Axel Dreher
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Axel Dreher (born September 17, 1972) is a German economist.
He earned a master's degree from the University of Mannheim in 1999 and a Ph.D. in 2003. He is among the 1000 best economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc.
As assistant professor of economics at the universities of Mannheim, Exeter and Konstanz, 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 currently at the ETH in Zürich where he is responsible for the KOF globalization index. He is also editor-in-chief of the Review of International Organizations
