The allocation of German aid: self-interest and government ideology
We investigate the importance of geo-strategic and commercial motives for the allocation of German aid to 138 countries over the 1973-2010 period. We find that geo-strategic and – less robustly – commercial motives matter. When we relate geo-strategic and commercial motives to the political color of...
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| Format: | Book/Monograph Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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Kiel
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
January 2013
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| Series: | Kiel working paper
number 1817 |
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Kiel working paper (number 1817)
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| Online Access: | Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:101:1-201703134149 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://www.ifw-members.ifw-kiel.de/publications/the-allocation-of-german-aid-self-interest-and-government-ideology/KWP_1817.pdf Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/68617 Verlag, Volltext: http://www.ifw-members.ifw-kiel.de//reference_catalog/lookupObject?uuid=6f9385dd67434d5ade35b4f245a099b6 
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| Author Notes: | Axel Dreher, Peter Nunnenkamp, Maya Schmaljohann |
| Summary: | We investigate the importance of geo-strategic and commercial motives for the allocation of German aid to 138 countries over the 1973-2010 period. We find that geo-strategic and – less robustly – commercial motives matter. When we relate geo-strategic and commercial motives to the political color of the German government in general, and the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Federal Foreign Office in particular, we find their importance to increase under socialist leadership. Socialist leadership also decreases the amount of aid commitments, controlled for other factors. |
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