Remittances, Economic Freedom, and Economic Growth in North African Countries
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Keywords
Economic freedom index; remittances; economic growth; Panel data analysis.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
- O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
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