Kai Gehring
Biographic Data
| ID | 1053987 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kai Gehring |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kai |
| FAMILY NAME | Gehring |
| SIGNATURE | GEHRING K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2576-4245 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 113 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Stimulant or Depressant? Resource-Related Income Shocks and Conflict
We provide evidence on the mechanisms linking resource-related income shocks to conflict, focusing on illegal crops. We hypothesize that the degree of group competition over resources and the extent of law enforcement explain whether opportunity cost or contest effects dominate. Combining temporal variation in international drug prices with spatial variation in the suitability to produce opium, we show that higher prices increase household living…
China and the World Bank—How contrasting development approaches affect the stability of African states
Can External Threats Foster a European Union Identity? Evidence from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Can external threats strengthen group identity? A growing body of research in economics emphasises the importance of cultural attributes such as identity for trust and cooperation. However, where these attributes come from is not well understood. This paper examines reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014, looking at European Union member states. Comparing low-threat to high-threat states in a difference-in-differences design, I find…
Overcoming History Through Exit or Integration
The origins of voter preferences about the vertical distribution of political power in federal systems are not well understood. I argue that negative historical experiences with higher-level governments can raise demands for both exit strategies and a decentralization of power, but also for upward integration. I specify conditions when delegating power upwards, for example, from the nation-state to a supranational level or international organizat…
Ein wichtiger Kompass in unruhigen Zeiten
Stigma or cushion? IMF programs and sovereign creditworthiness
Asien /Asia
Aid Fragmentation and Effectiveness
Gesture Politics or Real Commitment? Gender Inequality and the Allocation of Aid
We investigate whether donors give more aid to countries with larger gender gaps in education, health, or women’s rights, and whether they reward improvements in those indicators. We find some evidence that high gender gaps in education and health are associated with higher allocation of aid in those sectors and aid overall. Greater female political representation also appears to come along with higher aid flows. While we find no systematic evide…
Inequality and happiness
The Home Bias in Sovereign Ratings
Who Benefits from Economic Freedom? Unraveling the Effect of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-Being
Can External Threats Foster a European Union Identity? Evidence from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Can external threats strengthen group identity? A growing body of research in economics emphasises the importance of cultural attributes such as identity for trust and cooperation. However, where these attributes come from is not well understood. This paper examines reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014, looking at European Union member states. Comparing low-threat to high-threat states in a difference-in-differences design, I find…
Aid Fragmentation and Effectiveness
China and the World Bank—How contrasting development approaches affect the stability of African states
Who Benefits from Economic Freedom? Unraveling the Effect of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-Being
Gesture Politics or Real Commitment? Gender Inequality and the Allocation of Aid
We investigate whether donors give more aid to countries with larger gender gaps in education, health, or women’s rights, and whether they reward improvements in those indicators. We find some evidence that high gender gaps in education and health are associated with higher allocation of aid in those sectors and aid overall. Greater female political representation also appears to come along with higher aid flows. While we find no systematic evide…
Stigma or cushion? IMF programs and sovereign creditworthiness
Overcoming History Through Exit or Integration
The origins of voter preferences about the vertical distribution of political power in federal systems are not well understood. I argue that negative historical experiences with higher-level governments can raise demands for both exit strategies and a decentralization of power, but also for upward integration. I specify conditions when delegating power upwards, for example, from the nation-state to a supranational level or international organizat…
Asien /Asia
Inequality and happiness
The Home Bias in Sovereign Ratings
Who Benefits from Economic Freedom? Unraveling the Effect of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-Being
Gesture Politics or Real Commitment? Gender Inequality and the Allocation of Aid
We investigate whether donors give more aid to countries with larger gender gaps in education, health, or women’s rights, and whether they reward improvements in those indicators. We find some evidence that high gender gaps in education and health are associated with higher allocation of aid in those sectors and aid overall. Greater female political representation also appears to come along with higher aid flows. While we find no systematic evide…
Aid Fragmentation and Effectiveness
Asien /Asia
Ein wichtiger Kompass in unruhigen Zeiten
Stigma or cushion? IMF programs and sovereign creditworthiness
Overcoming History Through Exit or Integration
The origins of voter preferences about the vertical distribution of political power in federal systems are not well understood. I argue that negative historical experiences with higher-level governments can raise demands for both exit strategies and a decentralization of power, but also for upward integration. I specify conditions when delegating power upwards, for example, from the nation-state to a supranational level or international organizat…
China and the World Bank—How contrasting development approaches affect the stability of African states
Can External Threats Foster a European Union Identity? Evidence from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Can external threats strengthen group identity? A growing body of research in economics emphasises the importance of cultural attributes such as identity for trust and cooperation. However, where these attributes come from is not well understood. This paper examines reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014, looking at European Union member states. Comparing low-threat to high-threat states in a difference-in-differences design, I find…
Stimulant or Depressant? Resource-Related Income Shocks and Conflict
We provide evidence on the mechanisms linking resource-related income shocks to conflict, focusing on illegal crops. We hypothesize that the degree of group competition over resources and the extent of law enforcement explain whether opportunity cost or contest effects dominate. Combining temporal variation in international drug prices with spatial variation in the suitability to produce opium, we show that higher prices increase household living…
Economics (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Law (5 works) · International Development and Aid (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (3 works) · Demographic economics (3 works)