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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المؤلف الرئيسي: Ruiz-Arranz, Marta
مؤلفون آخرون: Lueth, Erik
التنسيق: دورية
اللغة:English
منشور في: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
سلاسل:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/022
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:Full text available on IMF