In this paper, we perform a Tobit analysis of aid allocations, covering the period 1999-2002 and accounting for both altruistic and selfish donor motives. We first compare the allocative behavior of all bilateral donors taken together with that of multilateral aid agencies, and then look at nine...

Seasonal migration is an ever more important phenomenon worldwide, but has received little attention in empirical research. This paper investigates the choice of seasonal versus longer-term migration on a household level. We use data from Moldova, a country that is witnessing a massive...

Die konjunkturelle Expansion in den Industrieländern setzte sich im ersten Halbjahr 1989 zügig fort; die Zuwachsrate des Bruttosozialprodukts betrug etwa 3,5 vH. Allerdings gab es deutliche regionale Unterschiede. Während es in den Vereinigten Staaten, Kanada und dem Vereinigten Königreich...