Data and Code for Aid, China, and Growth: Evidence from a New Global Development Finance Dataset

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Axel Dreher, Heidelberg University; Andreas Fuchs, University of Goettingen; Brad Parks, College of William & Mary; Austin Strange, Harvard University; Michael Tierney, College of William & Mary

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AEJ Ec Policy Replication.do text/x-stata-syntax 254 KB 05/12/2020 11:40:PM
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AEJ2020 allocation.dta application/x-stata 1012.9 KB 04/02/2020 01:10:AM
AEJ2020 effectiveness.dta application/x-stata 17.6 MB 04/01/2020 09:37:AM
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Dreher et al. AEJ readme.pdf application/pdf 12.4 KB 05/12/2020 11:40:PM
map_1yw_merge.dta application/x-stata 66.1 KB 04/01/2020 11:11:PM
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Project Citation: 

Dreher, Axel, Fuchs, Andreas, Parks, Brad, Strange, Austin, and Tierney, Michael. Data and Code for Aid, China, and Growth: Evidence from a New Global Development Finance Dataset. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-03-10. https://doi.org/10.3886/E118648V2

Project Description

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Abstract: This article introduces a new dataset of official financing from China to 138 developing countries between 2000 and 2014. It investigates whether Chinese development finance affects economic growth in recipient countries. The results demonstrate that Chinese development finance boosts short-term economic growth. An additional project increases growth by between 0.41 and 1.49 percentage points two years after commitment, on average. While this study does not find that significant financial support from China impairs the overall effectiveness of aid from Western donors, aid from the United States tends to be more effective in countries that receive no substantial support from China.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms China; Foreign Aid; Overseas Lending; Official Development Assistance; Development Finance; Aid Effectiveness; Economic Growth
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      F35 Foreign Aid
      F43 Economic Growth of Open Economies
      O19 International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
      O47 Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
      P33 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: International Trade, Finance, Investment, Relations, and Aid
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage world
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2000 – 2014


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