Counting Chickens when they Hatch: Timing and the Effects of Aid on Growth

Economic Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 561, 2012, Pages 590-617

  Clemens, Michael A ^a   Radelet, Steven ^b   Bhavnani, Rikhil R ^c   Bazzi, Samuel ^d  

^a CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DEVELOPMENT AID; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INTERNATIONAL AID;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84860437391     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02482.x     Document Type: Article

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