Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 46 Issue 5

New evidence on corruption and government debt from a global country panel: A non-linear panel long-run approach

Emmanuel Apergis, Nicholas Apergis

The purpose of this paper is to explore the link between corruption and government debt through a regime-based approach.

Initial bank loans, zero-leverage firms and stock market liquidity: New empirical evidence from the UK

Sijia Zhang, Andros Gregoriou

The purpose of this paper is to examine stock market reactions and liquidity effects following the first bank loan announcement of zero-leverage firms.

Chinese imports’ impacts on Brazil’s inter-industry wage premium

Lourenco S. Paz

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of Chinese and non-Chinese import penetration on the inter-industry wage premium, and how such effects vary according to…

The effect of infrastructure and taxation on economic growth: new empirical assessment

José Laurindo de Almeida, Helder Ferreira de Mendonça

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the empirical literature that analyzes the effect of the core infrastructure (telecommunication, electricity and transportation) and…

Untangling the nonlinear “knots” of UK’s housing prices

Constantinos Alexiou, Sofoklis Vogiazas

Housing prices in the UK offer an inspiring, yet a complex and under-explored research area. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the critical factors that affect UK’s…

Do factors influencing consumer home-buying attitudes explain output growth?

Hamid Baghestani, Ajalavat Viriyavipart

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the relationship between attitudinal data from the long-running Michigan Surveys of Consumers and US real GDP growth. One survey question…

An analysis of heterogeneity in inflation expectations across cities in India

Saakshi Saakshi, Sohini Sahu

The Inflation Expectations Survey of Households, conducted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), indicates that there is considerable disparity in inflation expectations across…

Price overreactions in the cryptocurrency market

Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Alex Plastun

The purpose of this paper is to examine price overreactions in the case of the following cryptocurrencies: bitcoin, litecoin, ripple and dash.