inflation rates and the average growth rate of national productivity. As a consequence, real wages grew to at the same pace as …, the Netherlands, the UK and the USA. Hein and Vogel (2007b) incorporate the single equations into a small macroeconomic …

, should be relevant for explaining exchange rate volatility. The findings show that measures of inflation synchronization … area, Japan and the UK so that they correspond to the constructed EMPI vis-a-vis the U.S. dollar, the euro, the Japanese … respect to the U.S., the euro area, Japan and the UK, by OLS the regression residuals indicate presence of major outliers and …

1895 269786. Email: Sumon.Bhaumik@brunel.ac.uk. 2 1. Introduction The extensive literature on mergers and acquisitions …

and Firm Performance Workshop held at the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, in February 2008 for many helpful … products during this period consisted mostly of Latin American countries that experienced episodes of extremely high inflation … appreciation of the industry-specific RER in the UK reduces firms’ export share by 1.28%. 16 inequality attributable to changes …

then be non-neutral with regard to real activity and the inflation rate, that is, the classical dichotomy fails and purely … in inflation. A consequence of money holdings being essential for households’ goods market transac- tions is that strong … for one with inflation (passively) to ensure unique and locally stable equilibrium sequences. If, however, consumption …

above the first eligibility threshold for the UK earned income tax credit. 3 Our paper focuses on a kink point that is … form of deferring the repayment of a debt that is indexed to inflation, but does not accrue interest. The costs take the … Committee 2003). The UK Government’s response was that this was not feasible, since ‘doing so would both increase the overall …

, policies designed to curb inflation through artificially depressing the macro-economy, have clear adverse effects on firm … (Eds, GEROSKI, P. and SCHWALBACH, J.) Blackwell, Oxford, UK and Cambridge, USA. CAROLL, G., BIGELOW, L.S., SEIDEL, M … establishment survival in UK manufacturing, Journal of Industrial Economics, LI, 91-112. DUNNE, T., ROBERTS, M. and SAMUELSON, L …

: slonghi@essex.ac.uk * The authors wish to thank the participants to the … aspects to the impact of immigration, including effects on inflation, housing, social cohesion, the environment, etc. (see e …. and Preston, I. (2005). The Impact of Immigration on the UK Labour Market. The Economic Journal 115(507): F324-F341 …

include Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK. 8 ECB …, almost 30% less than predicted in Portugal or 20% less UK. While on the other hand, the development of institutions has … not affect the overall ranking of participation across countries. Indeed, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland and the UK remained as …

for other potentially important effects of the reform, such as the presence of high school grade inflation. 10 9 An … university admission might have also led to grade inflation. 28,29 The model presented in Section 5 will explicitly take this … ability perfectly. If not, the measure 28 In this paper, grade inflation means that one group has been graded more (or less …