Aid Withdrawal as Punishment for Defaulting Sovereigns? An Empirical Analysis

This paper empirically investigates whether donor countries punish sovereign defaults by reducing foreign aid ows. Our findings reject the hypothesis formulated in the theoretical literature that a default leads to a loss of foreign aid for the defaulting country. Creditor countries directly aff...

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Опубліковано в::MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 20-2012)
Автори: Brandt, Jana, Jorra, Markus
Формат: Arbeit
Мова:англійська
Опубліковано: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2012
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Резюме:This paper empirically investigates whether donor countries punish sovereign defaults by reducing foreign aid ows. Our findings reject the hypothesis formulated in the theoretical literature that a default leads to a loss of foreign aid for the defaulting country. Creditor countries directly affected by the default do not reduce their aid disbursements. Hence, foreign aid is not used as a punishment instrument. Neither can it therefore serve as an enforce- ment mechanism for international debt contracts. Furthermore, other donors even raise the amount of development assistance allocated to the delinquent country by about 15% on average. Overall the amount of foreign aid given to the defaulting country increases by 6.4%.
ISSN:1867-3678
DOI:10.17192/es2024.0134