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Remittances and Business Cycle in Morocco

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  • Farid Makhlouf

    (ESC PAU Business School)

  • Kamal Kasmaoui

    (ESC PAU Business School)

Abstract

This paper empirically investigates the cyclical properties of remittances in Morocco and examines factors driving their changes (from countercyclical to procyclical). First, by using the time-varying coefficients method for quarterly data from (Q1, 2004) to (Q1, 2015), this paper shows that the cyclical properties of remittances change over time. Second, the paper explores factors causing changes in cyclical properties of remittances, it shows that in the time of crises and depreciation of exchange rate remittances tend to be countercyclical. The paper provides a better understanding of the nature of the relationship between cyclical component of remittances and business cycle fluctuations.

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  • Farid Makhlouf & Kamal Kasmaoui, 2020. "Remittances and Business Cycle in Morocco," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 40(2), pages 1431-1445.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-20-00154
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    Cited by:

    1. Farid Makhlouf & Refk Selmi, 2022. "Do sanctions work in a crypto world? The impact of the removal of Russian Banks from SWIFT on Remittances," Working Papers hal-03599089, HAL.
    2. Farid Makhlouf & Refk Selmi, 2023. ""From Aspirations for Climate Action to the Reality of Climate Disasters": Can Migrants Play Key Role in Disaster Response?," Working Papers hal-04137400, HAL.
    3. Refk Selmi & Farid Makhlouf, 2021. "Can Venezuelan scenario be repeated in Tunisia? The role of remittances in an inflationary context," Working Papers hal-03429730, HAL.
    4. Oussama Ben Atta & Kamal Kasmaoui & Mazhar Yasin Mughal & Farid Makhlouf, 2021. "More remittances, fewer kids—Impact of remittances on fertility in Morocco," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(8), pages 1238-1256, November.

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    Keywords

    Remittances; Business Cycle; Morocco;
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    JEL classification:

    • F2 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business
    • E3 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles

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