In late 1979 Turkey found itself in the throes of a foreign exchange crisis, with widespread shortages, negative growth … and three-digit inflation. A decade later, Turkey has a comfortable balance-of-payments situation, and holds considerable …

distribution of public investment in the 81 provinces of Turkey between 2004 and 2012. Our results show that, although electoral …

In this paper, we evaluate the impact of Turkey's membership on EU voting. The aspects that we discuss are decision …

We study the determination of Irish inflation between 1926 and 2012. The difference between unemployment and the NAIRU …

the indirect wage effect resulting from lower unemployment risks and shorter spells in unemployment associated with higher … accounting for the effects of unemployment on individual wages using EU-SILC data. Across countries we find a high variation of … the effect of education on unemployment duration. Overall, the returns to education are estimated to be the highest in the …

This paper develops a theory characterizing the effects of fiscal policy on unemployment over the business cycle. The … theory is based on a model of equilibrium unemployment in which jobs are rationed in recessions. Fiscal policy in the form of … government spending on public-sector jobs reduces unemployment, especially during recessions: the fiscal multiplier …

and the unemployment rate in U.S. data since 1929. Second, it compares a new model of the economy developed in recent …