In this paper we discuss a recent paper by Stephen E. Haynes in which he relates electoral cycles in political support to electoral cycles in economic variables. Haynes finds that the cycle in support for Republican presidents is explained by the cycle in economic variables, whereas the cycle in...

This paper presents the results of an empirical study of the relationship between macroeconomic performance and policy makers' preferences for real output growth and inflation based on quarterly data from 16 countries. The empirical results indicate that a lower priority to inflation and a...

We analyse the importance of educational mismatch between vacancies and unemployment in the Dutch labour market. Using unemployment and vacancy data by educational level, we estimate a matching function which incorporates the effect of educational mismatch on the aggregate flow of filled...