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remittances and growth has not been adequately studied. This paper studies one of the links between remittances and growth, in …-constructed dataset for remittances covering about 100 developing countries, we find that remittances boost growth in countries with less …Despite the increasing importance of remittances in total international capital flows, the relationship between …
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remittances and growth has not been adequately studied. This paper studies one of the links between remittances and growth, in …-constructed dataset for remittances covering about 100 developing countries, we find that remittances boost growth in countries with less … mostly pro-cyclical. -- remittances ; financial development ; growth …
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uses macrodata to examine the linkages between financial development, remittances and economic growth in Ghana. We estimate …Sources of economic growth in Ghana have not been clear. Several studies have contributed to the finance and growth … literature with little attention on remittances and the joint effect of financial sector development and remittances. This paper …
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There are varied findings on how the remittances, financial development and economic growth relationship works. Some … results show that remittances positively impact economic growth while financial development is found to have no significant … impact on economic growth. The interaction between the remittances and financial development variables is, however, found to …
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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
According to theory, financial openness (FO) increases growth. The literature often conditions the growth effect of FO … on favorable collateral environment. However, this can conceal the actual growth benefits of FO. This paper contributes … to the literature by investigating the unconditional growth effect of FO, measured as de facto international financial …
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unresolved issue, namely whether remittances increase or decrease with migrants' level of education. The determinants of … remittances considered include migration levels and rates, migrants' education level, and source countries' income, financial … sector development and expected growth rate. The estimation takes potential endogeneity into account, an issue not considered …
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migrants send home. This paper examines whether remittances actually increase with migrants' education level. The determinants … of remittances it considers include migration levels or rates, migrants' education level, and source countries' income …, financial sector development and expected growth rate. The estimation takes potential endogeneity into account, an issue not …
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