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The (small) blessing of foreign aid: further evidence on aid’s impact on democracy

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The (small) blessing of foreign aid: further evidence on aid’s impact on democracy. / Altunbas, Yener; Thornton, John.
In: Applied Economics, Vol. 46, No. 32, 20.08.2014, p. 3922-3930.

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Altunbas, Y & Thornton, J 2014, 'The (small) blessing of foreign aid: further evidence on aid’s impact on democracy', Applied Economics, vol. 46, no. 32, pp. 3922-3930. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2014.946186

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Altunbas, Y., & Thornton, J. (2014). The (small) blessing of foreign aid: further evidence on aid’s impact on democracy. Applied Economics, 46(32), 3922-3930. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2014.946186

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Altunbas Y, Thornton J. 2014. The (small) blessing of foreign aid: further evidence on aid’s impact on democracy. Applied Economics. 46(32):3922-3930. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2014.946186

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Altunbas, Yener and John Thornton. "The (small) blessing of foreign aid: further evidence on aid’s impact on democracy". Applied Economics. 2014, 46(32). 3922-3930. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2014.946186

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Altunbas Y, Thornton J. The (small) blessing of foreign aid: further evidence on aid’s impact on democracy. Applied Economics. 2014 Aug 20;46(32):3922-3930. doi: 10.1080/00036846.2014.946186

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Altunbas, Yener ; Thornton, John. / The (small) blessing of foreign aid : further evidence on aid’s impact on democracy. In: Applied Economics. 2014 ; Vol. 46, No. 32. pp. 3922-3930.

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AU - Altunbas, Yener

AU - Thornton, John

PY - 2014/8/20

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N2 - In an empirical contribution to the literature of foreign aid, we estimate the impact of foreign aid on democracy in a panel of 93 developing economies during 1971–2010. We find that foreign aid promotes democracy, with the result robust to different estimation methodologies and control variables and to instrumenting for foreign aid.

AB - In an empirical contribution to the literature of foreign aid, we estimate the impact of foreign aid on democracy in a panel of 93 developing economies during 1971–2010. We find that foreign aid promotes democracy, with the result robust to different estimation methodologies and control variables and to instrumenting for foreign aid.

KW - Foreign Aid

KW - Democracy

KW - Instrumental variables

U2 - 10.1080/00036846.2014.946186

DO - 10.1080/00036846.2014.946186

M3 - Article

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JO - Applied Economics

JF - Applied Economics

SN - 0003-6846

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