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What drives bilateral remittances to Pakistan? : a gravity model approach
Ahmed, Junaid; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2014
Formal remittance flows to Pakistan have shown noticeable growth over the past decade. Using bilateral remittance data for 23 major source countries, this study examines the external and internal factors driving these remittance flows during the period 2001-2011. We estimate a gravity model for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358774
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A Gravity Model of Workers' Remittances
Lueth, Erik - 2007
This paper creates the first dataset of bilateral remittance flows for a limited set of developing countries and estimates a gravity model for workers' remittances. We find that most of the variation in bilateral remittance flows can be explained by a few gravity variables. The evidence on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777999
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A Study on the Interrelationships Among Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, Human Capital, Financial Development and Economic Growth in Myanmar
Thunt, Htut-Oo - 2019
This paper analyzes the factors associated with economic growth in Myanmar by extending the Trade-FDI-led growth model with human capital and financial development through a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Vector Error Correction Model is a form of Vector Autoregressive, which has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012895614
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What Drives Bilateral Remittances to Pakistan? A Gravity Model Approach
Ahmed, Junaid - 2014
Formal remittance flows to Pakistan have shown noticeable growth over the past decade. Using bilateral remittance data for 23 major source countries, this study examines the external and internal factors driving these remittance flows during the period 2001-2011. We estimate a gravity model for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053058
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Political economic drivers of real exchange rate levels
Uğurlu, Esra Nur; Razmi, Arslan - 2022
Voluminous theoretical and empirical research shows that real exchange rate (RER) undervaluation could be conducive to economic development. Why do countries then often avoid the pursuit of policies that facilitate undervaluation or even intentionally pursue RER overvaluation? We address this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013328137
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Economic growth in Asia : determinants and prospects
Lee, Jong-Wha; Hong, Kiseok - 2010
Using a growth accounting framework, we find that developing Asia grew rapidly over the past 3 decades mainly due to robust growth in capital accumulation. The contributions of education and total factor productivity in the region's past economic growth remain relatively limited. Our baseline...
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R&D Expenditure and Economic Growth : New Empirical Evidence
Gumus, Erdal - 2015
This article provides an empirical analysis of the relationship between research and development (R&D) expenditures and economic growth, and determines whether this relationship differs with respect to the degree of development. In this regard, the study utilises data from 52 countries from 1996...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010899
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The Impact of Intellectual Property Protection on MNEs’ Decisions to Invest in Developing Countries : Empirical Evidence from New Swiss Firm-Level FDI Panel Data
Hold, Arno - 2015
This article reviews the impact of intellectual property (IP) protection on foreign direct investment (FDI) by multinational enterprises (MNEs) in developing countries. Applying different panel data techniques to a newly-created comprehensive FDI/IP dataset of 31 Swiss MNEs investing into 53...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013033949
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Exchange rate movements and structural break on China FDI inflows
Lee, Jung Wan; Brahmasrene, Tantatape - In: Contemporary economics 14 (2020) 2, pp. 112-126
inflows in China. In conclusions, this research expands knowledge of factors that affect FDI inflows. To generalize the … and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in China. The justification is that the undertaken topic is preeminent for … devising strategies to promote economic development, thus, a course that carries much at stake not only for China but also for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012237231
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The contribution of international R&D to firm profitability
Peters, Bettina; Schmiele, Anja - 2011
The internationalisation of corporate R&D opens up the chances to participate in international knowledge sharing. This … organizational costs as well as risks of outgoing knowledge spillovers. In this paper we empirically address the question whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901575