The labor-supply elasticity is a central element in many macroeconomic models. We argue that assumptions underlying previous econometric estimates of the intertemporal labor supply elasticity are inconsistent with incomplete markets economies. In particular, if the econometrician ignores...

The labor-supply elasticity is a central element in many macroeconomic models. We argue that assumptions underlying previous econometric estimates of the intertemporal labor supply elasticity are inconsistent with incomplete markets economies. In particular, if the econometrician ignores...

In this paper, the author uses classical and modern econometric methods for the modeling of the economic growth rate dynamics in Romania, during the period 1990-2004. The output of this analysis is an econometric model that describes the dynamics of the economic growth process in Romania during...

Declining consumer confidence is cited as a cause of declining consumer demand. If so, it may also affect business spending on investment goods, as businesses adjust production in response to changes in consumer confidence that will affect demand. This paper examines effects on consumption and...

In this work we determine the seasonal integration order of four macroeconomic variables in Mexico, with and without endogenously determined structural change. The models suggested by Hylleberg, Engle, Granger & Yoo (1990) and Franses & Vogelsang (1998) are applied. Following those models,...

The analysis of the exchange rate in Latvia presented in this publication covers the period from 1994 until 2001. The analysis has been based on two commonly used methods: the single equation approach and macroeconomic balance approach. The existing fundamental variables in the economy warrant...