Time series analyses generally rely on having a relatively high frequency of consistent and reliable data to work with. However for many South Pacific Island Nations (SPINs), data on macroeconomic series, like GDP, are typically available only annually from the 1980s onwards. This paper...

We conduct a two-stage (DEA and regression) analysis of the efficiency of New Zealand secondary schools. Unlike previous applications of two-stage semi-parametric modelling of the school Òproduction processÓ, we use Simar and WilsonÕs double bootstrap procedure, which permits valid inference...

This paper applies new tests for cointegration (Chao and Phillips, Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 91 (1999), pp. 279-304) and for cointegration-rank stability with unknown change point (Quintos, Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 82 (1998), pp. 289-315) to Canadian money demand. Historical data of...