This study addresses the determinants of the public approval rating of the US President for the period 1949-2004. Since the study seeks to identify determinants of the approval rating over the long run, annual data have been used. This model consists of variables reflecting inflation,...

This study empirically investigates the impact of the unemployment rate on the degree of aggregate income tax evasion in the U.S. over the 1975-1997 period, on the assumption that if the unemployment rate rises, tax evasion will also tend to increase in order to sustain consumption needs. After...

This study empirically examines the impact of the federal government budget deficit on the nominal interest rate yield on U.S. Treasury notes over the 1979-2001 period. In a system that includes the monetary base, the civilian labor force unemployment rate, the ex ante real 52 week Treasury bill...

Corporate management must be keenly aware of the factors that influence the long-term interest rates since it affects a host of profit-influencing and growth-influencing dimensions of strategy and operations, ranging from investment in capital decisions to financial investment of retained...