Donor–recipient ideological differences and economic aid

Vahe Lskavyan ()

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 123, issue 3, 345-347

Abstract: We explore the impact of donor–recipient ideological differences on US economic aid decisions. We find that the odds and the amount of aid to left-wing recipients are higher under left-wing US administrations. The opposite result is found for center-right recipients.

Keywords: Economic aid; Ideology; Foreign aid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 F35 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.03.016

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