The recent failure to predict the strong growth in consumer spending and decline in the savings ratio in the United Kingdom has prompted a number of economic forecasters to reassess the basis of their consumer expenditure relationships. This paper assesses the failure of the traditional...

This paper introduces an exact transformation matrix useful for estimating single equations from a rational expectations simultaneous model with MA(1) composite disturbances by means of instrumental variables techniques. An illustrative example is provided. Copyright 1990 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Empirical distributions of the studentized Augmented Dicky-Fuller cointegration statistic for data generated by simulation are analyzed for small samples. Empirical 1 percent, 5 percent and 10 percent fractiles are tabulated for various sample sizes and various numbers of regressors. It is found...

The purpose of this paper is to provide information concerning the nature of cost conditions with the preprivatization telecommunications industry in the United Kingdom. In particular, the issue of whether the overall cost function is subadditive and whether joint production characterizes the...