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Staff growth in international organizations: A principal-agent problem? An empirical analysis

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Roland Vaubel ()
Axel Dreher ()
Uğurlu Soylu ()

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Volume (Year): 133 (2007)
Issue (Month): 3 (December)
Pages: 275-295
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Keywords: International organizations; Bureaucracy; Principal-agent problem; Membership size; Partisan policies; F 02;

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  3. Michele Fratianni & John Pattison, 2004. "Who is Running the IMF: Critical Shareholders or the Staff?," Working Papers 2004-06, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Jonathan B. Slapin and Julia Gray, University of Pittsburgh, 2009. "Why Some Regional Trade Agreements Work: Private Rents, Exit Options, and Legalization," The Institute for International Integration Studies Discussion Paper Series iiisdp289, IIIS. [Downloadable!]
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  6. Axel Dreher & Nathan Jensen, 2005. "Independent Actor or Agent? An Empirical Analysis of the impact of US interests on IMF Conditions," KOF Working papers 05-118, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Christian Bjørnskov & Axel Dreher & Justina A. V. Fischer, 2005. "The bigger the better? Evidence of the effect of government size on life satisfaction around the world," Economics working paper series 05/44, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich. [Downloadable!]
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