Axel Dreher (born September 17, 1972) is a

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. He earned a

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from the

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in 1999, and a Ph.D. in 2003. He is among the 500 top economists of the world according to the

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. According to research.com he is Germany's best Political Scientist and ranks second in Economics and Finance there. ScholarGPS includes him as a top-300 economist and among the leading 10,000 scientists of all fields worldwide. As professor of economics at the University of

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and assistant professor at the universities of

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and

ETH Zurich ETH Zurich (; ) is a public university in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 1854 with the stated mission to educate engineers and scientists, the university focuses primarily on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. ETH Zurich ran ...

he has worked in fields including: * the public-choice-analysis of international organizations, especially

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 191 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of las ...

and

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and Grant (money), grants to the governments of Least developed countries, low- and Developing country, middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development ...

economic development In economics, economic development (or economic and social development) is the process by which the economic well-being and quality of life of a nation, region, local community, or an individual are improved according to targeted goals and object ...

, especially

foreign aid In international relations, aid (also known as international aid, overseas aid, foreign aid, economic aid or foreign assistance) is – from the perspective of governments – a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another. The ...

public economics Public economics ''(or economics of the public sector)'' is the study of government policy through the lens of economic efficiency and Equity (economics), equity. Public economics builds on the theory of welfare economics and is ultimately used as ...

, especially

corruption Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense that is undertaken by a person or an organization that is entrusted in a position of authority to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's gain. Corruption may involve activities ...

and shadow economy Dreher is professor of international and development politics at the Ruprecht-Karl University of Heidelberg. He developed the

KOF Index of Globalization The KOF Index of Globalisation is an index of the degree of globalisation of 122 countries. It was conceived by Axel Dreher at the Konjunkturforschungsstelle of ETH Zurich, in Switzerland. It was first published in 2002, and covered the period fro ...

at ETH in

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, is part of the team providing the Geocoded Official Development Dataset (GODAD) and is editor-in-chief of the '' Review of International Organizations''. He is Co-Director of the Center for European Studies (CefES), Faculty Associate of AidData, Fellow of CEPR, CESifo, KOF, and the European Development Network, as well as a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He is a first-generation academic.

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