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Ben Zou

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Terminal Degree:2015 Department of Economics; University of Maryland (from RePEc Genealogy)

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Economics Department
Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)
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Working papers

  1. Zhang, Hanzhe & Zou, Ben, 2020. "A Marriage-Market Perspective on Risk-Taking and Career Choices: Theory and Evidence," Working Papers 2020-12, Michigan State University, Department of Economics.
  2. Benjamin B. Bederson & Ginger Zhe Jin & Phillip Leslie & Alexander J. Quinn & Ben Zou, 2016. "Incomplete Disclosure: Evidence of Signaling and Countersignaling," NBER Working Papers 22710, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  3. Sebastian Galiani & Stephen Knack & Lixin Colin Xu & Ben Zou, 2016. "The Effect of Aid on Growth: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment," NBER Working Papers 22164, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Knack, Stephen & Xu, Lixin Colin & Zou, Ben, 2014. "Interactions among donors'aid allocations : evidence from an exogenous World Bank income threshold," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7039, The World Bank.

Articles

  1. Benjamin B. Bederson & Ginger Zhe Jin & Phillip Leslie & Alexander J. Quinn & Ben Zou, 2018. "Incomplete Disclosure: Evidence of Signaling and Countersignaling," American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 10(1), pages 41-66, February.
  2. Ben Zou, 2018. "The Local Economic Impacts of Military Personnel," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 36(3), pages 589-621.
  3. Fan, Jingting & Tang, Lixin & Zhu, Weiming & Zou, Ben, 2018. "The Alibaba effect: Spatial consumption inequality and the welfare gains from e-commerce," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 203-220.
  4. Sebastian Galiani & Stephen Knack & Lixin Colin Xu & Ben Zou, 2017. "The effect of aid on growth: evidence from a Quasi-experiment," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 22(1), pages 1-33, March.
  5. Hellerstein, Judith K. & Morrill, Melinda Sandler & Zou, Ben, 2013. "Business cycles and divorce: Evidence from microdata," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 118(1), pages 68-70.

Citations

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  1. Galiani, Sebastian & Knack, Stephen & Xu, Lixin Colin & Zou, Ben, 2014. "The effect of aid on growth : evidence from a quasi-experiment," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6865, The World Bank.

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    1. L’aide au développement favorise-t-elle la croissance ?
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Working papers

  1. Zhang, Hanzhe & Zou, Ben, 2020. "A Marriage-Market Perspective on Risk-Taking and Career Choices: Theory and Evidence," Working Papers 2020-12, Michigan State University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. He, Simin & Wu, Jiabin & Zhang, Hanzhe, 2021. "Experimental and Noncooperative Analyses of Decentralized Matching with Transfers," Working Papers 2021-2, Michigan State University, Department of Economics.
    2. Zhang, Hanzhe, 2020. "Pre-matching gambles," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 121(C), pages 76-89.
    3. Wu, Jiabin & Zhang, Hanzhe, 2021. "Preference evolution in different matching markets," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 137(C).

  2. Benjamin B. Bederson & Ginger Zhe Jin & Phillip Leslie & Alexander J. Quinn & Ben Zou, 2016. "Incomplete Disclosure: Evidence of Signaling and Countersignaling," NBER Working Papers 22710, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Maria Montero & Jesal Sheth, 2019. "Naivety about hidden information: An experimental investigation," Discussion Papers 2019-11, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.
    2. Jeroen Nieboer, 2022. "Positional enhancement in effort-based social comparisons," Discussion Papers 2022-02, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.
    3. Jeanne Hagenbach & Charlotte Saucet, 2024. "Motivated Skepticism," Working Papers hal-03770685, HAL.
    4. Rick Harbaugh & Theodore To, 2005. "False Modesty: When Disclosing Good News Looks Bad," Working Papers 2005-05, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy.
    5. Ginger Zhe Jin & Michael Luca & Daniel J. Martin, 2018. "Complex Disclosure," NBER Working Papers 24675, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    6. Jeanne Hagenbach & Charlotte Saucet, 2024. "Motivated Skepticism," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) hal-03770685, HAL.
    7. Tom Lane & Minghai Zhou, 2022. "Failure of unravelling theory? A natural field experiment on voluntary quality disclosure," Discussion Papers 2022-17, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.
    8. Benndorf, Volker & Kübler, Dorothea & Normann, Hans-Theo, 2022. "Behavioral Forces Driving Information Unraveling," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 354, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
    9. Han Zhu & Yimin Yu & Saibal Ray, 2021. "Quality Disclosure Strategy under Customer Learning Opportunities," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 30(4), pages 1136-1153, April.
    10. Jeanne Hagenbach & Charlotte Saucet, 2024. "Motivated Skepticism," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-03770685, HAL.
    11. Benndorf, Volker & Kübler, Dorothea & Normann, Hans-Theo, 2023. "Behavioral forces driving information unraveling," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Behavior SP II 2023-207, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    12. Makofske, Matthew, 2024. "Anticipated Monitoring, Inhibited Detection, and Diminished Deterrence," MPRA Paper 120044, University Library of Munich, Germany.

  3. Sebastian Galiani & Stephen Knack & Lixin Colin Xu & Ben Zou, 2016. "The Effect of Aid on Growth: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment," NBER Working Papers 22164, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Mehmet Balcilar & Berkan Tokar & Olasehinde-Williams Godwin, 2020. "Examining the interactive growth effect of development aid and institutional quality in Sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of Development Effectiveness, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(4), pages 361-376, October.
    2. Wasiu Adamson, Temitope & Adebayo Ajisafe, Rufus & Omobolanle Yussuff, Rukayat, 2022. "Inclusive Growth In Sub-Saharan Africa: Does Sectoral Foreign Aid Matter?," Ilorin Journal of Economic Policy, Department of Economics, University of Ilorin, vol. 9(2), pages 97-128, June.
    3. John Cruzatti C. & Axel Dreher & Johannes Matzat, 2020. "Chinese Aid and Health at the Country and Local Level," CESifo Working Paper Series 8352, CESifo.
    4. Dreher, Axel & Langlotz, Sarah, 2017. "Aid and growth.New evidence using an excludable instrument," Working Papers 0635, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics.
    5. Jonathan R. W. Temple & Nicolas Van de Sijpe, 2014. "Foreign Aid and Domestic Absorption," CSAE Working Paper Series 2014-01, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
    6. Dreher, Axel & Fuchs, Andreas & Langlotz, Sarah, 2019. "The effects of foreign aid on refugee flows," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 112(C), pages 127-147.
    7. Yenner Altunbas & John Thornton & Chrysovalantis Vasilakis, 2015. "More foreign aid, less financial development," Working Papers 15007, Bangor Business School, Prifysgol Bangor University (Cymru / Wales).
    8. Martin-Shields, Charles P. & Stojetz, Wolfgang, 2019. "Food security and conflict: Empirical challenges and future opportunities for research and policy making on food security and conflict," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 150-164.
    9. Dreher, Axel & Lohmann, Steffen, 2015. "Aid and Growth at the Regional Level," CEPR Discussion Papers 10561, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    10. Munyanyi, Musharavati Ephraim & Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa, 2022. "Foreign aid and energy poverty: Sub-national evidence from Senegal," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    11. Jonas Gamso & Jikuo Lu & Farhod Yuldashev, 2021. "Does foreign aid volatility increase international migration?," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 16(3), pages 581-598, July.
    12. Chauvet, Lisa & Ehrhart, Hélène, 2018. "Aid and growth: evidence from firm-level data," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 461-477.
    13. Kamguia, Brice & Tadadjeu, Sosson & Miamo, Clovis & Njangang, Henri, 2022. "Does foreign aid impede economic complexity in developing countries?," International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 169(C), pages 71-88.
    14. Philip Keefer & Christopher Kilby, 2021. "Introduction to the special issue: In memoriam Stephen Knack," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 16(3), pages 473-493, July.
    15. Gauri Kartini Shastry & Daniel L Tortorice, 2021. "Effective Foreign Aid: Evidence from Gavi’s Vaccine Program," Working Papers 2102, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics.
    16. Laura E. Jacobson, 2020. "President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Policy Process and the Conversation around HIV/AIDS in the United States," Journal of Development Policy and Practice, , vol. 5(2), pages 149-166, July.
    17. Bai, Yu & Li, Yanjun & Wang, Yunuo, 2022. "Chinese aid and local political attitudes," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
    18. George R. G. Clarke, 2016. ", by Morten Jerven," The International Trade Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(5), pages 483-485, October.
    19. Carter, Patrick, 2017. "Aid econometrics: Lessons from a stochastic growth model," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 216-232.
    20. Francesca G. Caselli & Andrea F. Presbitero, 2020. "Aid Effectiveness in Fragile States," Mo.Fi.R. Working Papers 158, Money and Finance Research group (Mo.Fi.R.) - Univ. Politecnica Marche - Dept. Economic and Social Sciences.
    21. Bal Gündüz, Yasemin, 2016. "The Economic Impact of Short-term IMF Engagement in Low-Income Countries," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 30-49.
    22. Juergen Bitzer & Erkan Goeren, 2018. "Foreign Aid and Subnational Development: A Grid Cell Analysis," Working Papers V-407-18, University of Oldenburg, Department of Economics, revised Mar 2018.
    23. Nathalie Ferrière, 2016. "To give or not to give? How do donors react to European food aid allocation?," Working Papers halshs-01405130, HAL.
    24. Channing Arndt & Sam Jones & Finn Tarp, 2014. "What is the Aggregate Economic Rate of Return to Foreign Aid?," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2014-089, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    25. Yadav Mani Upadhyaya, "undated". "Impact Of Japanese Foreign Aid: An Analysis On Economic Development Of Nepal," Review of Socio - Economic Perspectives 202072, Reviewsep.
    26. Toke S. Aidt & Facundo Albornoz & Esther Hauk, 2021. "Foreign Influence and Domestic Policy," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 59(2), pages 426-487, June.
    27. Santanu Chatterjee & Mark C. Kelly & Stephen J. Turnovsky, 2022. "Foreign aid, public investment, and the informal economy," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 60(1), pages 174-201, January.
    28. Ozan Hatipoglu & Alp Eren Akyuz, 2018. "Donor-oriented foreign aid, trade and growth," Working Papers 2018/01, Bogazici University, Department of Economics.
    29. Hu, Zhi-An & Li, Jinghong & Nie, Zhuo, 2023. "Long Live friendship? The long-term impact of Soviet aid on Sino-Russian trade," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 164(C).
    30. Alonso José Antonio, 2018. "Development Cooperation to Ensure that none be Left Behind," Journal of Globalization and Development, De Gruyter, vol. 9(2), pages 1-21, December.
    31. Kai Gehring & Lennart C. Kaplan & Melvin H. L. Wong, 2019. "China and the World Bank - How Contrasting Development Approaches Affect the Stability of African States," CESifo Working Paper Series 7856, CESifo.
    32. Jean-François Brun & Sèna Kimm Gnangnon, 2019. "Tax reform, public revenue and public revenue instability in developing countries: Does development aid matter?," CERDI Working papers halshs-02089734, HAL.
    33. Ismahene Yahyaoui & Najeh Bouchoucha, 2020. "Foreign Aid-Growth Nexus in Africa: Do Institutions Matter?," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 11(4), pages 1663-1689, December.
    34. Dzhumashev, Ratbek & Hailemariam, Abebe, 2021. "Foreign aid and the quality of economic institutions," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    35. Terence Wood & Sabit Otor & Matthew Dornan, 2022. "Why are aid projects less effective in the Pacific?," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 40(3), May.
    36. Fuchs, Andreas & Gröger, André & Heidland, Tobias & Wellner, Lukas, 2023. "The effect of foreign aid on migration: Global micro evidence from world bank projects," Kiel Working Papers 2257, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    37. Axel Dreher & Valentin F. Lang & Sebastian Ziaja, 2017. "Foreign Aid in Areas of Limited Statehood," CESifo Working Paper Series 6340, CESifo.
    38. Huong, Tran Thi Lan & Ha, Le Thanh, 2023. "A comprehensive analysis of the correlation between foreign aid and energy security in emerging countries: Does institutional quality matter?," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 952-968.
    39. Paul A. Raschky & Manijeh Schwindt, 2016. "Aid, Catastrophes and the Samaritan's Dilemma," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 83(332), pages 624-645, October.
    40. Cervellati, Matteo & Esposito, Elena & Sunde, Uwe & Yuan, Song, 2021. "Malaria and Chinese Economic Activities in Africa," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 293, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
    41. Huanhuan Zheng & Chen Li, 2022. "Can money buy friendship?—Evidence from the US and China’s competition for influence through foreign aid," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(10), pages 3224-3245, October.
    42. Lanati, Mauro & Sanfilippo, Marco & Santi, Filippo, 2023. "Aid and internal migration in Malawi," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
    43. Lisa Chauvet & Marin Ferry, 2023. "L’efficacité de l’aide : quelles évolutions de la littérature depuis deux décennies ? WP329," Working Papers hal-04141543, HAL.
    44. Yifang Wan & Yunxian Chen, 2022. "China’s Foreign Aid and Sustainable Growth of Recipient Countries: Mechanism and Evaluation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-17, August.
    45. Lauren L. Ferry & Emilie M. Hafner-Burton & Christina J. Schneider, 2020. "Catch me if you care: International development organizations and national corruption," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 15(4), pages 767-792, October.
    46. Broich, Tobias & Szirmai, Adam & Thomsson, Kaj, 2015. "Precolonial centralisation, foreign aid and modern state capacity in Africa," MERIT Working Papers 2015-025, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
    47. Nathalie Ferrière, 2022. "To Give or Not to Give? How Do Other Donors React to European Food Aid Allocation?," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 34(1), pages 147-171, February.
    48. Dawood, Taufiq Carnegie & Francois, John Nana, 2018. "Substitution between private and government consumption in African economies," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 129-139.
    49. BenYishay, Ariel & DiLorenzo, Matthew & Dolan, Carrie, 2022. "The economic efficiency of aid targeting," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 160(C).
    50. Juliana Yael Milovich, 2017. "The long-term impact of U.S. aid on poverty alleviation: the role of a seat in the Security Council of the United Nations," Working Papers hal-04141612, HAL.
    51. Khan, Muhammad Salar, 2022. "Absorptive capacities and economic growth in low- and middle-income economies," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 156-188.
    52. Boateng, Elliot & Agbola, Frank W. & Mahmood, Amir, 2021. "Foreign aid volatility and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does institutional quality matter?," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 111-127.
    53. Jing Shao & Maojun Wang, 2022. "Revisiting economic effectiveness of foreign aid: The case of Japanese aid to China," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(7), pages 2284-2304, July.
    54. Carrie B Dolan & McKinley Saunders & Ariel BenYishay, 2020. "Childhood health and the changing distribution of foreign aid: Evidence from Nigeria's transition to lower-middle-income status," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(11), pages 1-13, November.
    55. Michael Mitchell Omoruyi Ehizuelen & Meibo Huang, 2016. "Fostering Economic Development: Is External Finance Responsible for the Poor Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa?," Global Economy Journal, De Gruyter, vol. 16(2), pages 313-347, June.
    56. Tefera, Mamo G & Odhiambo, Nicholas M, 2022. "The impact of foreign aid on economic growth in Africa: Empirical evidence from low-income countries," Working Papers 29830, University of South Africa, Department of Economics.
    57. Łukasz Marć, 2015. "The impact of aid on total government expenditures: New evidence on fungibility," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2015-010, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    58. Mario Holzner & Monika Schwarzhappel, 2018. "Infrastructure Investment in the Western Balkans: A First Analysis," wiiw Research Reports 432, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw.
    59. Yang, Gongyan & Yang, Yingqun & Tang, Tingfeng & Dai, Liyan, 2023. "Does China's aid boost firm performance in recipient countries?," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 55(PB).
    60. Adam, Antonis & Tsarsitalidou, Sofia, 2022. "The effect of international development association's (IDA) aid on conflict. A fuzzy regression discontinuity approach," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
    61. Maria Teresa Trentinaglia & Lucia Baldi & Massimo Peri, 2023. "Supporting agriculture in developing countries: new insights on the impact of official development assistance using a climate perspective," Agricultural and Food Economics, Springer;Italian Society of Agricultural Economics (SIDEA), vol. 11(1), pages 1-23, December.
    62. Muhammad Salar Khan, 2021. "Absorptive capacities and economic growth in low and middle income economies," Papers 2109.11550, arXiv.org.
    63. Zhang, Liyunpeng & Zhuang, Yuhang & Ding, Yibing & Liu, Ziwei, 2023. "Infrastructure and poverty reduction: Assessing the dynamic impact of Chinese infrastructure investment in sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    64. Haldar, Anasuya & Sethi, Narayan, 2022. "Effect of sectoral foreign aid allocation on growth and structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa—Analysing the roles of institutional quality and human capital," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 1010-1026.
    65. Andrew Kerner & Morten Jerven & Alison Beatty, 2017. "Does it pay to be poor? Testing for systematically underreported GNI estimates," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 1-38, March.
    66. Tilman Graff, 2018. "Spatial Inefficiencies in Africa’s Trade Network," CSAE Working Paper Series 2018-17, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
    67. Victor Polterovich, 2018. "Towards a general theory of social and economic development: Evolution of coordination mechanisms," Russian Journal of Economics, ARPHA Platform, vol. 4(4), pages 346-385, December.
    68. Loris Rubini, 2019. "Bribes in the Business Cycles," Review of Economics and Institutions, Università di Perugia, vol. 10(1).
    69. Asiedu, Edward & Sadekla, Sylvester S. & Bokpin, Godfred A., 2020. "Aid to Africa’s agriculture towards building physical capital: Empirical evidence and implications for post-COVID-19 food insecurity," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 20(C).
    70. Adam, Antonis & Tsarsitalidou, Sofia, 2020. "The effect of international development assistance (IDA) on conflict. A fuzzy regression discontinuity approach," MPRA Paper 101841, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    71. John W McArthur & Jeffrey D Sachs, 2019. "Agriculture, Aid, and Economic Growth in Africa," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 33(1), pages 1-20.
    72. Civelli, Andrea & Horowitz, Andrew & Teixeira, Arilton, 2018. "Foreign aid and growth: A Sp P-VAR analysis using satellite sub-national data for Uganda," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 134(C), pages 50-67.
    73. Barrera-Santana, J. & Marrero, Gustavo A. & Ramos-Real, Francisco J., 2022. "Income, energy and the role of energy efficiency governance," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    74. Gehring, Kai & Michaelowa, Katharina & Dreher, Axel & Spörri, Franziska, 2017. "Aid Fragmentation and Effectiveness: What Do We Really Know?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 320-334.
    75. Nimonka Bayale & Kodjo Evlo & Fousseini Traore, 2018. "Foreign aid shocks and macroeconomic adjustment mechanisms in WAEMU countries : an approach based on a computable general equilibrium model (CGE) [Baisse de l’aide internationale et mécanismes d'aj," Working Papers hal-01865614, HAL.
    76. Alpino,Matteo & Hammersmark,Eivind Moe, 2020. "The Role of Historical Christian Missions in the Location of World Bank Aid in Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9146, The World Bank.
    77. Bobae Noh & Almas Heshmati, 2021. "Does official development assistance affect a donor’s exports? South Korea’s case," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 1(10), pages 1-28, October.
    78. Juliana Yael Milovich, 2017. "The long-term impact of U.S. aid on poverty alleviation: the role of a seat in the Security Council of the United Nations," EconomiX Working Papers 2017-47, University of Paris Nanterre, EconomiX.

  4. Knack, Stephen & Xu, Lixin Colin & Zou, Ben, 2014. "Interactions among donors'aid allocations : evidence from an exogenous World Bank income threshold," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7039, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Dreher, Axel & Lohmann, Steffen, 2015. "Aid and Growth at the Regional Level," CEPR Discussion Papers 10561, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    2. Nathalie Ferrière, 2016. "To give or not to give? How do donors react to European food aid allocation?," Working Papers halshs-01405130, HAL.
    3. Abrams M E Tagem, 2017. "Analysing the determinants of health aid allocation in sub-Saharan Africa," Discussion Papers 2017-09, University of Nottingham, CREDIT.
    4. Rogelio Madrueño-Aguilar, 2017. "Global Income Distribution and the Middle-Income Strata: Implications for the World Development Taxonomy Debate," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 29(1), pages 1-18, January.
    5. Carrie B Dolan & McKinley Saunders & Ariel BenYishay, 2020. "Childhood health and the changing distribution of foreign aid: Evidence from Nigeria's transition to lower-middle-income status," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(11), pages 1-13, November.
    6. Eichenauer, Vera & Knack, Stephen, 2015. "Bilateralizing multilateral aid? Aid allocation by World Bank trust funds," VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy 113211, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.

Articles

  1. Benjamin B. Bederson & Ginger Zhe Jin & Phillip Leslie & Alexander J. Quinn & Ben Zou, 2018. "Incomplete Disclosure: Evidence of Signaling and Countersignaling," American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 10(1), pages 41-66, February.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Ben Zou, 2018. "The Local Economic Impacts of Military Personnel," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 36(3), pages 589-621.

    Cited by:

    1. Bruno Ferman & Cristine Pinto & Vitor Possebom, 2020. "Cherry Picking with Synthetic Controls," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 39(2), pages 510-532, March.
    2. Philipp vom Berge & Achim Schmillen, 2023. "Effects of mass layoffs on local employment—evidence from geo-referenced data," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 23(3), pages 509-539.
    3. Rickman, Dan S. & Wang, Hongbo, 2022. "Estimating the Economic Effects of US State and Local Fiscal Policy: A Synthetic Control Method Matched Regression Approach," MPRA Paper 112575, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Suin Lee & Christos Pantzalis & Jung Chul Park, 2024. "Interstate migration‐based social networks and M&A decisions," The Financial Review, Eastern Finance Association, vol. 59(1), pages 113-153, February.
    5. Räsänen, Johannes & Mäkelä, Erik, 2021. "The effect of government spending on local economies during an economic downturn," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 134(C).
    6. Timothy M. Komarek, 2020. "State‐level austerity, education, and large urban labor markets: Evidence from fiscal policy experiments in Kansas and Wisconsin," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(2), pages 556-583, June.

  3. Fan, Jingting & Tang, Lixin & Zhu, Weiming & Zou, Ben, 2018. "The Alibaba effect: Spatial consumption inequality and the welfare gains from e-commerce," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 203-220.

    Cited by:

    1. Gizem Hayrullahoğlu & Çiğdem Varol, 2022. "Understanding mobility dynamics using urban functions during the COVID-19 pandemic: comparison of pre-and post-new normal eras," Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Springer, vol. 6(3), pages 1087-1109, October.
    2. Pedro Hinojo & David Suárez & Begoña García-Mariñoso, 2022. "Drivers of Consumer Participation in Online Second-Hand Transactions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-13, April.
    3. Wang, Di & Zhou, Tao & Lan, Feng & Wang, Mengmeng, 2021. "ICT and socio-economic development: Evidence from a spatial panel data analysis in China," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 45(7).
    4. Zhou Jiang & Maoxia Zeng & Mingming Shi, 2023. "E‐commerce and Consumption Inequality in China," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 31(5), pages 61-86, September.
    5. Shiyi Chen & Wanlin Liu & Hong Song & Qing Zhang, 2024. "Government‐led e‐commerce expansion project and rural household income: Evidence and mechanisms," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 62(1), pages 150-174, January.
    6. Chen, Qiulin & Xu, Duo & Fu, Hongqiao & Yip, Winnie, 2022. "Distance effects and home bias in patient choice on the Internet: Evidence from an online healthcare platform in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    7. Yi Cai & Chunping Xia, 2018. "Interpretive Structural Analysis of Interrelationships among the Elements of Characteristic Agriculture Development in Chinese Rural Poverty Alleviation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-19, March.
    8. Victor Couture & Benjamin Faber & Yizhen Gu & Lizhi Liu, 2021. "Connecting the Countryside via E-Commerce: Evidence from China," American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association, vol. 3(1), pages 35-50, March.
    9. Jan Willem Gunning & Pramila Krishnan & Andualem T Mengistu, 2018. "Fading Choice: Transport Costs and Variety in Consumer Goods," CSAE Working Paper Series 2018-05-2, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
    10. Qiu, Leiju & Zhong, Shunbin & Sun, Baowen, 2021. "Blessing or curse? The effect of broadband Internet on China’s inter-city income inequality," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 626-650.
    11. Peng, Cong, 2019. "Does e-commerce reduce traffic congestion? Evidence from Alibaba Single Day shopping event," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 103411, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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