Is NGO aid not so different after all? Comparing the allocation of Swiss aid by private and official donors

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 422-438

  Nunnenkamp, Peter ^a   Weingarth, Janina ^b   Weisser, Johannes ^c  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^b ProCredit Holding   (Germany)

^c International Max Planck Research School on Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aid allocation; NGO aid; Official aid; Tobit models

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249115037     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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