Foreign Aid and Economic Growth: A Panel Cointegration for Selected Turkic Republics

Foreign Aid and Long-run Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence for a Panel of Developing Countries

This paper investigates the relationship between foreign aid and growth in per capita GDP using annual data from the 1960 to 1997 period for a sample of 71 aid-receiving developing economies. The results show that the effect of foreign aid on economic growth is positive, permanent, statistically significant, and sizable: raising foreign aid by $20 per person of the receiving country results in ...

Oil, Government’s Budget and Economic Growth: A Dynamic Panel Data Model for Selected Oil Exporting Economies

Recognition of economic growth determinants is one of the most important concerns for economists. In the oil exporting countries oil revenues play a significant role for the economy alongside with other economic growth determinants. This paper attempts to investigate the role of oil in selected oil-revenue dependent economies. Since oil revenue goes directly to public treasury and is expended b...

Foreign Aid, Political Instability, and Economic Growth

Relying on a simple endogenous growth model, this paper highlights a political instability effect as a potential explanation for why foreign aid is frequently ineffective with respect to economic performance. In the present framework, the role of the state is to fund institutions allowing for ongoing technology adoption and hence long-run growth. However, providing a self-interested government ...

Does foreign aid really attract foreign investors? New evidence from panel cointegration

Crowding out Effect of Foreign Aid in Selected Developing Countries: Panel Data Evidence