Aid, Political Business Cycles and Growth in Africa
Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Chiripanhura, Blessing M. (2014). Aid, Political Business Cycles and Growth in Africa. UNU-WIDER.
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Sub-type Working paper Author Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel
Chiripanhura, Blessing M.Title Aid, Political Business Cycles and Growth in Africa Volume/Issue No. 2014/145 Publication Date 2014 Place of Publication Helsinki Publisher UNU-WIDER Pages 26 Language eng Abstract This paper develops a model of opportunistic behaviour in which an incumbent government resort to expansionary fiscal and/or monetary stimuli to foster economic growth and thus, maximize the probability of re-election. Using a panel dataset of 51 African
Keyword Business cycles
Economic assistance and foreign aid
Econometric models (economic development)
Economic growth
MacroeconomicsCopyright Holder UNU-WIDER Copyright Year 2014 Copyright type Fair use permitted ISSN 17987237 ISBN 9789292308667 -
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