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Financial development, remittances and economic growth : A threshold analysis

Kwesi Ofori, Isaac - 2021

literature with little attention on remittances and the joint effect of financial sector development and remittances. This paper … uses macrodata to examine the linkages between financial development, remittances, and economic growth in Ghana. We …, growth-enhancing, and a certain level of financial development can drag down economic growth in the long term and the …

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Financial development, remittances and economic growth : a threshold analysis

Peprah, James Atta; Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Asomani, Abel Nyarko - In: Cogent economics & finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-20

literature with little attention on remittances and the joint effect of financial sector development and remittances. This paper … uses macrodata to examine the linkages between financial development, remittances and economic growth in Ghana. We estimate …, growth-enhancing, and a certain level of financial development can drag down economic growth in the long term and the …

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Financial Liberalization and Growth in Ghana : An Application of the ARDL Bounds Testing Approach

Adam, Anokye M. - 2009

In this paper we examined the impact of the liberalization of financial sector on growth in small open economy of Ghana using time series data from 1970 to 2007. Using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) modelling approach we find long-run positive and significant impact of financial...

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Remittances and economic growth: what channels of transmission? (In French)

Mim, Sami Ben; Mabrouk, Fatma - Groupe de Recherche en Économie Théorique et … - 2011

This article examines the effect of remittances on economic growth, highlighting the main transmission channels. Using the SGMM method, estimates based on data from 27 developing countries show that remittances have a positive and significant effect on economic growth. The results don’t allow...

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An FDI is an FDI is an FDI? : the growth effects of greenfield investment and mergers and acquisitions in developing countries

Harms, Philipp; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume - 2011 - This version: November 15, 2011

We explore the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth in developing countries, distinguishing between mergers and acquisitions ("M&As") and "greenfield" investment. A simple model captures the key difference between the two types of FDI: unlike greenfield investment, M&As partly...

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Growth Effect of FDI in Developing Economies : The Role of Institutional Quality

Jude, Cristina - 2015

This paper investigates the effect of FDI on economic growth conditional on the institutional quality of host countries. We first develop several theoretical arguments to show that institutional heterogeneity may be an explanation for the mixed results of previous empirical studies. Second,...

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Growth E ffect of FDI in Developing Economies : The Role of Institutional Quality

Jude, Cristina - 2015

This paper investigates the effect of FDI on economic growth conditional on the institutional quality of host countries. As we consider institutional heterogeneity to be an explanation for the mixed results of previous empirical studies, we develop several arguments to show that institutional...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013033984

Foreign Capital and Economic Growth

Prasad, Eswar S.; Rajan, Raghuram G.; Subramanian, Arvind - In: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 38 (2007) 1, pp. 153-230

results do not imply that foreign finance has no role in development or that all types of capital naturally flow “uphill …

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Latvia’s incoming in European Union economic effect estimation

Skribans, Valerijs - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

investigate influence of international integration processes on development of economy of Latvia. In the paper Latvian economic …

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Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth : The Role of Domestic Financial Sector

Khan, Muhammad Arshad - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

economic growth through the process of technological diffusion. The literature also suggests that the development of the … achieved a certain minimum-level development. The results further suggest that better domestic financial conditions not only …

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