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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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of complementarity between remittances and financial sector development in influencing economic growth. In addition …The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between remittances, financial sector development, and … economic growth in Nigeria over the period 1981 to 2017. The study used the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model to …
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In this paper, I study the effect of remittances on economic growth of the Fiji Islands. I provide empirical evidences … based on data for the period 1979-2007 that remittances have a positive and significant impact on growth of Fiji's economy …. The investigation also indicates the need to encourage financial sector development and consider furthering remittances …
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The link between remittances and economic growth is a controversial subject. While for some countries with relatively … high and perpetual remittances inflow, the impact on growth may be positive, but this is not the case for all the … inflow and economic growth of the Philippines. We find remittances to positively affect economic growth and therefore are …
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theoretical framework, whether international remittances significantly impact per capita economic growth in Nigeria. Design … model to examine the type of relationships between remittances and Nigeria's per capita growth. Finding: The study reveals a … remittances inflow enhances per capita growth both in long-run and short-run in Nigeria, Furthermore, the study found that …
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This paper investigates the long run growth effects of the external factors like export and import, foreign direct … investment, and foreign remittances in South Asian countries. To estimate the same the Panel cointegration and Panel Dynamic … increase in the GDP (p=05), and a 1 percent increase in the remittances can cause 0.0856 percent increase in the GDP of the …
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homogeneous and heterogeneous panel data estimators to a Spatial Panel Error Correction Model (SpECM) for regional output growth … equation, the empirical results support the hypothesis of export- and FDI-led growth. We also show that for export and outward …
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In this paper we examined the impact of the liberalization of financial sector on growth in small open economy of Ghana …-run positive and significant impact of financial liberalization on per capita GDP growth …
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In advanced economies, rising inequality has become a significant economic issue. Our paper examines one dimension of the impact of inequality. This study employs panel estimators that tackle heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependence to estimate the impact of income inequality on import...
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