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The impact of unstable aids on consumption volatility in developing countries

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  • Kodama, Masahiro

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In recent years, a large and expanding literature has examined the properties of developing economies with regard to the macroeconomic cycle.1 One such property that is characteristic of developing economies is large fluctuations in consumption.Meanwhile, aid for the low income countries is extremely volatile, and under certain circumstances, the volatile aid amplifies the consumption volatility. This document examines whether it is possible that the volatile aid yields high consumption volatility in African countries that constitute the majority of the low income countries. Our numerical analysis reveals that the strongly influential aid disbursements yield a considerably large fluctuation in consumption.

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  • Kodama, Masahiro, 2008. "The impact of unstable aids on consumption volatility in developing countries," IDE Discussion Papers 173, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
    • Handle: RePEc:jet:dpaper:dpaper173
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    Keywords

    Africa; Consumption; Economic assistance; Econometric model; Aid; Consumption Volatility; International Macroeconomics; アフリカ; 消費; 経済援助; 経済モデル; 国際マクロ経済;
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    JEL classification:

    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid

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