By testing for structural breaks in defense expenditures, the dates of change in the pattern of defense expenditures for the NATO allies are determined. If NATO members are responding to a common threat, the breaks should be similar, in both direction and dates, for defense expenditures. The...

The main objective of this paper is to employ a new dynamic model that combines the bivariate noisy Mackey–Glass recently proposed by Kyrtsou and Labys [Kyrtsou, C., Labys, W., 2006. Evi- dence for chaotic dependence between US inflation and commodity prices. Journal of Macroeco- nomics...

Strukturelle Veraenderungen sind ein Kennzeichen der Marktwirtschaft, gesetzliche Regelungen spiegeln haeufig nur die Notwendigkeiten zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt wider und werden obsolet bzw. sind aenderungsbeduerftig. Der vorliegende Artikel gibt zunaechst einen kurzen UEberblick ueber die...

In the 1990's, economic conditions have become substantially better in South America. Many countries in the region have opened their trade policies and privatized their economies. The prospects for growth during the next decade appear encouraging. This, however, will require national and foreign...

We analyze the development of the Austrian, Dutch, German, Italian and Swedish trade structures (SITC two-digit levels) with Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic. We revealed that the increase of the intra-industry trade was a major feature of the trade...