A prominent test of long-run monetary neutrality (LRMN) involves regressing long-horizon output growth on long-horizon money growth. We obtain limited support for LRMN with this test in long-annual Australian, Canadian, UK and US samples. Although empirical confidence intervals yield evidence in...

Ìn this paper I explore the long-run monetary neutrality using the framework developed by Fisher and Seater (1993). I show that their rejection of long-run neutrality in the United States for the 1870-1975 period is not robust to a change in the money aggregate or country.

Accountability of UK Debt Management: A Proposal' In this paper, we argue that UK debt management policy is insufficiently transparent and accountable. The debt management objectives are poorly understood and accountable, and partly as a consequence, there is no formal mechanism for performance...

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the efficiency of the UK debt management authorities' (DMA) behaviour from a cost minimisation perspective over the period January 1985 to March 1995. During this period, the maturity structure of the government's bond portfolio was subject to...

Analysis of real wages for three occupations in 13 Canadian cities for 1901-50 suggests Canada had a national labour market at least until 1950. However, analysis of real wages for 10 Canadian cities for 1971-2000 yields little evidence favouring integration of Canada's regional labour markets....

The likelihood ratio (LR) test statistic for the test of a linear AR(1) model against the alternative of a Markov switching model does not possess the standard 2 distribution. Garcia (1998) derives the asymptotic distribution of the Sup LR test statistic under these non-standard conditions...