The impact of aid on growth revisited

Axel Dreher and Christopher Kilby

No 09-225, KOF Working papers from KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich

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: Aid; Growth; Politics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2009-04
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