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Foreign Aid And Domestic Savings: The Crowding Out Effect

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The paper examines the relationship between foreign aid and savings using annual data for 119 countries. Regressions for each country are run separately in order to find which countries have a positive aid-saving experience. The explanatory variables chosen are thought to be exogenous to current economic policy. Countries are placed into five categories according to the strength of the aid-saving relationship. Few countries show evidence of substantial crowding out. Consequently, aid is found to be clearly beneficial to saving and, hence, investment for the preponderance of these countries.

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  • Michael P. Shields, 2007. "Foreign Aid And Domestic Savings: The Crowding Out Effect," Monash Economics Working Papers 35-07, Monash University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:mos:moswps:2007-35
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