Aid allocation rules

European Economic Review

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 132-151

  Carter, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorption constraints; Allocation; Foreign aid; Neoclassical growth model

Indexed keywords

GROWTH MODELING; INTERNATIONAL AID; MARKET TRANSITION; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84908019970     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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