Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 44 Issue 4

Assessing the effect of inflation uncertainty on inflation: further evidences for Latin America

Diego Ferreira, Andreza Aparecida Palma

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether the effect of inflation uncertainty on inflation has changed over time in Latin America.

The lead-lag relationship between US industry-level credit and stock markets

Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad, Safwan Mohd Nor, Nur Azura Sanusi, Ronald Ravinesh Kumar

The purpose of this paper is to identify the arbitrage opportunities between US industry-level credit and stock markets with a focus on dynamic lead-lag relationships given that…

Oil exports and non-oil exports: Dutch disease effects in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Huseyin Karamelikli, Guray Akalin, Unal Arslan

The purpose of this paper is to examine the dynamic relationship between oil exports, non-oil exports, imports and economic growth in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting…

Iran’s trade policy of Asianization and de-Europeanization under sanctions

Mohammad Nasre Esfahani, Ehsan Rasoulinezhad

The purpose of this paper is to find out whether under sanctions, Iran’s trade direction has shifted from Europe (trade policy of de-Europeanization) toward Asia (trade policy of…

Bayesian analysis of working capital management on corporate profitability: evidence from India

Arvind Shrivastava, Nitin Kumar, Purnendu Kumar

Decisions pertaining to working capital management have pivotal role for firms’ short-term financial decisions. The purpose of this paper is to examine impact of working capital…

Quantile treatment effect and double robust estimators: An appraisal on the Italian labor market

Francesco Caracciolo, Marilena Furno

Several approaches have been proposed to evaluate treatment effect, relying on matching methods propensity score, quantile regression, influence function, bootstrap and various…

Evaluating the internal dualism of the informal sector: evidence from the European Union

Colin C. Williams, Ioana Alexandra Horodnic, Jan Windebank

To transcend the current debates about whether participation in the informal sector is a result of informal workers “exclusion” or their voluntary “exit” from the formal sector…

Labor mobility across the formal/informal divide in Turkey: Evidence from individual-level data

Aysit Tansel, Elif Öznur Acar

This paper, the first one to use individual-level Turkish panel data, examines the labor market transitions in Turkey along the formal/informal employment divide. The purpose of…

Exchange rate undervaluation and sectoral performance of the South African economy

Bernard Njindan Iyke

The purpose of this paper is to uncover the channels through which real exchange rate undervaluation influences the performance of the South African economy.

How feasible is the West African eco currency union? An investigation using synchronicity and similarity measures

William Miles

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the proposed eco currency union has sufficient business cycle synchronization among its members to avoid problems such as those…