Background
Dreher, Axel was born on September 17, 1972 in Mannheim, Germany. Son of Dieter and Birgit Dreher.
Dreher, Axel was born on September 17, 1972 in Mannheim, Germany. Son of Dieter and Birgit Dreher.
Master in Economic, Mannheim University, Germany, 1999. Doctor of Philosophy in Economic, Mannheim University, Germany, 2003.
He is among the 500 top economists of the world according to the top list of IDEAS/RePEc. As professor of economics at the University of Goettingen and assistant professor at the universities of Mannheim, Exeter, Konstanz and Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich he has worked in fields including:
the Public-Choice-Analysis of International Organizations, especially International Monetary Fund and World Bank
Economic Development, especially globalization
Public Economics, especially corruption and Shadow Economy
Public Finance.
Dreher is professor of international and development politics at the Ruprecht-Karl University of Heidelberg. He is responsible for the KOF Index of Globalization at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zürich and is editor-in-chief of the Review of International Organizations.
Member of CESifo Research Network, European Public Choice Society, American Political Science Association, European Economic Association.