Applying VAR(5), a bootstrap simulation approach and a multivariate Rao's F-test indicate that government revenue Granger-causes spending in Finland. This does not agree with Barr's tax smoothing hypothesis. This explanation of this is due to the institutional factors that are specific for Finland.

A paper by Xepanadeas and Habib, that estimates dynamic demand models, is shown to contain some serious errors. Careful consideration of the adding-up condition is shown to be necessary when using demand systems with autoregressive disturbances. Misspecification testing should be used in all...

This article tests the home-country self-employment hypothesis on immigrants in Sweden. The results show that the self-employment rates vary between different immigrant groups but we find no support for the home-country self-employment hypothesis using traditional estimation methods. However,...