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Development economists believe that migrant workers’ remittances are an important source of funds for long run growth …. Therefore, recent studies have investigated the growth effects of remittances and reached different conclusions. In many such … studies the growth of output is simply regressed on both remittances and the channels through which remittances affect growth …
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Many development economists believe that remittances by the migrant workers are an important source of long rum growth …. Therefore, recent studies have investigated the indirect and direct effects remittances on the growth rates of the recipient …. It is found that while the evidence supports the indirect effects of remittances, the direct growth effects of …
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We investigate the relationship between remittances inflow and economic growth in a sample of 65 emerging countries …). Our empirical results show that the effect of remittances inflow on economic growth exhibits a highly nonlinear pattern …, which sheds new light on the remittances-growth nexus and provides evidence of a nonlinear relationship. …
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We investigate the relationship between remittances inflow and economic growth in a sample of 65 emerging countries …). Our empirical results show that the effect of remittances inflow on economic growth exhibits a highly nonlinear pattern …, which sheds new light on the remittances-growth nexus and provides evidence of a nonlinear relationship. …
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flows as a share of the labour force and GDP per capita growth and also for all their regressors including remittances and …We show empirically that aid given to poor developing countries enhances growth and reduces emigration once several … (2000) for which aid is about 9.5% of GDP. The partial effects in these regressions are as follows. Remittances enhance net …
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flows as a share of the labour force and GDP per capita growth and also for all their regressors including remittances and …We show empirically that aid given to poor developing countries enhances growth and reduces emigration once several … (2000) for which aid is about 9.5% of GDP. The partial effects in these regressions are as follows. Remittances enhance net …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712035
We explore the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth in developing countries, distinguishing … with respect to their influence on growth. While Greenfield FDI substantially enhances growth, M&As have no effect, at best … rate. The resulting loss in price competitiveness may explain the poor growth effect of the M&A variant of FDI. …
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We explore the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth in developing countries, distinguishing between … contribute to expanding the host country's capital stock. The model suggests that greenfield FDI has a stronger impact on growth … than M&A sales. This hypothesis is supported by our empirical results, which show that greenfield FDI enhances growth …
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We explore the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth in developing countries, distinguishing between … contribute to expanding the host country's capital stock. The model suggests that greenfield FDI has a stronger impact on growth … than M&A sales. This hypothesis is supported by our empirical results, which show that greenfield FDI enhances growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009376718
We explore the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth in developing countries, distinguishing between …’s capital stock. Greenfield FDI should therefore have a stronger impact on growth than M&A sales. This hypothesis is supported … by our empirical results, which show that greenfield FDI enhances growth, while M&As have no effect, at best, in a panel …
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