The impact of the minimum wage increase on the part-time/full-time employment ratio (PTFT) is re-examined. Contrary to some previous findings, strong evidence is found of the substitution effect that if the relative wage (the ratio of the minimum wage to the average hourly earning in the private...

The nonparametric approach of efficiency analysis is generalized here in the stochastic case, when the input prices and capital adjustment costs vary. An empirical application illustrates the economic implications.

Three questions regarding the relationship between untied assistance and donor country exports are investigated. First, do untied aid flows cause donor country exports to increase, reflecting the goodwill of the recipient towards the donor? Second, does strong export performance financially...

The present paper examines the 'trickle-down' effect, which is the diffusion of economic gains from the rich to the poor when the economy expands. While many studies in the literature attempt to measure the extent of trickling-down in different countries, the speed of this trickle-down effect...

The presence of seasonal integration in Japanese macro data is tested. The targeted variables are real values and deflators for GDP, consumption, investment, government expenditure, exports, and imports. First, with respect to seasonality, an entirely different conclusion is obtained for the...

Socially optimal cost-reducing R&D with product durability is studied. Results show that the first period optimal R&D and output with durability exceed the respective levels without durability. The second period R&D and output are identical to the no durability case.

Reviewing the implicit reaction function estimation under different specifications, it appears that the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) responds to the lagged inflation rate rather than the forward one, M2Y growth is targeted on an annual basis and a serious output targeting policy...

A neural network trading model is developed for hard red winter wheat and Deutsche Mark futures markets. The inputs to the neural network are lagged prices. The results are generally unfavourable. The neural network does not produce statistically significant profits.

The Human Development Index (HDI) is designed to provide a development measure competing with GDP, and it has been reformed several times to this end. The 1996 and 1997 reports, however, reveal a severe new flaw in the HDI: the transformation of GDP changes into the index of human development is...

The paper examines whether M2 demand in Japan does not form a cointegrated system unless the effective exchange rate is included. We focus on testing statistical significance of the coefficient for the effective exchange rate in the long-run equilibrium M2 demand relation. Empirical results...