Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Oxford

Papers:

"Insurance Role of Remittances and Household Credit Demand"
Susan Richter, University of California, Merced (Contact Author)

"Immigrants, Assimilation and Wealth Portfolio Choices"
Eva Sierminska, CEPS/INSTEAD (Contact Author)
Chung Choe, CEPS/INSTEAD
Vincent Alexandre Hildebrand, York University

"When Remittances Are More than Just Money: Measuring the Impact of Remittances on Demographic Behavior"
Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Oxford (Contact Author)
George Sami Naufal, American University of Sharjah

Discussants:

Christopher P. Ball, Quinnipiac University
Diego Vacaflores, Texas State University

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Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Papers:

"The Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances: A Reappraisal"
Diego Vacaflores, Texas State University (Contact Author)
Dennis W. Jansen, Texas A&M University

"Financial Openness, Resource Reallocation and the Real Exchange Rate: Is There a Trade-off?"
Emmanueal K.K. Lartey, California State University, Fullerton (Contact Author)

"Real Business Cycles and Remittances to Emerging Markets"
Diego Vacaflores, Texas State University
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)
Christopher P. Ball, Quinnipiac University

Discussants:

Olivier Coibon, The College of William & Mary
Mark Wheeler, Western Michigan University
Emmanueal K.K. Lartey, California State University, Fullerton

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