Aid effectiveness, debt relief and public finance response: Evidence from a panel of HIPC countries

Review of World Economics

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 742-763

  Cassimon, Danny ^a   Van Campenhout, Bjorn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aid effectiveness; Debt relief; Fiscal response; HIPC

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349079976     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-007-0130-z     Document Type: Article

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