Output Growth Volatility and Remittances

Economica

Volumn 78, Issue 311, 2011, Pages 480-500

  Bugamelli, Matteo ^a   Paternò, Francesco ^a  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; POVERTY DETERMINANT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 79958244555     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2009.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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