The principal argument of this paper is that the effect of aid on GDP depends on a trade-off that is country specific: aid has a direct positive effect through financing investment but an indirect effect through aggregate productivity that can be negative if aid exacerbates growth-retarding...

We examine the relationship between trade and income using heterogeneous panel cointegration techniques to account for the potential cross-country heterogeneity in the effects of trade. Our main results are: (i) trade has, on average, a statistically significant, but relatively small positive...

MOSES is an aggregate econometric model for Sweden, estimated on quarterly data, and intended for policy simulations and short-term forecasting. After a presentation of qualitative model properties, the econometric methodology is summarized. The model properties, within sample simulations, and...