Arbeitspapier
Foreign Aid Fiscal Policy: Theory and Evidence
The paper provides theoretical and empirical justifications for the instrumentality of foreign aid in stimulating private investment and fixed capital formation through fiscal policy mechanisms. We propose an endogenous growth theory based on an extension of Barro (1990) by postulating that the positive effect of aid mitigates the burden of the taxation system on the private sector of recipient countries. The empirical validity is based on data from 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010. While the findings on the tax effort channel are overwhelmingly consistent with theory across specifications and fundamental characteristics, those of the ‘government expenditure’ channel are a little heterogeneous but broadly in line with the theoretical postulations. Justification for the slight heterogeneity and policy implications are discussed.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: AGDI Working Paper ; No. WP/15/063
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
History of Economic Thought since 1925: General
Foreign Aid
International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy: General
Economic Development: General
Economywide Country Studies: Africa
- Thema
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Foreign Aid
Political Economy
Development
Africa
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Asongu, Simplice
Jellal, Mohamed
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
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Yaoundé
- (wann)
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2015
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Asongu, Simplice
- Jellal, Mohamed
- African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
Entstanden
- 2015
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