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dc.contributor.authorKretschmer, Bettinaen
dc.contributor.authorHübler, Michaelen
dc.contributor.authorNunnenkamp, Peteren
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-08-
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-29T15:12:17Z-
dc.date.available2010-04-29T15:12:17Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/30266-
dc.description.abstractAdvanced OECD countries are widely held responsible to contain global carbon emissions by providing financial and technical support to developing economies, where emissions are increasing most rapidly. It is open to question, however, whether more generous official development assistance would help fight climate change effectively. Empirical evidence on the effects of foreign aid on energy and emission intensities in recipient countries hardly exists. We contribute to closing this gap by considering energy use and carbon emissions as dependent climate-related variables, and the volume and structure of aid as possible determinants. In particular, we assess the impact of aid that donors classify to be specifically related to energy issues. In addition to OLS estimations, we perform dynamic panel GMM and LSDVC (corrected least squared dummy variables) estimations. We find that aid tends to be effective in reducing the energy intensity of GDP in recipient countries. All the same, the carbon intensity of energy use is hardly affected. Scaling up aid efforts would thus be insufficient to fight climate change beyond improving energy efficiency.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) |cKielen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aKiel Working Paper |x1598en
dc.subject.jelF35en
dc.subject.jelQ41en
dc.subject.jelQ55en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordEnergy intensityen
dc.subject.keywordCO2 emissionsen
dc.subject.keywordforeign aiden
dc.subject.keyworddeveloping countriesen
dc.subject.stwEntwicklungshilfeen
dc.subject.stwOECD-Staaten-seitigen
dc.subject.stwKlimaschutzen
dc.subject.stwEnergiesparenen
dc.subject.stwKohlendioxiden
dc.subject.stwLuftreinhaltungen
dc.subject.stwWirkungsanalyseen
dc.subject.stwEntwicklungsländeren
dc.titleDoes foreign aid reduce energy and carbon intensities in developing countries?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn620442190en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:ifwkwp:1598en

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