We compute average mark-ups as a measure of market power throughout time and study their interaction with fiscal policy and macroeconomic variables in a VAR framework. From impulse-response functions the results, with annual data for a set of 14 OECD countries covering the period 1970-2007, show...

We compute average mark-ups as a measure of market power throughout time and study their interaction with fiscal policy and macroeconomic variables in a VAR framework. From impulse-response functions the results, with annual data for a set of 14 OECD countries covering the period 1970-2007, show...

The 1997 Asian financial crisis has revealed the limitations of the current state of monetary and financial monitoring system in most Asian countries in comprehensively addressing financial and monetary problems and issues. This paper attempts to propose a macro-prudential indicators (MPI)...

This paper aims at the provision of applicable recommendations for institutions and actors involved regarding the EMU accession process both in CEE and in the euro-zone. In order to provide topical advice, the first part, on markets, will concentrate on theory and empirics of labour markets,...

This paper introduces four different focuses for microeconomics and macroeconomics that are based on the uses of multidimensional graphical modeling and multidimensional mathematical modeling. The main objective of this paper is to present some classic economic theoretical approaches such as the...

The European Union is world’s greatest economic block. The 27 Member States share the single market, thus a single trade policy. Further, Europe is the world’s largest exporter of goods and services and this market is managed through the executive arm of the EU i.e. the European Commission....

This paper analyzes the causes and implications of recent financial crises. Financial crises in general lead to changes in both theory and practice of economics. The paper takes an historical overview. The global consensus of economic theory during the 20th century is discussed. The paper...

The emphasis of various fiscal policy models in macroeconomics seems to ebb and flow with current politics. How does an instructor of macroeconomic principles use current events in a partisan political climate to teach fiscal policy while remaining apolitical themselves? The purpose of this...

This is a companion paper to Para onde Vai a Estrutura Industrial Brasileira?, published by the same authors in A Economia Brasileira em Perspectiva - 1998. The long term trend analysis of the Brazilian industrial structure departs from the estimation of development patterns for manufacturing...