Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 48 Issue 6

The 2008–2009 global financial crisis and the cost of debt capital among SMEs: Swedish evidence

Darush Yazdanfar, Peter Öhman

The main purpose of this study is to describe and analyse the relationship between the 2008–2009 global financial crisis and small and medium-sized enterprises' cost of debt…

Intellectual capital and value: testing new IC measures in Russia

Danila Ovechkin, Natalia Boldyreva, Vladimir Davydenko

The aim of this paper is to propose extended intellectual capital (IC) indicators. The study shows that the essence of IC in the context of value is residual income, its growth…

Market structure and knowledge acquisition by firms

Pedro Hemsley, Rafael Morais, Karinna Di Iulio

Recent models in firm theory assume that problems have to be solved for production to take place and that knowledge is the main input for problem-solving. This paper characterizes…

Parametric estimation of a gauge function and a measure of technical efficiency

Yongseung Han, Thomas Littlefield, Myeong Hwan Kim

This paper proposes the use of a gauge function as a measure of technical efficiency. The measure of technical inefficiency from a gauge function is desirable as the estimation of…

What is the effect of banking concentration and competition on financial development? An international assessment

Claudio Oliveira De Moraes, José Americo Pereira Antunes, Márcio Silva Coutinho

This paper analyzes the effect of the banking market (concentration and competition) on financial development.

Globalization and female economic participation in MINT and BRICS countries

Tolulope Osinubi, Simplice Asongu

This study examines the effect of globalization on female economic participation (FEP) in MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey) and BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and…

Analysis of the effects of (de)regulation on housing prices in Spain 1977–2019

Virginia De Jorge-Huertas, Justo De Jorge-Moreno

This paper analyzes the regulatory effects on homeownership and rental prices in Spain in the years between 1977m1 and 2019m5, taking into account the economic crisis. It also…

Monetary policy shock and industrial production: industry-level evidence from the US

Nazneen Ahmad, Sandeep Kumar Rangaraju

This paper investigates the impact of a monetary policy shock on the production of a sample of 312 industries in manufacturing, mining and utilities in the United States using a…

International trade, non-tariff measures and climate change: insights from Port wine exports

Anthony Macedo, Sofia Gouveia, João Rebelo, João Santos, Helder Fraga

The purpose of this study is to investigate international trade determinants, paying special attention to variables related to climate change and non-tariff measures (NTMs), as…