Are remittances manna from heaven? A look at the business cycle properties of remittances

This article documents the business cycle properties of workers’ remittance flows to Mexico. We also discuss key differences between the cyclical properties of remittance inflows and the cyclical properties of foreign direct investment (FDI). We find evidence that remittances are countercyclical wit...

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Volume:	19
Main Author:	Vargas-Silva, Carlos
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	NEW YORK Elsevier Inc 2008 ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC Elsevier Elsevier B.V Elsevier Science Ltd
published in:	The North American journal of economics and finance Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 290 - 303
Data of publication:	2008
ISSN:	1062-9408 1879-0860
EISSN:	1879-0860
Discipline:	Economics Business
Series:	The North American Journal of Economics and Finance
Subjects:	Business cycles Foreign direct investment Remittances Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Business, Finance Remittances Business cycles Foreign direct investment Foreign investments Analysis Studies Foreign investment Mexico F21 Business cycles E32 F22 Foreign direct investment F16 Remittances INSURANCE
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2008 Web of Knowledge Web of Science RePEc RePEc IDEAS CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS