The costs of favoritism: Is politically driven aid less effective?

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 157-191

  Dreher, Axel ^a   Klasen, Stephan ^b   Vreeland, James Raymond ^c   Werker, Eric ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT AID; ECONOMIC GROWTH; POLITICAL RELATIONS; WORLD BANK;

EID: 84883821438     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671711     Document Type: Article

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