Loans or grants?

Review of World Economics

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 764-782

  Cohen, Daniel ^a   Jacquet, Pierre ^b   Reisen, Helmut ^b  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Developing countries; Grants; Loans

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349030160     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-007-0131-y     Document Type: Article

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