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What determines the choice of transfer channel for remittances? Evidence from Moldova
Siegel, Melissa; Lücke, Matthias - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
or personal transfers) by 1139 pairs of migrants and recipients of remittances in Moldova in 2006. Explanatory variables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004992846
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Come Back or Stay? Spend Here or There? Temporary versus Permanent Migration and Remittance Patterns in the Republic of Moldova
Pinger, Pia R. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007
remittances patterns. Using a new detailed household dataset on migration in the Republic of Moldova, it is shown that return is … respective migrant networks. Concerning remittances, the results indicate that temporary migrants remit around 30% more than … temporary migration is relatively more favorable for developing countries as it fosters higher remittances, repatriation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700495
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Donors’ Openness to Immigration and the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid
Minasyan, Anna; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
We argue that donors could improve the effectiveness of foreign aid by pursuing complementary and coherent non-aid policies. In particular, we hypothesize that aid from donors that are open to immigration has stronger growth effects than aid from closed donors. We estimate the aid-growth nexus...
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An International Rule System to Avoid Financial Instability
Siebert, Horst - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
In a series of summits, leading countries of the world will meet to draw up an in¬ternational arrangement for financial stability. Such a rule system should prevent a financial crisis as we have seen it in 2007 and 2008. It should include appropriate principles of mone¬tary policy, rules for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818852
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The value of waiting: Russia's integration into the international capital markets
Buch, Claudia M.; Heinrich, Ralph P.; Pierdzioch, Christian - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998
Capital flight has characterized the transformation process in Russia. Inflows of foreign direct investment have been minor and have been preceeded by inflows of portfolio capital. The paper shows that uncertainty about macroeconomic stabilization exhibits a strong negative effect on the volume...
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Village level inequality, migration and remittances in rural Mexico: How do they change over time?
Arslan, Aslihan; Taylor, J. Edward - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
We analyze how migration prevalence and remittances shape income distribution using novel panel data that is nationally … of international remittances at the national level. We also analyze regional differences in the effects of remittances on … equalizing change in the marginal effects of remittances was the highest. This provides supporting evidence for the migration …
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Heterogeneous Parameter Uncertainty and the Timing of Investment during Crisis
Ni, Shawn; Ratti, Ronald A. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
initially relatively uninformed about model parameters. For over 10,000 instances of firm-level FDI data for Korea from 1996 to … 2001, regression results are consistent with the hypothesis that disproportionably more FDI is made by more informed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005083349
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China ; Understanding a New Global Economic Player
Siebert, Horst - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006
the two driving forces of the growth process. FDI plays an important role. However, property rights, a crucial element in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700542
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Through which channels can remittances spur economic growth in MENA countries?
Mim, Sami Ben; Ali, Mohamed Sami Ben - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
This paper studies the remittances' effect on economic growth. Using panel data techniques, the authors estimate … provide new robust evidence on how remittances are used in MENA countries and show the main channels which may interfere in … this process. Estimation outcomes show that the most important part of remittances is consumed and that remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646511
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Financial liberalization, financial development and productivity growth: An overview
Gehringer, Agnieszka - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
The paper surveys the literature on the effects of finance on productivity growth. In both the theoretical and empirical literature, there is no consensus regarding the contribution of financial liberalization and financial development to growth. Focusing on the direct channels of growth, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956114