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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1. autor: Ruiz-Arranz, Marta
Kolejni autorzy: Lueth, Erik
Format: Czasopismo
Język:English
Wydane: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Seria:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/022
Dostęp online:Full text available on IMF