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The Alma Mater Effect: does foreign education of political leaders influence foreign policy?

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We study whether national leaders' foreign education influences their foreign policy, measured by voting behavior at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). We hypothesize that “affinity” - pre-existing or developed while studying abroad - makes leaders with foreign education more likely to...

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Main Author: Dreher, Axel (Author)
Other Authors: Yu, Shu (Other)
Format: Book/Monograph Working Paper
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] SSRN [2016]
Series:CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5871
In: CESifo working papers (No. 5871)

DOI:10.2139/ssrn.2780861
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2780861
Resolving-System, kostenfrei: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2780861
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Author Notes:Axel Dreher and Shu Yu

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