Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 37 Issue 2

Peaks and valleys: Price discovery in experimental asset markets with non‐monotonic fundamentals

Charles N. Noussair, Owen Powell

This paper aims to study how the trajectory of fundamental values affects price discovery in an experimental asset market.

Forecasting the South African economy: a hybrid‐DSGE approach

Guangling “Dave” Liu, Rangan Gupta, Eric Schaling

This paper aims to develops an estimable hybrid model that combines the micro‐founded DSGE model with the flexibility of the atheoretical VAR model.

Factors influencing Federal Reserve forecasts of inflation

Hamid Baghestani, Bassam AbuAl‐Foul

This study aims to both test the asymmetric information hypothesis and explore the factors influencing the one‐ through four‐quarter‐ahead Federal Reserve inflation forecasts for…

An extended DEA windows analysis: Middle East and East African seaports

Ahmed Salem Al‐Eraqi, Adli Mustafa, Ahamad Tajudin Khader

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the efficiency of 22 cargo seaports situated in the regions of East Africa and Middle East.

Decomposition of economic growth in Bulgaria by industry

Stanislav Ivanov, Craig Webster

The aim of this paper is to present a methodology for the decomposition of economic growth by industry which allows interindustry comparisons.

Growth, investment and military expenditure in the European Union‐15

Christos Kollias, Suzanna‐Maria Paleologou

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between growth, investment and military expenditure in the case of the European Union‐15.

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