Abstract
A controversial study by Cingranelli and Pasquarello (1985), appearing in AJPS, concludes that human rights considerations have affected U.S. economic aid allocation to Latin American countries. But more recent critiques by Carleton and Stohl (1987) and McCormick and Mitchell (1988) raise several issues that place the findings of this study in doubt. In this study I try to resolve the human rights controversy by solving the problems identified with the Cingranelli and Pasquarello study. I focus on aid allocation to Western Hemisphere countries and to a sample of countries from around the world, under both the Carter and the Reagan presidencies. The results indicate that human rights considerations were important in determining the outcomes of U.S. bilateral economic aid decisions under both administrations as they pertain to the Western Hemisphere region and to the world's nations in general.
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