The Role of Remittances in Financing the Current Account Deficit: The Case of Serbia

Božidar  Čakajac; Nenad  Janković; Stevan Luković

doi:10.18690/10.2478/ngoe-2023-0016

Božidar Čakajac
Nenad Janković
Stevan Luković

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18690/10.2478/ngoe-2023-0016

Ključne besede: nakazila, tekoči račun, plačilna bilanca, Srbija

Povzetek

Migracijska gibanja domačega prebivalstva, predvsem v razvita gospodarstva Zahodne Evrope, so vplivala na to, da nakazila predstavljajo zelo pomemben vir dohodkov iz tujine. Ekonomska literatura in tudi pogledi vodilnih mednarodnih finančnih institucij kažejo, da so nakazila bistveno bolj stabilna oblika pritoka sredstev iz tujine za države v razvoju v primerjavi z drugimi oblikami pretoka kapitala. Poleg pozitivnih ekonomskih učinkov nakazil igrajo pomembno vlogo tudi z vidika nevtralizacije plačilnobilančnega neravnovesja. Skladno s tem se predmet raziskave nanaša na preučitev vloge nakazil pri financiranju primanjkljaja tekočega računa v Srbiji, s ciljem ugotoviti, ali je v opazovanem obdobju prišlo do povečanja pomena nakazil kot dejavnika pri nevtralizaciji plačilnobilančnega neravnovesja v Republiki Srbiji. Rezultati raziskave kažejo, da so nakazila v opazovanem obdobju pridobila dodaten pomen, saj financirajo večji del primanjkljaja tekočega računa plačilne bilance v primerjavi z začetkom opazovanega časovnega intervala.

Prenosi

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Biografije avtorja

Božidar Čakajac

doktorski študent na Univerzi v Kragujevcu, Liceja Kneževine Srbije 3, 34000 Kragujevac, Srbija
E-pošta: bcakajac@gmail.com

Nenad Janković

Univerza v Kragujevcu, Fakulteta za ekonomijo, Liceja Kneževine Srbije 3, 34000 Kragujevac, Srbija
E-pošta: njankovic@kg.ac.rs

Stevan Luković

Univerza v Kragujevcu,Fakulteta za ekonomijo, Liceja Kneževine Srbije 3, 34000 Kragujevac, Srbija
E-pošta: slukovic@kg.ac.rs

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