Fueling conflict? (De)escalation and bilateral aid

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Autoren

  • Richard Bluhm
  • Martin Gassebner
  • Sarah Langlotz
  • Paul Schaudt

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Externe Organisationen

  • University of California at San Diego
  • Münchener Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wirtschaftswissenschaft - CESifo GmbH
  • ETH Zürich
  • Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  • Universität St. Gallen (HSG)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)244-261
Seitenumfang18
FachzeitschriftJournal of applied econometrics
Jahrgang36
Ausgabenummer2
Frühes Online-Datum31 Juli 2020
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 17 März 2021

Abstract

This paper studies the effects of bilateral foreign aid on conflict escalation and deescalation. First, we develop a new ordinal measure capturing the two-sided and multifaceted nature of conflict. Second, we propose a dynamic ordered probit estimator that allows for unobserved heterogeneity and corrects for endogeneity. Third, we identify the causal effect of foreign aid on conflict by predicting bilateral aid flows based on electoral outcomes of donor countries which are exogenous to recipients. Receiving bilateral aid raises the chances of escalating from small conflict to armed conflict, but we find little evidence that aid ignites conflict in truly peaceful countries.

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Fueling conflict? (De)escalation and bilateral aid. / Bluhm, Richard; Gassebner, Martin; Langlotz, Sarah et al.
in: Journal of applied econometrics, Jahrgang 36, Nr. 2, 17.03.2021, S. 244-261.

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Bluhm, R, Gassebner, M, Langlotz, S & Schaudt, P 2021, 'Fueling conflict? (De)escalation and bilateral aid', Journal of applied econometrics, Jg. 36, Nr. 2, S. 244-261. https://doi.org/10.1002/jae.2797
Bluhm, R., Gassebner, M., Langlotz, S., & Schaudt, P. (2021). Fueling conflict? (De)escalation and bilateral aid. Journal of applied econometrics, 36(2), 244-261. https://doi.org/10.1002/jae.2797
Bluhm R, Gassebner M, Langlotz S, Schaudt P. Fueling conflict? (De)escalation and bilateral aid. Journal of applied econometrics. 2021 Mär 17;36(2):244-261. Epub 2020 Jul 31. doi: 10.1002/jae.2797
Bluhm, Richard ; Gassebner, Martin ; Langlotz, Sarah et al. / Fueling conflict? (De)escalation and bilateral aid. in: Journal of applied econometrics. 2021 ; Jahrgang 36, Nr. 2. S. 244-261.
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