In the present paper an attempt has been made to estimate how political stability affects economic growth. This analysis refers to the three economic poles (EU, Japan and the United States) for the period (1998-2013). The findings of present model are in agreement with (Alberto et al., 1996; Aisen...

In the present paper an effort will be made to show empirically that disposable income has a positive impact on economic growth. Sample covers Western European countries and Japan for the period 1999-2007. Panel data are elaborated by means of Eviews software package

In the present paper it will be shown empirically that globalisation does not affect long term unemployment. Panel data cover for the period (1999-2009) the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,...

In the present paper an empirical analysis will point out that shadow economy tends to push up house prices, distorting real estate market. The sample covers EU, Japan and The United States. Data are taken from OECD and (Schneider et al., 2010); (Schneider, 2013). The elaboration of these panel...

The contribution of the present paper is twofold. First, it will be pointed out that government debt has a positive effect on interest rates. Second, it will be shown that interest rates have a negative impact on entrepreneurship. In short, it will be concluded that government deficit (through...

In the present paper it will be econometrically shown that economic freedom has a positive impact on share prices. Our data cover for the period 2000-2012 many countries of EU as well as Japan and the United States. Data are taken from Eurostat and World Economic Freedom Indicators. Eviews...

In the present paper an attempt has been made to estimate how political stability affects stock prices. This analysis refers to EU, Japan and the United States for the period (1997–2012). The findings of present model are in agreement with (Nixon, 2014); (Voth, 2001). The econometric model...

The outbreak of COVID-19 has tremendous impacts on the globe. In the present paper it will be attempted to evaluate whether these impacts are evenly spread among countries regarding the stock returns. To this end many countries are classified according to their financial system and according to...