“…The lags of the variables in first differences are used as instruments in the equation in levels, and the lags of the variables in levels are used as instruments in the first‐difference equation. In the analysis, the variables considered as endogenous are total AfT flows, the quality of trade measures, non‐investment‐oriented remittances inflows, NonAfT flows, the real per capita income, financial development, and the real exchange rate (see Gnangnon, 2022b, for the rationale for considering these regressors as endogenous).…”