Investigates the time series relationship between export earnings instability and instability in receipts from international tourism for Singapore between 1972 and 1988. Computes four standardized instability indexes for both merchandize exports and international travel receipts, having suitably...

Purpose – This study aims to statistically investigate the place of the eurozone countries in the framework of the international economy and particularly within the most advanced non Euro-currency countries; second it attempts to explain the eventual discrepancies in the performing of the...

A switching regression model is employed to test for the presence of financial constraints in the determination of oil exporters' imports from industrial countries. The main assumption of the model is the exogenous determination of this bloc's terms of trade. The analysis uses both discrete and...

Analyses how the status of balance of payments follows se\ill\ fulfilling expectations of currency devaluation. It is found that before a currency devaluation, whether the economy w\ill\ experience a balance-of-payments surplus or deficit crucial depends on the degree of capital mobility.

Purpose – This paper seeks to draw together the various essential elements of the conflict inflation approach within the context of an open economy and to highlight the importance of global external factors in explaining inflation. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical framework is...

Purpose – This study aims to statistically investigate the place of the eurozone countries in the framework of the international economy and particularly within the most advanced non Euro‐currency countries; second it attempts to explain the eventual discrepancies in the performing of the...

Analyses how the status of balance of payments follows se\ill\ fulfilling expectations of currency devaluation. It is found that before a currency devaluation, whether the economy w\ill\ experience a balance‐of‐payments surplus or deficit crucial depends on the degree of capital mobility.

Investigates the time series relationship between export earnings instability and instability in receipts from international tourism for Singapore between 1972 and 1988. Computes four standardized instability indexes for both merchandize exports and international travel receipts, having suitably...

A switching regression model is employed to test for the presence of financial constraints in the determination of oil exporters′ imports from industrial countries. The main assumption of the model is the exogenous determination of this bloc′s terms of trade. The analysis uses both discrete...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the levels of extensive (wider set of goods) and intensive (larger quantities of each good) margins for 126 countries grouped by income and development hierarchies. Design/methodology/approach – Analysis of variance and the coefficient of...