@techreport{Anwar2004Political,
abstract = {Variations of bilateral aid flows are difficult to explain on the basis of official
development objectives or recipient need. At the example of US aid to Pakistan, this
paper suggests alternative political economic explanations, notably the relevance of
ethnic lobbying and the relevance of US business interests. Time series regressions for
the period from 1980 to 2002 and logistic regressions based on votes for the Pressler
and the Brown Amendment confirm the significance of these political economic
determinants. While in case of the Pressler Amendment, the direct influence of
population groups of Indian and Pakistani origins seems to have played a predominant
role, the role of ethnic business lobbies appears to have dominated in the context of the
Brown Amendment. Time series analysis also provides some evidence for the impact of
US business interests based on FDI and exports, but these effects appear to be
comparatively small.},
author = {Mumtaz Anwar and Katharina Michaelowa},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {F35; D70; 330; Public Choice; ethnic lobbying; foreign aid; Entwicklungshilfe; US-Amerikanisch; Interessenpolitik; Ethnische Gruppe; Pakistan; Vereinigte Staaten},
language = {eng},
number = {302},
title = {The Political Economy of US Aid to Pakistan},
type = {HWWA discussion paper},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19274},
year = {2004}
}
