Axel Dreher

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 500 top economists of the world according to the IDEAS/RePEc. According to research.com he is Germany's best Political Scientist and ranks second in Economics and Finance there.

As professor of economics at the University of Göttingen and assistant professor at the universities of Mannheim, Exeter, Konstanz and ETH Zurich he has worked in fields including: 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 ETH in Zürich and is editor-in-chief of the Review of International Organizations.
 * 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