Business Cycle Fluctuations, Large Shocks, and Development Aid : New Evidence /

We examine the cyclical properties of development aid using bilateral data for 22 donors and over 100 recipients during 1970?2005. We find that bilateral aid flows are on average procyclical with respect to business cycles in donor and recipient countries. However, they become countercyclical when r...

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Autore principale: Dabla-Norris, Era
Altri autori: Minoiu, Camelia, Zanna, Luis-Felipe
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/240
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF