Are Workers' Remittances a Hedge Against Macroeconomic Shocks? : The Case of Sri Lanka /

We estimate a vector error correction (VEC) model for Sri Lanka to determine the response of remittance receipts to macroeconomic shocks. This is the first attempt of its kind in the literature. We find that remittance receipts are procyclical and decline when the island's currency weakens, und...

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第一著者: Ruiz-Arranz, Marta
その他の著者: Lueth, Erik
フォーマット: 雑誌
言語:English
出版事項: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
シリーズ:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/022
オンライン・アクセス:Full text available on IMF