Who Benefits from Aid for Trade? Comparing the Effects on Recipient versus Donor Exports

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1275-1288

  Hühne, Philipp ^a   Meyer, Birgit ^b   Nunnenkamp, Peter ^c  

^a HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL AID; TRADE FLOW; TRADE PERFORMANCE; TRADE RELATIONS;

EID: 84907592704     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2014.903246     Document Type: Article

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