Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 38 Issue 4

Is China's independent director system working? The case of the electronics industry

Yenpao Chen, Chien‐Hsun Chen, Will C. Wu

This paper sets out to explore the effects that the setting‐up of an independent director system has on the operating efficiency of information electronics companies in China.

Factor adjustment implications of a Trade Promotion Agreement between the United States and Colombia

Don P. Clark

This paper proposes to use changes in intra‐industry specialization indicators over the period 1996‐2008 to assess the potential for factor adjustment pressures that may arise in…

A re‐examination of Wagner's Law using US total state and local expenditure and its sub‐categories

Saeid Mahdavi

This paper seeks to examine the validity of Wagner's Law using annual data (1957‐2006) for the US state‐local government (SLG) real expenditure and eight of its sub‐categories.

Effect of inflation uncertainty, output uncertainty and oil price on inflation and growth in Australia

Girijasankar Mallik, Anis Chowdhury

The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationship between inflation, inflation uncertainty, growth and growth uncertainty for Australia.

Analyzing the efficiency of Russian firms

Susan J. Linz, Ilya Rakhovsky

Did the Soviet development strategy of according high priority to firms in heavy industry give these firms an advantage during Russia's transition to a market‐oriented economy…

Economic growth with space and fiscal policies with housing and public goods

Wei‐Bin Zhang

This study aims to examine dynamic interactions among economic growth, geography and the housing market with public goods financed by the government. A general dynamic equilibrium…

The diffusion of ATM technology in Indian banking

Lakshmi Kumar, D. Malathy, L.S. Ganesh

The purpose of this paper is to understand technology diffusion in the banking sector in India by analyzing ATM (automatic teller machine) technology and its replacement of the…