Article ID: | iaor2012703 |
Volume: | 45 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 288 |
End Page Number: | 313 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2012 |
Journal: | Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'conomique |
Authors: | Nowak-Lehmann Felicitas, Dreher Axel, Herzer Dierk, Klasen Stephan, Martínez-Zarzoso Inmaculada |
Keywords: | social, statistics: regression |
We analyze the relationship between per capita income and foreign aid. We employ annual data and five-year averages and carefully examine the time-series properties of the data. Panel estimations with dynamic feasible generalized least-squares (DFGLS) show that aid generally has an insignificant or minute negative significant impact on per capita income (particularly in highly aid-dependent countries). This holds true for countries with different levels of human development and income, as well as for different regions. We also find that aid has a small positive impact on investment, but a significant negative impact on domestic savings (crowding out) and the real exchange rate (appreciation).