We introduce and summarize the results of nine empirical studies that make up this special issue on agricultural economics. The research includes studies applied to the US, Bangladesh, Northern Ireland, Germany, Poland, Taiwan, Tunisia and Italy.

We introduce and summarize the results of 10 empirical studies that make up this special issue on fiscal policy, covering a wide range of developed and developing countries.

We provide an introduction and overview to the 13 applied studies making up this special theme on money and inflation. The studies cover a wide range of national and regional experience in the relationship between inflation and money and employ a variety of applied techniques.

We introduce and summarize the results of 10 empirical studies that make up this special theme on monetary policy, covering a wide range of countries and issues.

We provide an introduction and overview to the 10 applied studies making up this themed issue on employment. The studies cover a wide range of national and regional experience and employ a variety of applied techniques.

We introduce and summarize the results of 12 empirical studies that make up this special theme on economic growth, covering a wide range of countries and issues.

We introduce and summarize the results of 12 empirical studies that make up this special issue on health economics, covering a wide range of countries and issues.

This paper provides new evidence on unemployment durations for individuals in Great Britain using a three state Markov framework in a competing risk setting and a nationally representative data set. The analysis is based on the premise that an individual's movements between labour market states...

We provide an introduction and overview to the seven applied financial studies making up this special theme on labour. The studies cover a wide range of topics, and employ a variety of applied techniques across a range of countries.

We provide an introduction and overview to the eleven applied economics studies making up this special themed issue on The applied economics of trade. The studies cover a wide range of topics, and employ a variety of applied techniques across a range of countries.