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No calm after the storm—diaspora influence on bilateral emergency aid flows

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This study analyzes how migrants affect their host country's foreign policy toward their home country by measuring their influence on bilateral emergency aid. I develop the argument that besides political lobbying and the targeting of aid by the donor country, migrants affect emergency aid by providing a linkage between the countries and increasing the salience of a disaster abroad. The empirical analysis shows that the location and size of a country's diaspora is an important predictor of emergency aid flows after natural disasters. Interaction effects provide support for the linkage argument: while the diaspora effect does not increase with the host country's level of democracy, it is strongest with the least severe and most distant disasters.

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  • Platte, Hendrik, 2021. "No calm after the storm—diaspora influence on bilateral emergency aid flows," Political Science Research and Methods, Cambridge University Press, vol. 9(2), pages 275-291, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:pscirm:v:9:y:2021:i:2:p:275-291_4
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