Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 48 Issue 5

Foreign direct investment, natural resources and economic growth: a threshold model approach

Arshad Hayat, Muhammad Tahir

The aim of this paper is to investigate the contingency effect of natural resource abundance on the foreign direct investment (FDI)–growth relationship in a nonlinear (threshold…

Asymmetries in the euro area and TFP growth: evidence from three major European economies

Alessandro Bellocchi, Edgar Sanchez Carrera, Giuseppe Travaglini

In this paper, the authors study the long-run determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) in three major European economies over the period 1983–2017, namely Germany, France…

Does terrorism hamper FDI inflows? A pre and post 9/11 analysis

Imtiaz Arif, Amna Sohail Rawat, Lubna Khan

This research intends to determine the role of terrorism in defying foreign direct investment (FDI) in top terror effected economies.

Factors affecting profitability of pharmaceutical company: an Indonesian evidence

Harianto Lim, Rofikoh Rokhim

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors affecting profitability of pharmaceutical company in Indonesia. While research and development has been the main discussed…

Sibship size and educational attainment of Canadian baby boomers

Maryam Dilmaghani

The present study assesses how sibship size affects child quality as measured by educational attainment.

Consumer default and optimal consumption decisions

Alexandros P. Bechlioulis, Sophocles N. Brissimis

The authors examine the optimal consumption decisions of households in a micro-founded framework that introduces endogenous default. They study default in the context of a…

The Vietnamese business cycle in an estimated small open economy New Keynesian DSGE model

Phuong V. Nguyen

The primary purpose of this paper is to investigate the sources of the business cycle fluctuations in Vietnam. To this end, the author develops a small open economy New Keynesian…

Permanent and transitory effect of public debt on economic growth

Attahir Babaji Abubakar, Suleiman O. Mamman

This study examines the effect of public debt on the economic growth of OECD countries by disentangling the effect into permanent and transitory components. The study covers 37…

Explaining the informal economy in Western Europe: beyond a rational economic actor perspective

Colin Williams, Gamze Oz-Yalaman

The dominant theorisation of the informal economy views participants as rational economic actors operating in the informal economy when the expected benefits exceed the perceived…