Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 33 Issue 2

Monetary regimes and inflation in 12 Caribbean economies

Derick Boyd, Ron Smith

There is a growing consensus that monetary policy occupies a primary position in macroeconomic management. This study aims to analyse how monetary policy performed in a sample of…

Fiscal policy in the European Union: Tax and spend, spend and tax, fiscal synchronisation or institutional separation?

Christos Kollias, Susana‐Maria Paleologou

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the revenue‐expenditure nexus in the case of the 15 members of the European Union.

The saving‐investment relationship in periods of structural change: The case of Greece

Evangelia Papapetrou

To study the dynamic relationship between saving‐investment in Greece during a period of structural changes with policy regime changes employing different methods of estimation.

Occupational gender wage discrimination in Turkey

Orhan Kara

The purpose of this paper is to investigate gender based wage differences by schooling and occupations and to estimate the occupational gender wage discrimination in Turkey where…

Returns to costly pre‐bargaining claims: taking a principled stand

A.J. Ostaszewski

To model a bargaining environment where the tactic of qualitative commitment (staking a principle) can have a demonstrably strong effect.