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Home bias in humanitarian aid: the role of regional favoritism in the allocation of international disaster relief

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Natural disasters represent a major challenge for human welfare across the globe. Given the prominent role of international humanitarian aid in alleviating human suffering, the investigation of its determinants is of paramount importance. While existing studies show its allocation to be influenced b...

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Main Authors: Bommer, Christian (Author) , Dreher, Axel (Author) , Pérez-Alvarez, Marcello (Author)
Format: Book/Monograph Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Goettingen, Germany Courant Research Centre September 2019
Series:Discussion papers / Courant Research Centre no. 266
In: Discussion papers (no. 266)

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Graue Literatur
Online Access:Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/203140
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://www2.vwl.wiso.uni-goettingen.de/courant-papers/CRC-PEG_DP_266.pdf
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Author Notes:Christian Bommer, Axel Dreher, Marcello Perez-Alvarez

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