The Impact of Aid on Growth Revisited: Do Donor Motives Matter?

Christopher Kilby () and Axel Dreher ()

No 5, Villanova School of Business Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper Series from Villanova School of Business Department of Economics and Statistics

Abstract: The typical identification strategy in aid effectiveness studies assumes donor motives do not influence the impact of aid on growth. We call this homogeneity assumption into question, first constructing a model in which donor motives matter and then testing the assumption empirically.

Keywords: Growth; Aid; Politics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F35 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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