Bettin, Giulia; Presbitero, Andrea Filippo; Spatafora, … - Money and Finance Research group (Mo.Fi.R.) - 2014
This paper examines how international remittances are affected by structural characteristics, macroeconomic conditions … remittances from 103 Italian provinces to 107 developing countries over the period 2005-2011. We find that remittances are … exogenous shocks, such as natural disasters or large declines in the terms of trade. Remittances are also positively correlated …