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The Impact of Remittance Inflows on Inflation: The Case of Lebanon

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  • Kassab Sara

    (Canadian Leaders in International Consulting (CLIC), Ottawa, Canada)

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This paper investigates the impact of workers’ remittance inflows on inflation in Lebanon. The data used is monthly data spanning the period from December 2007 to May 2019. I estimate a structural vector autoregressive model using 24 monthly lags and find that a one-time remittance growth shock leads to a statistically significant increase in the inflation rate in the short run in Lebanon. Also, the results show that a remittance growth shock makes a considerable contribution to the forecast error variance for the inflation rate in Lebanon.

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  • Kassab Sara, 2024. "The Impact of Remittance Inflows on Inflation: The Case of Lebanon," Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, De Gruyter, vol. 20(1), pages 113-127, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:rmeecf:v:20:y:2024:i:1:p:113-127:n:4
    DOI: 10.1515/rmeef-2024-0006
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    Keywords

    remittances; inflation; Lebanon; SVAR model;
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    JEL classification:

    • F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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