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

This paper investigates whether regional favoritism shapes humanitarian aid flows. Using a rich and unique dataset derived from reports of the Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), we show that substantially larger amounts of aid are disbursed when exogenous natural disasters hit the birt...

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Main Authors: Bommer, Christian (Author) , Dreher, Axel (Author) , Pérez-Alvarez, Marcello (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 1 March 2022
In: Journal of public economics
Year: 2022, Volume: 208, Pages: 1-16
ISSN:1879-2316
DOI:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104604
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104604
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272722000068
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Author Notes:Christian Bommer, Axel Dreher, Marcello Perez-Alvarez
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