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Foreign aid and fiscal behavior in a bounded rationality model: Different policy regimes

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  • Ira N. Gang

    (Economics Department, Rutgers University, 75 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1248, USA)

  • Haider Ali Khan

    (Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, Ben Cherrington, Denver, CO 80210, USA)

Abstract

We examine how the source of foreign aid affects the composition of the recipient government's spending. Does the source of aid - bilateral or multilateral - influence recipient policy-makers' choice between development and nondevelopment expenditure? We depart from previous literature by introducing strong asymmetries in policy-makers' preferences. With the financial constraints set by foreign aid and domestic revenues, this formalization allows us to model and estimate the fiscal behavior of government policy-makers in the presence of foreign aid.

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  • Ira N. Gang & Haider Ali Khan, 1999. "Foreign aid and fiscal behavior in a bounded rationality model: Different policy regimes," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 24(1), pages 121-134.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:empeco:v:24:y:1999:i:1:p:121-134
    Note: received: September 1996 / final version received: April 1998
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    Foreign aid · India;

    JEL classification:

    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid

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