Examines the evolution of the role of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), created in 1930 to promote co-operation between central banks, into the arena of the Third World debt problem. The bank has extended loans to developing countries, such as Mexico, Argentina, Nigeria and Brazil...

Develops and tests a monetary model of the parallel market for foreign exchange which incorporates forward-looking expectations and currency substitution features. Econometric results using quarterly data for a group of 12 developing countries show that changes in official exchange rates and...

Examines the evolution of the role of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), created in 1930 to promote co‐operation between central banks, into the arena of the Third World debt problem. The bank has extended loans to developing countries, such as Mexico, Argentina, Nigeria and Brazil...

Develops and tests a monetary model of the parallel market for foreign exchange which incorporates forward‐looking expectations and currency substitution features. Econometric results using quarterly data for a group of 12 developing countries show that changes in official exchange rates and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to simulate the indirect and direct effects of remittances in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach – The paper estimates a dynamic macroeconomic model and estimates the short-run and long-run dynamic multiplier effects of hypothetical...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the hypothesis that there exists a positive link between financial development and economic growth in island economies. Design/methodology/approach – To study this relationship both static and dynamic panel data techniques (GMM) are used for a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the hypothesis that there exists a positive link between financial development and economic growth in island economies. Design/methodology/approach – To study this relationship both static and dynamic panel data techniques (GMM) are used for a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to simulate the indirect and direct effects of remittances in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach – The paper estimates a dynamic macroeconomic model and estimates the short‐run and long‐run dynamic multiplier effects of hypothetical...

Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the validity of rival theorisations of the hidden economy that variously read this sphere as a leftover from a previous era, a by-product of a new emergent form of capitalism, a complement to formal employment or an alternative to the formal...

This article examines income tax progression as a mechanism for achieving the intertemporal adjustments of earnings profiles. With a rising income profile, the preference for progression arises from the market (borrowing) rate of interest exceeding the rate at which the government borrows. For a...