Does Aid Cause Trade? Evidence from an Asymmetric Gravity Model

World Economy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 545-577

  Silva, Simone Juhasz ^a   Nelson, Douglas ^b,c  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL AID; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MODEL TEST; NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84860569371     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2011.01431.x     Document Type: Article

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