Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/264260 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Citation: 
[Journal:] West African Journal of Monetary and Economic Integration [ISSN:] 0855-594X [Volume:] 19 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) [Place:] Accra [Year:] 2019 [Pages:] 71-83
Publisher: 
West African Monetary Institute (WAMI), Accra
Abstract: 
There are varied findings on how the remittances, financial development and economic growth relationship works. Some studies find that in countries with low financial development, remittance inflows may have a higher impact on economic growth by serving as a substitute for inefficient or nonexistent financial markets. Other studies show that remittance inflows enhance economic growth in countries with high financial development. This paper analyzes such tripartite relationship in the Economic Community of West African States for the period 2004-2016. Dynamic panel data estimations are carried out, and the results show that remittances positively impact economic growth while financial development is found to have no significant impact on economic growth. The interaction between the remittances and financial development variables is, however, found to have a significant, negative coefficient, implying that remittances substitute inefficient or nonexistent financial markets.
Subjects: 
Remittances
Financial Development
Economic Growth
JEL: 
F43
O16
Document Type: 
Article

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