech Republic. Applied Economics Letters, 18 (18), 1729-1734.
• Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H. (2011). Aid Allocation through Various Official and Private Channels: Need, Merit and Self-Interest as Motives of German Donors. World Development, 39 (3), 308-323.
• Busse, M., Nunnenkamp, P., Spatareanu, M. (2011). Foreign Direct Investment and Labor Rights: A Panel Analysis of Bilateral FDI Flows. Applied Economics Letters, 18 (2), 149-152.
• Bode, E., Nunnenkamp, P. (2011). Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Regional Development in Developed Countries: A Markov Chain Approach for US States. Review of World Economics, 147 (2), 351-383.
• Görg, H., Mühlen, H., Nunnenkamp, P. (2010). FDI Liberalization, Firm Heterogeneity and Foreign Ownership: German Firm Decisions in Reforming India. Journal of Development Studies, 46, 1367-1384.
• Metzger, L., Nunnenkamp, P., Omar Mahmoud, T. (2010). Is Corporate Aid Targeted to Poor and Deserving Countries? A Case Study of Nestlé’s Aid Allocation. World Development, 38 (3), 228-243.
• Neureiter, M., Nunnenkamp, P., , (2010). Outsourcing Motives, Location Choice and Labour Market Implications: An Empirical Analysis for European Countries. Kyklos, 63, 206-230.
• Busse, M., Königer, J., Nunnenkamp, P., , (2010). FDI Promotion through Bilateral Investment Treaties: More Than a Bit?. Review of World Economics, 146 (1), 147-177.
• Dreher, A., Mölders, F., Nunnenkamp, P. (2010). Aid Delivery through Non-Governmental Organisations: Does the Aid Channel Matter for the Targeting of Swedish Aid?. The World Economy, 33 (2), 147-176.
• Waldkirch, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Alatorre Bremont, J. (2009). FDI in Mexico: An Empirical Assessment of Employment Effects. Journal of Development Studies, 45 (7), 1165-1183.
• Nunnenkamp, P., Weingarth, J., Weisser, J. (2009). Is NGO Aid Not So Different After All? Comparing the Allocation of Swiss Aid by Private and Official Donors. European Journal of Political Economy, 25 (4), 422-438.
• Busse, M., Nunnenkamp, P. (2009). Gender Disparity in Education and the International Competition for FDI . Feminist Economics, 15 (3), 61-90.
• Koch, D., Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Thiele, R. (2009). Keeping a Low Profile: What Determines the Allocation of Aid by Non-Governmental Organizations?. World Development, 37 (5), 902-918.
• Mayer-Foulkes, D., Nunnenkamp, P. (2009). Do Multinational Enterprises Contribute to Convergence or Divergence? A Disaggregated Analysis of US FDI. Review of Development Economics, 13 (2), 304-318.
• Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Thiele, R. (2008). Does Aid for Education Educate Children: Evidence from Panel Data. World Bank Economic Review, 22 (2), 291-314.
• Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Thiele, R. (2008). Does US Aid Buy UN General Assembly Votes? A Disaggregated Analysis. Public Choice, 136(1/2), 139-164.
• Chakraborty, C., Nunnenkamp, P. (2008). Economic Reforms, FDI, and Economic Growth in India: A Sector Level Analysis. World Development, 36 (7), 1192-1212.
• Thiele, R., Nunnenkamp, P., Dreher, A. (2007). Do Donors Target Aid in Line with the Millennium Development Goals? A Sector Perspective of Aid Allocation. Review of World Economics, 143(4), 596-630.
• Dovern, J., Nunnenkamp, P. (2007). Aid and Growth Accelerations: An Alternative Approach to Assess the Effectiveness of Aid. Kyklos, 60 (3), 359-383.
• Nunnenkamp, P., Schweickert, R., Wiebelt, M. (2007). Distributional Effects of FDI: How the Interaction of FDI and Economic Policy Affects Poor Households in Bolivia. Development Policy Review, 25(4), 429-450 (revised version of Kiel Working Paper 1281).