Geopolitics, aid and growth
We investigate the effects of short-term political motivations on the effectiveness of foreign aid. Specifically, we test whether the effect of aid on economic growth is reduced by the share of years a country has served on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in the period the aid has been co...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Buch/Monographie Arbeitspapier |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Heidelberg
Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
2014
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| Schriftenreihe: | Discussion Paper Series / University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
575 |
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Discussion paper series (575)
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| Online-Zugang: | Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-175459
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| Verfasserangaben: | Axel Dreher; Vera Eichenauer; Kai Gehring |
| Zusammenfassung: | We investigate the effects of short-term political motivations on the effectiveness of foreign aid. Specifically, we test whether the effect of aid on economic growth is reduced by the share of years a country has served on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in the period the aid has been committed, which provides quasi-random variation in aid. Our results show that the relationship of aid with growth is significantly lower when aid has been committed during a country’s tenure on the UNSC. We derive two conclusions from this. First, short-term political favoritism reduces growth. Second, political interest variables are inadequate as instruments for overall aid, raising doubts about a large number of results in the aid effectiveness literature. |
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| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |