Did new public management matter? An empirical analysis of the outsourcing and decentralization effects on public sector size

JM Alonso, J Clifton, D Díaz-Fuentes - Public Management Review, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Did New Public Management (NPM) actually lead to a smaller public sector? NPM
has been the subject of extensive academic debate as to its successes and failures …

The carbon Kuznets curve: a cloudy picture emitted by bad econometrics?

M Wagner - Resource and Energy Economics, 2008 - Elsevier
We discuss several major econometric problems that have been ignored in the empirical
environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) literature thus far. These are: First, the use of nonlinear …

The energy-GDP nexus: evidence from a panel of Pacific Island countries

V Mishra, R Smyth, S Sharma - Resource and Energy Economics, 2009 - Elsevier
The Pacific Island countries are small island economies that are increasingly dependent on
energy for growth and development, yet highly susceptible to climate change. Thus, the …

Energy as a driver of growth in oil exporting countries?

O Damette, M Seghir - Energy Economics, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper is a contribution to the on-going debate over whether there is a relationship
between energy consumption and economic growth. Although the oil exporting countries are …

Testing for bubbles in housing markets: A panel data approach

V Mikhed, P Zemčík - The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2009 - Springer
We employ recently developed cross-sectionally robust panel data tests for unit roots and
cointegration to find whether house prices reflect house related earnings. We use US data …

Towards the estimation of equilibrium exchange rates for transition economies: Methodological issues and a panel cointegration perspective

F Maeso-Fernandez, C Osbat, B Schnatz - Journal of Comparative …, 2006 - Elsevier
In this paper, we discuss methodological issues relating to the estimation of equilibrium
exchange rates for transition countries. Given the limited availability of data and the rapid …

Shock from graying: Is the demographic shift weakening monetary policy effectiveness

PA Imam - International Journal of Finance & Economics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
There is mounting evidence that in advanced economies, changes in monetary policy have
a more benign impact on the economy—given better anchored inflation expectations and …

Aid and trade–A donor's perspective

F Nowak-Lehmann D, I Martínez-Zarzoso… - The Journal of …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
One reason donors provide foreign aid is to support their exports to aid-recipient countries.
Time series data for Germany suggests an average return of between US 1.04– 1.50 for …

Migration and labour markets in OECD countries: a panel cointegration approach

O Damette, V Fromentin - Applied Economics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the interaction between immigration and the host labour market of 14
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries using …

Salarios, desempleo y productividad laboral en la industria manufacturera mexicana

JA López Machuca, JE Mendoza Cota - Ensayos. Revista de …, 2017 - scielo.org.mx
El artículo evalúa la relación de la productividad laboral y el desempleo con los salarios
reales en México durante el periodo 2007 a 2015. Basándose en el modelo de la curva de …