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What Do Remittances Do? Analyzing the Private Remittance Transmission Mechanism in El Salvador / Luis René Cáceres, Nolvia Nery Saca.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Cáceres, Luis René.
- Series:
- IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/250
- IMF Working Papers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emigrant remittances--El Salvador--Econometric models.
- Emigrant remittances.
- Monetary policy--El Salvador--Econometric models.
- Monetary policy.
- El Salvador--Economic conditions--1945---Econometric models.
- El Salvador.
- El Salvador--Economic policy--Econometric models.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Family remittances are important for El Salvador's economy. This paper analyzes the impact of remittances on El Salvador's economy and the spillover effects on the other Central American countries. A vector autoregression (VAR) model is formulated, consisting of real and monetary variables. The results suggest that in, El Salvador, remittances lead to decreases in economic activity, international reserves, and money supply and increases in the interest rate, imports, and consumer prices. This underscores the need for reorienting economic policy in El Salvador to promote the use of remittances in capital formation activities to maximize the benefit of remittances.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. BRIEF REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON EL SALVADOR�S RECEIPTS OF REMITTANCES""; ""III. STYLIZED FACTS OF EL SALVADOR�S ECONOMY, 1995�2004""; ""IV. MODEL SPECIFICATION AND DATA ISSUES""; ""V. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE: TRANSMISSION MECHANISM""; ""VI. CONCLUSIONS AND ECONOMIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""References""
- Notes:
- "November 2006."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613826367
- 9781462383092
- 1462383092
- 9781451983296
- 1451983298
- 9781283513913
- 1283513919
- 9781451909630
- 1451909632
- OCLC:
- 694141120
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