摘要：Using a new dataset for 41 German non-governmental organizations (NGOs), we analyze the
allocation of NGO aid across recipient countries in a Tobit regression framework. By
identifying for each NGO the degree of public refinancing, we address the largely unresolved
issue of whether financial dependence on the government impairs the targeting of NGO aid. It
turns out that German NGOs are more active in poorer countries, while they do not
complement official aid by working under difficult local conditions. Beyond a certain
threshold, rising financial dependence weakens their poverty orientation and provides an
incentive to engage in “easier” environments. In addition, we find that the NGOs follow the
state as well as NGO peers when allocating aid. This herding behavior is, however, hardly
affected by the degree of public refinancing
