The dynamic implications of foreign aid and its variability

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-102

  Arellano, Cristina ^a   Bulíř, Aleš ^b   Lane, Timothy ^b   Lipschitz, Leslie ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aid; C68; F35; F41; General equilibrium; Real business cycle; Transfer problem

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; BUSINESS CYCLE; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL AID; MODELING; REAL EXCHANGE RATE;

EID: 53849139156     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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