inflows of external income — the sum of remittances, FDI and general government transfers — from major oil-exporting economies … between 1979 and 2009 on core macroeconomic variables for Jordan and a number of key foreign variables, we identify two long … the hypothesis that a large share of Jordan's output volatility can be associated with fluctuations in net income received …

inflows of external income — the sum of remittances, FDI and general government transfers — from major oil-exporting economies … between 1979 and 2009 on core macroeconomic variables for Jordan and a number of key foreign variables, we identify two long … the hypothesis that a large share of Jordan's output volatility can be associated with fluctuations in net income received …

-political instability once fiscal policy and remittances have been accounted for. It focuses on import prices to reflect the vulnerability … and income per capita. On the other hand, while remittances seem to dampen the adverse effect of import food price shocks …