Remittances, transaction costs, and informality

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 356-366

  Freund, Caroline ^a   Spatafora, Nikola ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Migration; Money transfer fees; Remittances

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EXCHANGE RATE; INFORMAL SECTOR; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 42049085522     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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