The effect of foreign aid on corruption: A quantile regression approach

Keisuke Okada and Sovannroeun Samreth

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 115, issue 2, 240-243

Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of foreign aid on corruption using a quantile regression method. We show that foreign aid generally reduces corruption, and its reduction effect is greater in less corrupt countries. Moreover, this effect is different by different donor countries.

Keywords: Foreign aid; Corruption; Quantile regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 F35 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.051

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