Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 38 Issue 5

Financial system stress and unemployment in industrial countries

Horst Feldmann

This paper aims to analyze how financial system turmoil affected unemployment in industrial countries during the period 1982 to 2003.

Transportation oil demand, consumer preferences and asymmetric prices

David C. Broadstock, Alan Collins, Lester C. Hunt

The aim of this paper is to establish the role of asymmetric price decompositions in UK road transportation fuel demand, make explicit the impact of the underlying energy demand…

The theoretical financial model of access pricing

Chun‐Hung Chen, Ting‐Kun Liu

This paper aims to explore the three basic roles that access price plays: the collection of opportunity cost; the redistribution of profit; and the tools of exploiting competitors.

Relative price variability and the Phillips Curve: evidence from Turkey

A. Nazif Çatik, Christopher Martin, A. Özlem Onder

Using data from Turkey, this paper seeks to investigate whether relative price changes can help to explain the Phillips Curve relationship between inflation and output.

Macroeconomic determinants of remittances for a dollarized economy: the case of El Salvador

Ramon A. Castillo‐Ponce, Victor Hugo Torres‐Preciado, Jose Luis Manzanares‐Rivera

Traditionally, remittances have been analyzed in the context of their socioeconomic impact on the receiving communities. Consequently, little is known about the macroeconomic…

On the marginal social cost of cash‐cum‐in‐kind transfers

Lucas Duarte, Enlinson Mattos, Juliana Serillo

The purpose of this paper is to characterize that the marginal social cost of public funds and to estimate the response of labor supply to these publicly provided goods, and…

Fiscal policy and economic growth in South Africa

Matthew Kofi Ocran

This paper aims to examine the effects of fiscal policy associated with increases in government expenditures, tax revenue and budget deficit on the South African economy.