This paper presents an empirical examination of political cycles in Israel by examining the instruments of fiscal and monetary policy at the time of election campaigns. In common with the findings of similar empirical studies undertaken elsewhere, the economic data for Israel support the theory...

This study examines the variation in the premium implicit in the yield curve of 12-month Treasury Bills during the period 1992–2002. This premium is measured using a number of econometric methods, one of which allows for the estimated premium to react to uncertainty as measured by the variance...