aid from European donors, the United States, and China. We find that more aid goes to spousal regions prior to elections … and that developmental outcomes deteriorate rather than improve as a consequence. For Western aid but not for China, these …

industrial firms in China, we show that firms in locations historically affected by the CMC rules exhibit higher innovation …

Foreign aid from China is often characterized as "rogue aid" that is not guided by recipient need but by China …, covering the 1956-2006 period, to empirically test to which extent political and commercial interests shape China's aid … allocation decisions. We estimate the determinants of China's allocation of project aid, food aid, medical teams and total aid …

This article investigates whether China's foreign aid is particularly prone to political capture by political leaders … results show that current political leaders’ birth regions receive substantially larger financial ows from China than other …

democracy. We also find that individuals who have a positive attitude towards China are more likely to value democracy. In …