Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 36 Issue 2

Financial development and economic growth: New evidence from a sample of island economies

Boopen Seetanah, Shalini T. Ramessur, Sawkut Rojid

The purpose of this paper is to test the hypothesis that there exists a positive link between financial development and economic growth in island economies.

Economic volatility and remittances: evidence from SIDS

Mahalia Jackman, Roland Craigwell, Winston Moore

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential link between remittances and economic volatility in small island developing states.

Economic structural complementarity: how viable is the Korea‐EU FTA?

Bernadette Andreosso‐O'Callaghan

Economic structural complementarity between country A and country B, or the way the two countries specialize in different industries is a useful tool for the analysis of the…

Poverty, income distribution, and agriculture in developing countries

Minh Quang Dao

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the determinants of rural and national poverty, of income distribution, and of agricultural growth in developing countries.

Institutions and economic volatility: democracy versus risk of expropriation

Vladimir Ponczek, Enlinson Mattos

The purpose of this paper is to decompose the effects of democracy and risk of expropriation on economic volatility.

Risk exposure and financial policy: An empirical analysis of emerging markets

Joshua Abor, Emmanuel Sarpong‐Kumankoma, Eme Fiawoyife, Kofi A. Osei

This paper aims to evaluate the effect of risk on the financial policy of emerging market firms.