Aid modalities and budgetary response: Panel data evidence

Review of World Economics

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 720-741

  Mavrotas, George ^a,b   Ouattara, Bazoumana ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aid heterogeneity; Panel data; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349005889     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-007-0129-5     Document Type: Article

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