Board #2 - Who’s Watching the Money?: Fungibility and the Political Economy of Public Spending

• In Event: 71-305 - Poster Session: National Security and Global Governance

Brief Overview

Examines whether press freedom constrains aid fungibility. Using panel data (2005–2020), finds limited within-country effects but significant cross-country differences, suggesting institutions and not media alone shape how governments reallocate aid.

Author

• Trisha Joy Yates, Wheaton College, Wheaton