This paper examines the responses of share prices in Belgium, Britain, France and Germany to the influences of major international share markets, domestic output and interest rates. The empirical results of the study indicate positive and significant responses of share prices to movements of...

Explores trends in strikes and lockouts from the 1960s to 2002. Highlights problems of cross-country comparability and gaps in coverage and makes recommendations for improving the collection of strike activity data.

This article reconsiders the argument advanced or endorsed by a large number of leading Australian academics and others that labour productivity growth in New Zealand fell markedly during the period in which New Zealand's Employment Contracts Act 1991 (ECA) was operative-that is, for most of the...