Arbeitspapier

Foreign aid and developing countries' creditworthiness

We explore whether foreign aid affects developing countries' creditworthiness, as proxied by the Institutional Investor's measure of country credit risk. Based on a simple model of international borrowing and lending, we develop the hypothesis that current aid reduces the likelihood of future default. We then test this hypothesis, using a data set that covers a large number of developing countries in the 1980s and 1990s. While the size of the effect differs across types of aid and country groups, our empirical findings support the notion that aid improves countries' standing vis-a-vis international capital markets.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 04.05

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
International Lending and Debt Problems
Foreign Aid
Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
Thema
Aid
International Investment
Country Risk
Dynamic Panel Estimation
Entwicklungshilfe
Länderrisiko
Entwicklungsländer
Schätzung

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Harms, Philipp
Rauber, Michael
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Swiss National Bank, Study Center Gerzensee
(wo)
Gerzensee
(wann)
2004

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Harms, Philipp
  • Rauber, Michael
  • Swiss National Bank, Study Center Gerzensee

Entstanden

  • 2004

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