
Credit Quality in Developing Economies : Remittances to the Rescue? »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2014/144
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Christian Ebeke , Boileau Loko , and Arina Viseth
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 August 2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498377911.001
ISBN: 9781498377911
Keywords: nonperforming loans, macroeconomic volatility, remittance, output growth, remittance inflows, migrant, Globalization: Finance,
This paper analyzes the link between remittances inflows and nonperforming loans (NPLs) in a large sample of developing countries. Theoretical transmission channels include risk coping, exchange rate and growth imp...