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- Title
The Dynamics of Humanitarian Aid Decisions.
- Authors
Fielding, David
- Abstract
Humanitarian aid can be seen as a political investment motivated by altruism or by economic benefits for the donor. Uncertainty in the returns to this investment may generate hysteresis effects and inertia in aid allocations. I model the allocation decisions of the three largest humanitarian aid donors: the US government, the UK government and the European Commission, finding evidence that allocations depend on both recipient need and donor economic interest. Some donors exhibit more inertia than others, and some are more influenced by the decisions of other donors. Despite being a relatively small donor, the UK is particularly influential.
- Subjects
EUROPEAN Commission; HUMANITARIAN assistance; ALTRUISM; HYSTERESIS (Economics); BRITISH humanitarian assistance; AMERICAN humanitarian assistance; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Oxford Bulletin of Economics & Statistics, 2014, Vol 76, Issue 4, p536
- ISSN
0305-9049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/obes.12033