Remittances, Financial Development and Economic Growth: The Case of North African Countries

The present paper examines the causal linkage between remittances, financial development, and economic growth in a panel of 4 countries of North Africa (Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Egypt) over the period 1980-2011. Using system Generalized Method of Moment (GMM) panel data analysis, we find strong...

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Main Authors: Zouheir Abida, Imen Mohamed Sghaier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editura ASE Bucuresti 2014-03-01
Series:Romanian Economic Journal
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Online Access:http://www.rejournal.eu/article/remittances-financial-development-and-economic-growth-case-north-african-countries