Diaspora transferts et volatilité économique

Jellal, Mohamed (2014): Diaspora transferts et volatilité économique.

Abstract

This paper attempts to clarify theoretically the link between remittances , industrialization by foreign capital as well as the size of its volatility. In particular, the model shows clearly that if the flows of foreign capital induce volatility in the economy, the bulk of remittances from the diaspora seems to have the opposite effect, it tends to play a stabilizing role of fluctuations in the economy of the country of origin of the diaspora.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Diaspora transfers and economic volatility
• Language: French
• Keywords: Diaspora, Remittances, Foreign Capital, Volatility, Stabilization
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F21 - International Investment ; Long-Term Capital Movements; F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F22 - International Migration; F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F24 - Remittances; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O14 - Industrialization ; Manufacturing and Service Industries ; Choice of Technology

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