Macro Level Determinants of Remittances to Pakistan
研究了1973至2010年影响巴基斯坦汇款流入的宏观因素，发现国内收入、移民人数、汇率和通胀率是关键决定因素。
Remittance inflows to developing world stand tall among the sources of foreign finance. The purpose of this study is to explore the macro level factors that shape remittance inflows to Pakistan over the study period 1973 to 2010. Using time series data autoregressive distributed lagged model (ARDL) bounds testing approach is employed for parameters’ estimation. Results of the study reveal that income level at home, number of emigrants, increase in exchange rate and rate of inflation at origin all matters in determination of inflows to the country. Long run impact of the former three variables on remittances remained significantly positive while the impact of the domestic price level was substantiated with negative sign.