Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 44 Issue 2

The political roots of health insurance benefit mandates

James Bailey, Douglas Webber

As of 2011, the average US state had 37 health insurance benefit mandates, laws requiring health insurance plans to cover a specific treatment, condition, provider, or person…

Cash transfers to the elderly and its spillover effects: Evidences from a non-contributory program in Brazil

Pedro Rodrigues de Oliveira, Ana Lúcia Kassouf, Juliana Maria de Aquino

The purpose of this paper is to present evidences on the spillover effects of a cash transfer addressed to poor elders in Brazil.

Modelling non-linear behaviour of block price deviations when trades are executed outside the bid-ask quotes

Andros Gregoriou

The purpose of this paper is to test and model non-linearities in block price deviations when they are executed outside the bid-ask quotes. The author conducts an empirical…

The bridge between macro and micro banking regulation: A framework from the model of financial flows

Claudio Oliveira De Moraes, Helder Ferreira de Mendonça

The purpose of this paper is to discuss more efficient mechanisms of regulation in the financial system.

A reconciliation proposal of demand-driven growth models in open economies

Rafael Saulo Marques Ribeiro, John S.L. McCombie, Gilberto Tadeu Lima

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature on demand-driven Keynesian growth in open economies by developing a formal model that combines Dixon and Thirlwall’s…

Bank competition and economic growth: Empirical evidence from selected frontier African countries

Roland Mwesigwa Banya, Nicholas Biekpe

The degree and impact of competitiveness in the banking sector is of great importance as this has great impact on the financial system and the wider economy. A question of…

Investigating the volume and structure of alcohol consumption in Russian regions

Tatiana Kossova, Elena Kossova, Maria Sheluntcova

The purpose of this paper is to examine macroeconomic factors that are significantly related to consumption of various alcoholic beverages in Russia.

South Africa’s economic response to monetary policy uncertainty

Mehmet Balcilar, Rangan Gupta, Charl Jooste

The purpose of this paper is to study the evolution of monetary policy uncertainty and its impact on the South African economy.

A closer look at the skilled labor demand increase in Brazil

Paulo de Andrade Jacinto, Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro, Tulio Cravo

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate skilled labor demand determinants in Brazil, considering alternatives explanations: changes in relative wages, non-homothetic technology…

Central bank opacity and inflation uncertainty: Effects in a large emerging economy

Ronaldo Trogo de Almeida, Wilson Luiz Rotatori Corrêa, Helder Ferreira de Mendonça, José Simão Filho

This paper relates to the literature on central bank (CB) transparency and inflation uncertainty. Considering that opacity is a possible source for inflation uncertainty the…