Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 47 Issue 5

Asymmetry cointegration and the J-curve: new evidence from Africa

Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, Augustine Chuck Arize

The purpose is to assess the asymmetric effects of exchange rate changes on the trade balance using data from African nations.

Firms and export performance: does size matter?

Van T.C. Ha, Mark J. Holmes, Trang M. Le

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between export performance and firm size.

Bank efficiency in Bangladesh revisited: a slack-based network DEA approach

Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Peter Wanke, Mohammad Zahir Raihan, S.M. Rakibul Anwar, Riduanul Mustafa

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) calculates the efficiency of a business unit if all the inputs are creating outputs within a “black box.” Under traditional DEA, the detailed…

Determinants of bilateral trade between China and Africa: a gravity model approach

Zhijie Guan, Jim Kwee Fat Ip Ping Sheong

The main purpose of this paper is to analyse the different factors affecting Sino-African trade based on the gravity model, and propose some solutions to improve the problems.

Matching in the Kolm triangle: interiority and participation constraints of matching equilibria

Wolfgang Buchholz, Richard Cornes, Dirk Rübbelke

In this paper we show how the Kolm triangle method, which is a standard tool for visualizing allocations in a public good economy, can also be used to provide a diagrammatical…

Macroeconomic responses to fiscal shocks in Portugal

Elva Bova, Violeta Klyviene

This study analyses the impact of fiscal shocks on GDP, inflation and interest rates in Portugal over 1995–2017.

Evaluating the forecasting power of foreign Country's income growth: a global analysis

Hardik Marfatia

The objective of the paper is to explore the out-of-sample forecasting connections in income growth across the globe.

Does productivity drive the real exchange rate movements? A re-examination of the Balassa–Samuelson hypothesis

Bhushan Praveen Jangam, Badri Narayan Rath

The primary purpose of this study is to examine whether the classification of industries into the tradable and nontradable matters for the Balassa–Samuelson (BS) effect.

On the impossibility of using “the correct” cost–benefit aggregation rule

Giuseppe Munda, Agata Matarazzo

The purpose of this paper is to deal with one of the technical difficulties of private and social cost–benefit analysis, i.e. the choice of the proper cost–benefit aggregation…

The impact of foreign direct investment on trade in Pakistan: the moderating role of terrorism

Syed Hasanat Shah, Hafsa Hasnat, Delpachitra Sarath

Pakistan suffered with the menace of terrorism for long and become a front line state in the “War on Terror”. Terrorism shattered Pakistan economy and rendered her external sector…

Does the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) impact EU-15 imports from Africa?

Aruneema Mahabir, Jingwen Fan, Robert Mullings

At the heart of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) are substantial trade preferences, which coupled with the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) grant a wide range…

Evidence of customer sophistication behaviour in deposit markets: the case of Qatar

Noura Abu Asab

The paper investigates the interest rate policy transmission mechanism and the role of market structure of the banking industry in Qatar.