Microeconomic Implications of Remittances in an Overlapping Generations Model with Altruism and Self-Interest /

The paper explicitly models the dynamic strategic aspects of the interaction between the migrant and the remittance-receiving relative(s), with the migrant behaving as a Stackelberg leader. It is also different from other formalizations of remittance behavior in its treatment of the two parties'...

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Autor Principal: Melkonyan, Tigran
Outros autores: Grigorian, David
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/019
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF