We distinguish between U.S. aid and non-U.S. aid and study the effects on growth in recipient countries. Our analysis exploits time variation in aid due to changes in the supply of U.S. aid and cross-sectional variation in a country's tendency to receive any U.S. aid. We find that U.S. aid has a...

In this paper we study the impact of competition on the provision of quality in the US airline industry. Using changes in competition triggered by LCC entry and airline mergers, we find that an increase in competition increases the provision of quality of major incumbent and non-merging airlines...