Does foreign aid corrupt?

José Tavares

doi:10.1016/S0165-1765(02)00293-8

Does foreign aid corrupt?

José Tavares

NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	99-106
Number of pages	8
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	79
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(02)00293-8
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2003

Keywords

Corruption
Instrumental variables
International aid

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