Migration Remittances Inflows and Macroeconomic Shocks: The Case of Egypt

This paper explores to what extent Egyptian remittances inflows serve as a hedge against macroeconomic shocks. This is the first study applied on Egypt focusing on both the determinants of remittances and their cyclical behavior at the same time. By estimating a vector error correction (VEC) model,...

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Main Author: Aliaa Nabil Khodeir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2015-12-01
Series:International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijefi/issue/31971/352233?publisher=http-www-cag-edu-tr-ilhan-ozturk