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dc.contributor.authorRyan, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-28T18:51:40Z
dc.date.available2012-08-28T18:51:40Z
dc.date.issued2012-08-28
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/15410
dc.description.abstractIn light of reports of protests and riots in response to rising food prices and food insecurity, this study asks whether the provision of food aid has an effect on the incidence of political unrest in recipient countries. It uses annual data on the quantities of American wheat aid delivered to 143 countries between 1972 and 2006. To overcome the potential for bias due to endogeneity, variations in U.S. agricultural production and recipient countries’ probability of receiving aid are used to predict the annual quantity of food aid provided to each country. Results from the instrumented regressions suggest that the provision of food aid does not have any impact on the incidence of political unrest.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectAid, food aid, food security, political conflicten_US
dc.titleFood Aid and Political Unresten_US
dc.date.defence2012-08-01
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Artsen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinerN/Aen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorMelvin Crossen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerMutlu Yukselen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerTalan Iscanen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorDaniel Rosenblumen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
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