Rogue aid? An empirical analysis of China's aid allocation
本文利用1956-2006年中国项目援助、粮食援助、医疗人员及援助资金数据，检验中国援助分配是否仅受自身利益驱动，发现政治因素虽起作用但程度与西方类似，且与受援国资源禀赋和制度特征无关，因此“流氓援助”的说法不成立。
Abstract Foreign aid from China is often characterized as “rogue aid” that is guided by selfish interests alone. We collect data on Chinese project aid, food aid, medical staff and total aid money to developing countries, covering the 1956–2006 period, to empirically test to what extent self‐interests shape China's aid allocation. While political considerations shape China's allocation of aid, China does not pay substantially more attention to politics compared to Western donors. What is more, China's aid allocation seems to be widely independent of recipients' endowment with natural resources and institutional characteristics. Overall, denoting Chinese aid as “rogue aid” seems unjustified.