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Egalitarianism, social capital and foreign aid policies in 22 OECD countries. Sajeepan .P and Ole Jonas Nybø. Research Question
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Egalitarianism, social capital and foreign aid policies in 22 OECD countries Sajeepan.P and Ole Jonas Nybø
Research Question Does egalitarian countries with high degrees of social capital and low corruption tend to give more foreign aid than countries who scores lower on these variables.
Variables Dependent: Foreign Aid (publicbudget) Independent: - Social Capital - Egalitarianism - Corruption N = 22 OECD Countries
Hypotheses H1: Countrieswithpopulationswho have highsocialcapital, willgive more foreign aidthancountrieswithlowersocialcapital H2: Egalitariancountriesgives more foreign aidthan less egalitariancountries H3: A highdegreeofcorruption is inverselyrelated to thesizeof foreign aid
Model AID = β0 + β1 (SocCap) + β2 (Egal)+ β3 (Cor) + ε
Data sources World Value Surveys European Value Surveys CIA Factbook (GINI coefficients) Transparency International (Corruption) OECD (Sizeof Aid)