On the provision of official and private foreign aid

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Schweinberger, Albert G.; Lahiri, Sajal
• 署名单位: Southern Illinois University System; Southern Illinois University; University of Konstanz
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.10.003
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 179-197
• 关键词: private foreign aid; Official Development Assistance; Country size; distribution of income; Free riding; altruism

摘要

The provision of official relative to private foreign aid varies considerably between donor countries. We explain the variations in terms of country size, household composition, income distribution, and the government's ability to commit to aid, and derive inter alia the results: (1) official aid crowds out private aid, (2) total aid and official aid collected from each household are lower in more populous countries, (3) total aid is lower if (i) the distribution of income favors the more altruistic households, and (ii) the government can credibly commit to a certain level of aid. Evidences suggest that the theoretical results can explain stylized facts. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.