A generally accepted view among researchers and policy makers is that large capital flows to Latin America starting from the second half of the 1980s through the 1990s may have caused speculative bubbles in the asset markets of recipient economies. This article tests for asset price bubbles in...

We analyse the network of bilateral liquidity swaps (BSAs) among the ASEAN+3 countries. We find that the network has taken the correlation of capital flows in the region into account, in the sense that countries with lower correlation of reserve growth have engaged in larger BSAs. All else...

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 introduce and summarize the results of 18 empirical studies that make up this special issue on long-run purchasing power parity (PPP) and real exchange rates. The motivation for the special issue was to bring together a set of studies as diverse as possible in terms of countries, real...

type="main" xml:id="obes12029-abs-0001" <title type="main">Abstract</title> <p>The job search literature suggests that on-the-job search reduces the probability of un employed people finding jobs. However, there is little evidence that employed and unemployed job seekers are similar or apply for the same jobs. We compare...</p>

type="main" xml:id="ecca12091-abs-0001" <p>UK policy debate has recently focused on the role of young people's aspirations and attitudes in raising educational attainment. We use the youth component of the British Household Panel Survey to examine how educational attitudes and aspirations among 11-...</p>