Transcripts from the US Federal Open Markets Committee provide, albeit with a lag, valuable information on the monetary policymaking process at the Federal Reserve Bank. We use the data compiled by Chappell et al. (2005b) on preferred interest rates (not votes) of individual FOMC members....

In multivariate time series systems, key insights can be obtained by discovering lead-lagrelationships inherent in the data, which refer to the dependence between two timeseries shifted in time relative to one another, and which can be leveraged for thepurposes of control, forecasting or...

Through a review of the literature on infrastructure, a study of international experiences, expert knowledge, and the elaboration of a Territorial Infrastructure Support Index (ISIT), this paper provides a comparative analysis of the development conditions -- regarding infrastructure and...

This study investigates the impact of various economic sectors on household income in Thailand. It is conducted in light of the substantial "digital wallet" scheme initiated by the Thai government, with the goal of providing empirical evidence and suggesting alternative policies for regional...

As a developing country, one of the important objectives of India is to accelerate economic growth. This has a considerable impact on CO2 emission. Life expectancy has a probable connection with CO2 emission in two opposite ways. Given technological status, more CO2 emission consequents upon...