• Title of article

    Does foreign aid corrupt?

  • Author/Authors

    José Tavares، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    99
  • To page
    106
  • Abstract
    We estimate the impact of foreign aid on corruption using geographical and cultural distance to the donor countries as instrumental variables to assess causality. Aid decreases corruption. Our results are statistically and economically significant and robust to different controls
  • Keywords
    Corruption , International aid , Instrumental variables
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    435153