This paper investigates alternative explanations of long-term comovements among the prices of agricultural commodity futures contracts. A long-term interdependency of these prices can exist because of common economic fundamentals or herd behaviour by market participants. An analysis of Tokyo...

In cointegration analysis, when considering a hypothesis of the kind β = (H 1 ϕ 1,..., H n ϕ n) the estimation technique is a simple switching method that requires starting values. Using additional restrictions, the solution of an eigenvector problem may be used as starting values. Using a...

To enhance precise analysis of the relationship between GNP (gross national product) and Saving (gross national saving), a long memory relationship function is applied. From experience, it is known that assuring the variables are always cointegrated or fractionally cointegrated is not easy, so...

Employing US state data, a positive correlation is found between inflation and growth during the 1980s, accompanied by a downward trend in inflation. During the 1960s and 1970s, a negative correlation was accompanied by an upward trend in inflation.

Using individual-level Korean panel data, it is shown that inequalities in health favour higher income groups. A close relationship is also found between health inequality and income inequality across time, supporting previous studies which used cross-sectional data.

Using the Stochastic Permanent Breaks (STOPBREAK) model, this study examines the relationships of the US stock market with the Japanese and eight European stock markets. The evidence indicates that the US stock market is temporally cointegrated with the markets in Japan, Germany, Netherlands and...

The implications of assuming a coincidence of actual and desired work hours for labour supply estimates are investigated. Results suggest significant differences in the wage elasticities of British male employees reporting that their work hours have been constrained vis-a-vis those reporting...

This study analyses the cost and profit efficiency of a sample of 14 countries of the European Union, as well as Japan and the USA. The results obtained show that since the start of the 1990s increasing competition has led to gains in profit efficiency in the USA and Europe but not so in the...

This paper re-examines Wagner's hypothesis of an expanding government sector with progress of the economy using advanced econometric techniques such as cointegration and exogeneity tests not used in previous empirical studies. This study also uses much longer time series data for the USA than...

Economic theory is inconclusive on the linkage between inflation and economic growth. Most existing evidence points to negative effects of inflation on growth emerging only at quite high levels of inflation. Making use of the spline regression technique, levels of inflation below 3% are found to...