Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 39 Issue 6

The impact of banking development on the size of shadow economies

Niloy Bose, Salvatore Capasso, Martin Andreas Wurm

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between banking development and the size of shadow economies by employing data on 137 countries over the period from 1995…

Economic growth, foreign direct investment and corruption in developed and developing countries

Marie Freckleton, Allan Wright, Roland Craigwell

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between economic growth, foreign direct investment (FDI) and corruption.

Performance pay and employee turnover

Patrick L. O'Halloran

The purpose of this paper is to explore how various performance related pay (PRP) schemes influence employee turnover. It also tests whether profit sharing has a differential…

Bank profitability and inflation: the case of China

Yong Tan, Christos Floros

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the determinants of bank profitability in China. It examines the effects of inflation on bank profitability, while controlling for…

Exchange rate effects on trade in services

Charalambos Pattichis

The purpose of this paper is to use disaggregated data on US‐UK trade to investigate the effects of exchange rate depreciation on trade in services both in the short‐ and long‐run.

Private sector balance, financial markets, and US cycle: a SVAR analysis

Paolo Casadio, Antonio Paradiso

Considering the sectoral balance approach of Godley, and focusing only on the two main components of the private sector balance for the US economy (household and non‐financial…

Education inequality in Ghana: gender and spatial dimensions

Bernardin Senadza

The purpose of the paper is to examine the nature and extent of gender and spatial inequalities in educational attainment in Ghana.