Working Paper Series: Special Edition of 2016 to 2018 Interns

Table of Contents

1 Introduction........................................................................................................................ 9 2 Literature Review ............................................................................................................ 11 3 Data & Sample Characteristics ...................................................................................... 16 3.1 Description of Variables.............................................................................................................. 17 4 Econometric Methodology: ............................................................................................. 20 4.1 Model Specification .................................................................................................................... 20 5 Financing Pattern and Regression Results .................................................................... 22 5.1 Financing in CARICOM ................................................................................................................ 22 5.2 Financing in the ECCU ................................................................................................................. 23 5.3 Regression Results ...................................................................................................................... 24 6 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 28 7 Policy Recommendations................................................................................................ 29

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