the countries’ authorities, openness, and transparency, consistently with the theory. -- IMF conditionality ; delegation …

literature. In contrast, studies on relative location tend to be weakly linked to theory, but apply relatively sophisticated … appropriateness of such models, and identify areas of potential concern. The rather weak linkage between theory and operational models …

example of a "delegation-scheme." Conversely, project aid represents a more "centralized" type of aid. According to the theory …

area sovereign debt crises. We find that macro and default-specific world factors are a primary source of default …

social mobility increases. Using data on happiness and a broad set of fairness measures from the World Values Survey, we find … ; World Values Survey …

World Bank projects and generally find that projects that are potentially politically motivated - such as those granted to … governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank … Council members with higher short-term debt, however, a negative quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World …