What Explains the Price of Remittances? An Examination Across 119 Country Corridors

Remittances are a substantial source of external financing for developing countries that influence many aspects of their development. Though research has shown that remittances are both expensive and price sensitive, little is known about what explains their price. Newly gathered data across 119 cou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Beck, Thorsten, Martínez Pería, María Soledad
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13467