Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 31 Issue 2

Evidence on the relationship between public medical resources and health indicators

Berta Rivera

This paper estimates the impact of public medical resources on morbidity indicators. Since health status also depends on a number of factors that are not directly related to…

Measuring performance in defense‐sector companies in a small NATO member country

Carlos Pestana Barros

In all European national defense‐sector industries, organizational efficiency forms a vital component of the operations that improves competitiveness in the market. The Portuguese…

Race and gender discrimination in the labor market: an urban and rural sector analysis for Brazil

Paulo R.A. Loureiro, Francisco Galrão Carneiro, Adolfo Sachsida

The article investigates the existence of discrimination in the urban and rural labor markets in Brazil. Tests the hypothesis that returns to education are different for black and…

The generalized Fisher hypothesis in the Asian markets

Osamah M. Al‐Khazali

This paper investigates the generalized Fisher hypothesis for nine equity markets in the Asian countries. It states that the real rates of return on common stocks and the expected…

Money and Inflation – A New Macroeconomic Analysis

Heinrich Bortis

Presents a review of Money and Inflation – A New Macroeconomic Analysis (Sergio Rossi (with a Foreword by Mauro Baranzini and Alvaro Cencini) Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK and…