UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO Hamilton New Zealand Are there Significant Externality Effects of Remittances in Asian Economic Growth? Gazi M. Hassan and Shamim Shakur Department of Economics Working Paper in Economics 04/15 April 2015 Corresponding Author Gazi M. Hassan Economics Department University of Waikato Private Bag 3105 Hamilton, 3240 NEW ZEALAND Email: gmhassan@waikato.ac.nz Shamim Shakur School of Economics & Finance Massey University Private Bag 3105 Palmerston North NEW ZEALAND Email: s.shakur@massey.ac.nz