The Political Economy of Foreign Aid: A Model of the Market for a Public Good

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Previous articleNext article No AccessThe Political Economy of Foreign Aid: A Model of the Market for a Public GoodPaul MosleyPaul Mosley Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Economic Development and Cultural Change Volume 33, Number 2Jan., 1985 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/451466 Views: 46Total views on this site Citations: 78Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1985 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Mohamed M. Sraieb The dynamics of US foreign aid decisions, Empirical Economics 63, no.44 (Jan 2022): 1859–1886.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-022-02200-0A. Burcu Bayram and Erin R. 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