We start out from the hypothesis that limited government leads to low uncertainty and low transaction costs. If political institutions affect the degree of uncertainty and transaction costs, we formally show they should affect the steady state level of income per capita. The impact of...

This paper explores French assets returns predictability within a VAR setup. Using quarterly data from 1970Q4 to 2006Q4, it turns out that bonds, equities and bills returns are actually predictable. This feature implies that the investment horizon does indeed matter in the asset allocation. The...

The paper investigates the calendar rebalancing effects on Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) by analyzing daily returns of the CROBEX and the CROBIS indices from September 2003 to March 2025. A regression analysis and a simulated investment strategy are used to examine whether systematic differences...