Does terror increase aid?

Public Choice

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-363

  Dreher, Axel ^a,b,c,d,e   Fuchs, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

^d IZA   (Germany)

^e KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DAC donors; Foreign aid; Heckman selection model; Transnational terrorism; War on Terror and aid

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053893492     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-011-9878-8     Document Type: Article

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