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Do Transfer Costs Matter for Foreign Remittances? A Gravity Model Approach
dc.contributor.author | Ahmed, Junaid | |
dc.contributor.author | Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-01T07:11:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-01T07:11:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | AHMED, Junaid; MARTÍNEZ-ZARZOSO, Inmaculada. Do transfer costs matter for foreign remittances? A gravity model approach. Economics: The Open-Access, Open Assessment E-Journal, 2016, vol. 10, no 4, p. 1—36 | ca_CA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1864-6042 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10234/160169 | |
dc.description.abstract | Using bilateral data on remittance flows to Pakistan for 23 major host countries, this is the first study that examines the effect of transaction costs on foreign remittances. The authors find that the effect of transaction costs on remittance flows is negative and significant; suggesting that a high cost will either refrain migrants from sending money back home or make them remit through informal channels. They also find that remittances are facilitated by the existence of migrant networks and improvements in home and host country financial services. Distance, which has been used in previous studies as an indicator of the cost of remitting, is found to be a poor proxy. | ca_CA |
dc.description.sponsorShip | The authors gratefully acknowledge the comments and suggestions made by Prof. Stephan Klasen. We also would like to thank the participants at the IS Academy: Migration and Development, the 16th Göttingen Workshop on International Economics, 12th Arnoldshain Seminar as well as the 2015 Annual Conference of the Research Group on Development Economics for their valuable inputs. I. Martinez-Zarzoso also acknowledges the support and collaboration of Project ECO2014-58991-C3-2-R funded by the Spanish MINECO and of Project “Production Networks and Economic Integration” funded by the University Jaume I (P1.B2013–06). | ca_CA |
dc.format.extent | 36 p. | ca_CA |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | ca_CA |
dc.language.iso | eng | ca_CA |
dc.publisher | Kiel Institute for the World Economy | ca_CA |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Economics: The Open-Access, Open Assessment E-Journal, 2016, vol. 10, no 4 | ca_CA |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | remittances | ca_CA |
dc.subject | geographical distance | ca_CA |
dc.subject | transaction cost | ca_CA |
dc.subject | financial services | ca_CA |
dc.subject | Pakistan | ca_CA |
dc.title | Do Transfer Costs Matter for Foreign Remittances? A Gravity Model Approach | ca_CA |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | ca_CA |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2016-4 | |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | ca_CA |
dc.relation.publisherVersion | http://www.economics-ejournal.org/economics/journalarticles/2016-4 | ca_CA |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
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