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

Recent publications

Earlier publications

• Aid Allocation and Aid Effectiveness

• Bickenbach, F., Liu, W., Nunnenkamp, P. (Forthcoming). How Global is FDI? Evidence from the Analysis of Theil Indices. Empirical Economics
• Minasyan, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Richert, K. (2017). Does Aid Effectiveness Depend on the Quality of Donors?. World Development, 100, 16-30.
• Aisbett, E., Busse, M., Nunnenkamp, P. (Forthcoming). Bilateral Investment Treaties as Deterrents of Host-country Discretion: The Impact of Investor-State Disputes on Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries. Review of World Economics
• Donaubauer, J., Nunnenkamp, P. (Forthcoming). International Arbitration of Investment Disputes: Are Poor and Badly Governed Respondent States More Likely to Lose?. Applied Economics Letters
• Nunnenkamp, P. (2017). Biased arbitrators and tribunal decisions against developing countries: Stylized facts on investor-state dispute settlement. Journal of International Development, 29(6), 851-854.
• Ashraf, A., Herzer, D., Nunnenkamp, P. (2017). Greenfield FDI, Cross-border M&As and Government Size. Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 26 (5), 566-584.
• Nunnenkamp, P. (2017). Streitschlichtung im Rahmen internationaler Investitionsabkommen: Viel Lärm um (fast) nichts?. Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, 66(1), 61-79.
• Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H., Sosa Andrés, M. (2017). Need, Merit, and Politics in Multilateral Aid Allocation: A District-level Analysis of World Bank Projects in India. Review of Development Economics, 21 (1), 126-156.
• Nunnenkamp, P. (2016). Demokratie und internationale Investitionsabkommen: (Überraschende) Zusammenhänge und (lückenhafte) Erklärungen. Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 17(4), 364-382.
• Hübler, M., Glas, A., Nunnenkamp, P. (2016). Indicators of Absorptive Capacity and Import-induced South-North Convergence in Labor Intensities. World Economy, 39 (11), 1756-1755.
• Ashraf, A., Herzer, D., Nunnenkamp, P. (2016). The Effects of Greenfield FDI and Cross-border M&As on Total Factor Productivity. World Economy, 39 (11), 1728-1755.
• Kim, Y., Nunnenkamp, P., Bagchi, C. (2016). The Indian Ocean Tsunami and Private Donations to NGOs. Disasters, 40 (4), 591-620.
• Minasyan, A., Nunnenkamp, P. (2016). Remittances and the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid. Review of Development Economics, 20(3), 681-701.
• Nunnenkamp, P., Sotirova, A., Thiele, R. (2016). Do Aid Donors Specialize and Coordinate within Recipient Countries? The Case of Malawi . Development Policy Review, 34(6), 831-849.
• Hühne, P., Meyer, B., Nunnenkamp, P., Roy, M. (2016). Democracies Cooperate More - Even Where It Threatens to Bite?. Applied Economics Letters, 23(11), 812-815.
• Donaubauer, J., Nunnenkamp, P. (2016). Is Aid for Infrastructure Effective? A Difference-in-Difference-in-Differences Approach. Economics Bulletin, 36 (2), 857-870.
• Kleemann, L., Nunnenkamp, P., Thiele, R. (2016). Gender inequality, female leadership, and aid allocation: A panel analysis of aid for education. Journal of International Development, 28 (3), 376-395.
• Bickenbach, F., Bode, E., Nunnenkamp, P., Söder (geb. Lange), M. (2016). Night Lights and Regional GDP. Review of World Economics, 152(2), 425-447.
• Donaubauer, J., Meyer, B., Nunnenkamp, P. (2016). A New Global Index of Infrastructure: Construction, Rankings and Applications. World Economy, 39 (2), 236-259.
• Donaubauer, J., Meyer, B., Nunnenkamp, P. (2016). Aid, Infrastructure, and FDI: Assessing the Transmission Channel with a New Index of Infrastructure. World Development, 78, 230-245.
• Neumayer, E., Nunnenkamp, P., Roy, M. (2016). Are Stricter Investment Rules Contagious? Host Country Competition for Foreign Direct Investment through International Agreements. Review of World Economics, 152 (1), 177-213.
• Glas, A., Hübler, M., Nunnenkamp, P. (2016). Catching up of Emerging Economies: The Role of Capital Goods Imports, FDI Inflows, Domestic Investment and Absorptive Capacity. Applied Economics Letters, 23 (2), 117-120.
• Herzer, D., Nagel, K., Nunnenkamp, P. (2015). How Does FDI Affect Health?. International Economic Journal, 29 (4), 655-679.
• Dreher, A., Minasyan, A., Nunnenkamp, P. (2015). Government Ideology in Donor and Recipient Countries: Does Ideological Proximity Matter for the Effectiveness of Aid? . European Economic Review, 79, 80-92.
• Bickenbach, F., Liu, W., Nunnenkamp, P. (2015). Regional Concentration of FDI in Post-reform India: A District-level Analysis. The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 24(5), 660-695.
• Canavire-Bacarreza, G., Neumayer, E., Nunnenkamp, P. (2015). Why Aid is Unpredictable: An Empirical Analysis of the Gap between Actual and Planned Aid Flows. Journal of International Development, 27 (4), 440-463.
• Kim, Y., Nunnenkamp, P. (2015). Does It Pay for US-based NGOs to Go to War? Empirical Evidence for Afghanistan and Iraq. Development & Change, 46 (3), 387-414.
• Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Schmaljohann, M. (2015). The Allocation of German Aid: Self-interest and Government Ideology. Economics and Politics, 27 (1), 160-184.
• Fuchs, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H. (2015). Why Donors of Foreign Aid Do Not Coordinate: The Role of Competition for Export Markets and Political Support. World Economy, 38 (2), 255-285.
• Herzer, D., Nunnenkamp, P. (2015). Income Inequality and Health: Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries. Economics, 9 (2015-4), 1-57.
• Barthel, F., Neumayer, E., Nunnenkamp, P., Selaya, P. (2014). Competition for Export Markets and the Allocation of Foreign Aid: The Role of Spatial Dependence among Donor Countries. World Development, 64 (Dec), 350-365.
• Hühne, P., Meyer, B., Nunnenkamp, P. (2014). Does Aid-for-Trade from the North Promote South-South Trade?. Applied Economics Letters, 21(17), 1230-1233.
• Hühne, P., Meyer, B., Nunnenkamp, P. (2014). Who Benefits from Aid for Trade? Comparing the Effects on Recipient versus Donor Exports. Journal of Development Studies, 50 (9), 1275-1288.
• Herzer, D., Hühne, P., Nunnenkamp, P. (2014). FDI and Income Inequality - Evidence from Latin American Economies. Review of Development Economics, 18 (4), 778-793.
• Donaubauer, J., Herzer, D., Nunnenkamp, P. (2014). Does Aid for Education Attract Foreign Investors? An Empirical Analysis for Latin America. European Journal of Development Research, 26, 597-613.
• Öhler, H., Nunnenkamp, P. (2014). Needs-based Targeting or Favoritism? The Regional Allocation of Multilateral Aid Within Recipient Countries. Kyklos, 67 (3), 420-446.
• Fuchs, A., Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P. (2014). Determinants of Donor Generosity: A Survey of the Aid Budget Literature. World Development, 56, 172-199.
• Nunnenkamp, P., Sosa Andrés, M. (2014). Ownership Choices of Indian Direct Investors: Do FDI Determinants Differ between Joint Ventures and Wholly-owned Subsidiaries?. South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance, 3 (1), 39-78.
• Herzer, D., Nunnenkamp, P. (2013). FDI and health in developed economies: An empirical note. Empirical Economics Letters, 12 (7), 785-790.
• Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H., Thiele, R. (2013). Donor Coordination and Specialization: Did the Paris Declaration Make a Difference? . Review of World Economics, 149(3), 537-563.
• Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H., Schwörer, T. (2013). US based NGOs in International Development: Financial and Economic Determinants of Survival. World Development, 46 (June), 45-65.
• Herzer, D., Nunnenkamp, P. (2013). Private donations, government grants, commercial activities, and fundraising: Cointegration and causality for NGOs in international development cooperation. World Development, 46 (June), 234-251.
• Berger, A., Busse, M., Nunnenkamp, P., Roy, M. (2013). Do Trade and Investment Agreements Lead to More FDI? Accounting for Key Provisions Inside the Black Box. International Economics and Economic Policy, 10 (2), 247-275.
• Dreher, A., Fuchs, A., Nunnenkamp, P. (2013). New Donors. International Interactions, 39 (3), 402-415.
• Herzer, D., Nunnenkamp, P. (2013). Inward and Outward FDI and Income Inequality: Evidence from Europe. Review of World Economics, 149 (2), 395-422.
• Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Vadlamannati, K. (2013). The Role of Country-of-origin Characteristics for Foreign Direct Investment and Technical Cooperation in Post-reform India. World Development, 44 (April), 88-109.
• Sosa Andrés, M., Nunnenkamp, P., Busse, M. (2013). What Drives FDI from Non-traditional Sources? A Comparative Analysis of the Determinants of Bilateral FDI Flows. Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, 7 (2013-1)
• Nunnenkamp, P., Thiele, R. (2013). Financing for Development: The Gap between Words and Deeds since Monterrey. Development Policy Review, 31(1), 75-98.
• Kretschmer, B., Hübler, M., Nunnenkamp, P. (2013). Does Foreign Aid Reduce Energy and Carbon Intensities of Developing Economies?. Journal of International Development, 25 (1), 67-91.
• Nunnenkamp, P., Sosa Andrés, M., Vadlamannati, K., Waldkirch, A. (2012). What Drives India's Outward FDI?. South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance, 1 (2), 245-279.
• Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H. (2012). How to Attract Donations: The Case of US NGOs in International Development. Journal of Development Studies, 48 (10), 1522-1535.
• Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Thiel, S., Thiele, R. (2012). Aid Allocation by German NGOs: Does the Degree of Official Financing Matter. The World Economy, 35 (11), 1448-1472.
• Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H., Weisser, J. (2012). Financial Dependence and Aid Allocation by Swiss NGOs: A Panel Tobit Analysis. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 60 (4), 829-867.
• Herzer, D., Nunnenkamp, P. (2012). The effect of foreign aid on income inequality: Evidence from panel cointegration. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 23 (3), 245-255.
• Mukim, M., Nunnenkamp, P. (2012). The Location Choices of Foreign Investors: A District-level Analysis in India. The World Economy, 35 (7), 886-918.
• Chintrakarn, P., Herzer, D., Nunnenkamp, P. (2012). FDI and Income Inequality: Evidence from a Panel of US States. Economic Inquiry, 50 (3), 788-801.
• Dreher, A., Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H. (2012). Why it pays for aid recipients to take note of the Millennium Challenge Corporation: Other donors do!. Economics Letters, 115 (3), 373-375.
• 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.
• Bode, E., Nunnenkamp, P., Waldkirch, A. (2012). Spatial Effects of Foreign Direct Investment in US States. Canadian Journal of Economics, 45 (1), 16-40.
• Nunnenkamp, P., Öhler, H. (2012). Funding, Competition and the Efficiency of NGOs: An Empirical Analysis of Non-charitable Expenditure of US NGOs Engaged in Foreign Aid. Kyklos, 65 (1), 81-110.
• Nunnenkamp, P., Mukim, M. (2012). The Clustering of FDI in India: The Importance of Peer Effects. Applied Economics Letters, 19 (8), 749-753.
• 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.
• 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.
• Liu, W., Nunnenkamp, P. (2011). Domestic Repercussions of Different Types of FDI: Firm-level Evidence for Taiwanese Manufacturing . World Development, 39 (5), 808-823.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Aldasoro, I., Nunnenkamp, P., Thiele, R. (2010). Less Aid Proliferation and More Donor Coordination? The Wide Gap between Words and Deeds. Journal of International Development, 22(7), 920-940.
• 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.