Clean Energy and Household Remittances in Bangladesh: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
In: CAMA Working Paper No. 33/2020
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In: CAMA Working Paper No. 33/2020
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In: CAMA Working Paper No. 47/2021
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In: CAMA Working Paper No. 61/2018
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In: Applied Economics Quarterly, Band 64, Heft 2, S. 127-135
ISSN: 1865-5122
Abstract This article estimates the externality effects of remittances in a sample of Asian countries. According to Romer (1986) externality generated by education sector can raise nationwide productivity. Because a significant portion of remittances income is invested on education, remittances stock can also generate such externalities. Using a Romer type production function and with the aid of panel cointegration technique applied to the data, we find evidence in favour of a highly significant externality effects of remittances, although these estimates are small in magnitude. JEL classifications: F24; F43; O11; O15 Keywords: Remittances; Externality Effects; Endogenous Growth; Panel Cointegration, group-mean panel dynamic OLS
In: The journal of development studies, Band 51, Heft 10, S. 1309-1325
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 51, Heft 10, S. 1309-1325
ISSN: 0022-0388
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In: International migration: quarterly review, Band 57, Heft 5, S. 21-36
ISSN: 1468-2435
AbstractThe literature on migrants' motivation to remit ranges from self‐interest to altruism where studies analyse the impact from home country interest rates or interest differentials between home and host countries. We reinterpret the interest rate elasticity of remittances as a form of debt‐repayment responsiveness rather than based on opportunistic motivation. Modelling altruistic transfer and debt‐repayment, we find that, for a panel of countries, the long‐run responsiveness of remittances to changes in real lending rates is negative. This suggests that an expansionary (contractionary) monetary policy is most likely to lead to an increase (reduction) in remittances in the long‐run. In contrast to this, the short‐run impact of interest rate changes on remittances is positive.
In: ENEECO-D-22-01176
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In: JEPO-D-23-01058
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In: Journal of behavioral and experimental economics, Band 110, S. 102208
ISSN: 2214-8043
In: The journal of developing areas, Band 51, Heft 1, S. 177-192
ISSN: 1548-2278
In: International migration: quarterly review, Band 54, Heft 5, S. 105-121
ISSN: 1468-2435
AbstractThis article shows that the effect of remittances on economic growth involves a U‐shaped pattern, which is negative initially but later becomes positive. The analysis differs significantly from earlier studies in that it examines important methodological issues on the specification and estimation of the long‐run growth effects of remittances by estimating their impact on total factor productivity (TFP) rather than on the growth rate of GDP, using time series data from Bangladesh. The use of single‐equation cointegration methods shows that remittances' effect on long‐run growth in Bangladesh is negative and falling until the remittances‐to‐GDP ratio is roughly eight per cent. The benefits of remittances receipts outweigh their costs and their net effects start to become positive when the ratio exceeds 14 per cent.
In: Research in economics: Ricerche economiche, Band 76, Heft 3, S. 170-188
ISSN: 1090-9451
In: International Review of Financial Analysis, Forthcoming
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In: Journal of economic studies, Band 45, Heft 5, S. 932-955
ISSN: 1758-7387
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to consider whether or not the introduction of inflation targeting (IT) impacts on the mean-reversion properties of inflation and output growth.Design/methodology/approachFocusing on eight Asian countries of which four are inflation-targeters, the authors employ a two-state Markov-switching model which characterizes the behavior of inflation and output growth as regime-dependent based on periods of stationarity or non-stationarity.FindingsIn contrast to a literature that offers mixed findings, the authors find the presence of stationary inflation and output growth in one regime for all IT countries, except for South Korea which is characterized by stationary output growth in both regimes. In the cases of South Korea and Thailand, IT reduces the probability of inflation remaining in a non-stationary regime. IT increases the probability of South Korea remaining in a regime of low persistence output growth. While IT is important in understanding behavior, so are other considerations such as exchange rate volatility, as well as the Asian and global financial crises.Originality/valueIn contrast to other unit root tests of inflation and output growth, a novelty of the approach is that the authors obtain new insights in terms of two concepts of stationarity that allow for inflation and output growth to switch between stationary and non-stationary regimes (partial stationarity), or between stationary regimes of differing degrees of persistence (varied stationarity).