In the empirical literature of the new classical model and its criticisms, the unemployment equation received much attention. In this paper we shall examine the validity of the new classical policy ineffectiveness proposition, using the output equation. Non-nested hypothesis tests are used to...

This paper estimates a disaggregated disequilibrium goods market model with rational expectations for the U.S.A. Both the new classical equilibrium model and the alternative Keynesian model with sluggish price adjustment are nested within this approach. Therefore likelihood ratio tests are used...

This paper develops a simple three equation microeconomic model to explain the dynamics of output, unemployment and inflation for the U.S.A. The model is estimated, with the annual data, for 1946-1989. Insights gained through some recent developments are used to specify and estimate the model.

Several studies have examined the relationship between environmental degradation and economic growth. However, most of them did not take into account financial developments and institutional quality. Moreover, Stern [Stern, D., 2004. The rise and fall of the environmental Kuznets curve. World...

Since the early 1970s, there has been a worldwide upsurge in the price of energy and in particular of gasoline. Therefore, demand functions for energy and its components like gasoline have received much attention. However, since confidence in the estimated demand functions is important for use...

This paper examines how energy-output ratios (EYRs) in Fiji have responded to the major energy crises and in particular if these ratios have declined after the energy shocks. The expectation is that energy efficiency should improve after an energy crisis. For this purpose we have used at first a...