Competition for export markets and the allocation of foreign aid: The role of spatial dependence among donor countries

World Development

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 350-365

  Barthel, Fabian ^a   Neumayer, Eric ^a   Nunnenkamp, Peter ^b   Selaya, Pablo ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aid allocation; Export competition; Sector specific aid; Spatial dependence

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL AID; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TERMS OF TRADE;

EID: 84904301539     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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