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The allocation of volatile aid and economic growth: evidence and a suggestive theory
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posted on 2007-03-30, 12:44 authored by Kyriakos C. Neanidis, Dimitrios VarvarigosWe present evidence on the effects of aid transfers and their degree of volatility on economic growth and show that these effects can be categorised in relation to the allocation of foreign aid between productive and non-productive purposes. Using a stochastic endogenous growth model, we provide a theoretical rationalisation for our empirical evidence. Both the empirical and the theoretical analyses generate a pertinent conclusion: situations in which aid actually inhibits the recipient’s growth rate may appear if and only if aid is volatile. As a result, we conclude that it is only in conjunction with the presence of aid variability that aid allocation decisions determine whether aid hurts or promotes trend growth.
History
School
- Business and Economics
Department
- Economics
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332568 bytesPublication date
2007Notes
This is a working paper. It is also available at: http://ideas.repec.org/p/lbo/lbowps/2007_07.html.ISSN
1750-4171Language
- en