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This paper studies the long-run and short-run dynamics between emigrants’ nominal inbound remittances in U.S. dollar … implementation of standard cointegration methodology. Empirically, both variables are found nonstationary in levels with I(1 … changes of remittances in the long run as compared to the converse. Significant short-run interactive net positive feedback …
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Bangladesh suffer from aggregation bias. This paper estimates trade elasticities using bilateral data between Bangladesh and its … Bangladesh in the long run. …
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This paper examines whether deviations from PPP are stationary in the presence of nonlinearity, and whether the adjustment toward PPP is symmetric from above and below. Using alternative nonlinear models, our results support mean reversion and asymmetric adjustment dynamics. We find differences...
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This paper introduces a time-varying threshold autoregressive model (TVTAR), which is used to examine the persistence of deviations from PPP. We find support for the stationary TVTAR against the unit root hypothesis; however, for some developing countries, we do not reject the TVTAR with a unit...
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This report is a comparative study of worldwide transfer costs to nine countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and specifically at costs for immigrants to send money from major sending countries including from the United States. It also compares these international trends with costs and trends of...
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inferences are drawn for imports being influenced by concomitant remittances of emigration and real GDP of Bangladesh. Bangladesh …Bangladesh as a labour-surplus emerging small open economy emphasises export promotion and greater emigration to … accelerate economic development and to improve import capacity by benefiting from remittances. The empirical results show both …
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Bangladesh. It accounts for 12% of GDP in 2010. This paper examines with annual data for 1971–2008, whether the flow of … remittances is contributing positively to the development of the financial system of the country. Our results suggest that … remittances have a significant positive effect on financial development. However, financial sector's development is neutral in its …
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In Bangladesh, remittances from migrant workers are an important component of national income and a source for … development and economic growth in Bangladesh over the period of 1976–2011. In the long run, the inflow of remittances and the … financing consumption and investment. This article investigates the relationship between remittances, financial sector …
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