Workers' Remittances : An Overlooked Channel of International Business Cycle Transmission? /

This paper shows that remittance flows significantly increase the business cycle synchronization between remittance-recipient countries and the rest of the world. Using both aggregate and bilateral remittances data in a panel data setting, the study demonstrates that this effect is robust and causal...

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Autor principal: Barajas, Adolfo
Outros Autores: Chami, Ralph, Ebeke, Christian, Tapsoba, Sampawende
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
coleção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/251
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