We examine potential nonlinear behaviour in the conduct of monetary policy by the Bank of England. We find significant nonlinearity in this policy setting, and in particular that the standard Taylor rule really only begins to bite once expected inflation is significantly above its target. This...

This paper examines in a non-parametric setup whether a long-run relationship exists between monetary fundamentals and the dollar spot exchange rates for 19 countries. Although the Johansen's parametric approach failed to retrieve a long-relationship for any of the countries considered, the...

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>

This article seeks to highlight what might be thought of as the hidden dimensions of the musical field and explores the potential of digital by-product data for illuminating the aspects of musical taste and preference that are difficult to see with traditional social science methods. It suggests...