Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 39 Issue 1

Momentum trading strategy and investment horizon: an experimental study

Yuri Khoroshilov

Existing empirical studies that document momentum trading strategies do not provide any insight on how investors choose the time horizon that is used to compute the past stock…

Foreign trade zones in the United States: A study with special emphasis on the proposal for trade agreement parity

Belay Seyoum, Juan Ramirez

In 2008, a bill was introduced in the 110th Congress (HR6415) to address the “unintended consequences” of US free trade agreements (US FTA) on manufacturers operating in US…

Technology diffusion indexes across countries

Edward Nissan, Farhang Niroomand

The purpose of this paper is to investigate differences between 46 countries, 25 of which are EU members, in their technological communication standards and technological efforts.

Infrastructure and productivity in Latin America: is there a relationship in the long run?

Vladimir Kühl Teles, Caio Cesar Mussolini

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between infrastructure and total factor productivity (TFP) in the four major Latin American economies: Argentina, Brazil…

Constructing macroeconomic performance index of Indian states using DEA

Biresh K. Sahoo, Debashis Acharya

The purpose of this paper is to construct a robust macroeconomic performance (MEP) index of the State economies of an emerging market economy, i.e. India.

Microenterprise financing preference: Testing POH within the context of Ghana's rural financial market

Eric Osei‐Assibey, Godfred A. Bokpin, Daniel K. Twerefou

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of financing preference of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) whilst distinguishing a broader range of financing…

Protectionism under R&D policy: innovation rate and welfare

Felipa de Mello‐Sampayo, Sofia de Sousa‐Vale, Francisco Camões, Orlando Gomes

The purpose of this paper is to explain how eventual pressures from national lobbies may lead governments to shift from an optimal into a non‐optimal innovation policy.