Tied Aid and Donor Generosity: How Tied Aid Affects Donor Utility and Changes Commitment Size Public
Mashman, Devin (Spring 2018)
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Abstract
Tied aid conditions bilateral aid packages, specifying that they must only purchase goods from the donor country. This paper offers a novel theory that tied aid policies incentivize donors to behave more generously in their aid allocations. After assessing this theory through a multiple regression analysis of donor-recipient-year level observations of DAC donors, the paper shows mixed results. While the initial regression indicates an unexpected negative relationship, later models show that tied aid and commitment size may have a non-monotonic relationship. However, the results remain inconclusive between these two possibilities. Depending on the true effect of tied aid, substantial policy implications for the tying of aid would follow, either offering a potential justification for the practice or removing that justification altogether.
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Table of Contents
I. Introduction………………..…............…………………....…………………………Page 1
II. Literature Review…….……………..…………..………………………………..…Page 5
III. Theory…...…………………………………..………....…………………………Page 12
IV. Methods…………………….…………..…………………………………………Page 18
V. Results………...…………………………….…..…………………………………Page 25
VI. Conclusion…………………………………..……………………………………Page 35
Figures and Appendices
Figure 1: Proportion of Tie Aid to Total Bilateral Commitments……………………Page 3
Figure 2: Standard Donor Utility……………………..………………………………Page 14
Figure 3: Effect of Aid Tying on Donor Utility………………………………………Page 15
Figure 4: Effects of Aid Tying Across Models 5 and 6………………………………Page 34
Table 1: Regression Models 1 through 4……………..………………………………Page 27
Table 2: Regression Models 5 and 6……...…………………………………………Page 32
Appendix A: Donor Countries Included in the Multiple Regression Sample…..........Page 39
Appendix B: Recipient Countries Included in the Multiple Regression Sample.....…Page 39
Appendix C: Average Proportion of Tied Aid by Year, 2003-2014……....……….…Page 41
Appendix D: Average Proportion of Tied Aid by Donor Country…...…..…..………Page 42
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