Linear models reach their limitations in applications with nonlinearities in the data. In this paper new empirical evidence is provided on the relative Euro inflation forecasting performance of linear and non-linear models. The well established and widely used univariate ARIMA and multivariate...

Common currency areas and Asian common currency areas in particular are highly topical and somewhat controversial areas for research. We explore the hypothesis that the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meet necessary conditions for forming a common currency area and whether...

Due to the limitations of the extant literature on the impact of scale of operation on microfinance performance, this paper has been written in an effort to fill this major gap by conducting an empirical investigation into the link between scale of operation, sustainability and efficiency of...

F<sc>raser</sc> P., M<sc>ac</sc>D<sc>onald</sc> G. A. and M<sc>ullineux</sc> A. W. Regional monetary policy: an Australian perspective, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. A structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) model for Australia is utilized to identify the domestic impacts of <italic>common</italic> monetary policy shocks on national and state business cycles...

The principal objective of this paper is to compare the performance of the Divisia M4 monetary index with the standard Simple Sum measure of broad money in the context of composite leading indicators of inflation in the United Kingdom. Inflation targeting is an important component of current UK...