accelerate economic development and to improve import capacity by benefiting from remittances. The empirical results show both … inferences are drawn for imports being influenced by concomitant remittances of emigration and real GDP of Bangladesh. Bangladesh …

the period of 1972-2013. Time series econometric techniques like unit root test, Johansen cointegration and Granger … causality methods have been used for the data analysis. Long run cointegration relationship has been found between domestic … investment and foreign capital flow variables. Unidirectional causality running from external debt stock, remittances and …

) countries of remittances. Despite its importance in policy making in developing countries like Bangladesh, there is absence of … any study regarding the effect of remittances on the level of investment. In an attempt to fill the gap, we examine the … CUSUM and CUSUMSQ tests. Our findings show that both remittances and trade openness positively and significantly influence …

suggest that there is cointegration among the variables, and that remittances are influenced not only by altruistic motives …This article examines the macroeconomic factors influencing the flow of remittances to selected English … capita remittances and selected macroeconomic variables. This article also examines the time series properties of the data …

This paper applies multivariate cointegration methodology and vector error-correction models to investigate the factors … external remittances enhance both economic growth and employment in the short run. But the exchange rate depreciation seems …

Examining the impact of remittances on private investment, the study finds that remittances have an adverse impact on … suggests that the government policy should be designed toward inducing private sector to allocate more remittances for … investments for leveling up the rate of economic growth. Otherwise, a significant proportion of remittances would result in …

Purpose – Traditionally, remittances have been analyzed in the context of their socioeconomic impact on the receiving … evaluate the importance of several macroeconomic indicators on the flow of remittances from the USA to El Salvador. Design …/methodology/approach – The analysis considers cointegration and common cycle tests. It includes as explanatory variables gross domestic product …

We investigate in this paper whether the stable pattern of remittances over the last three decades can be explained by … the altruistic behaviour. This possibility is tested by means of cointegration analysis, which is applied to Turkish … remittances from Germany over the period 1962-2005. A single cointegrating relationship is found between the remittances of …

I investigated whether migration is interrelated with trade, aid and remittances so that any policies that consider … trade, aid and remittances also affect the decision to migrate. We developed and estimated an empirical model of Turkish … migration to Germany and tested the model for the 1969-2004, using the cointegration technique. A single cointegrating vector is …

decline when the island's currency weakens, undermining their usefulness as shock absorber. On the other hand, remittances …. The procyclicality of remittances calls into question the notion that remittances are largely motivated by altruism. …