Several central banks have adopted inflation targets. The implementation of these targets is flexible; the central banks aim to meet the target over the long term but allow inflation to deviate from the target in the short-term in order to avoid unnecessary volatility in the real economy. In this...

This book approaches the elementary statistical concepts. It presents also some statistical methods of collecting and analysis of data.

Unlike previous studies on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which examined either trade or income effects by using forecasted trade values, this paper investigates the impact of NAFTA on both bilateral trade and income of each member country - US, Canada, and Mexico - by using...

Um bei Konjunkturanalysen Aufschluss über konjunkturelle Schwankungen erlangen zu können, werden in der empirischen Wirtschaftsforschung Veränderungsraten wie Jahresdurchschnittsraten, laufende (Jahres-) Raten etc. in die Datenerfassung und -aufbereitung miteinbezogen. In welchem Masse die...

A kereskedelmi bankok nyereséges működését leginkább veszélyeztető kockázattípus a hitelkockázat, amely nagyon leegyszerűsítve abból fakad, hogy az adósok nem teljesítik a bankkal szemben fennálló kötelezettségeiket. Egy esetleges nem teljesítési esemény következtében a...

In this paper, we propose an extension of the productivity decomposition method developed by Olley & Pakes (1996). This extension provides an accounting for the contributions of both firm entry and exit to aggregate productivity changes. It breaks down the contribution of surviving firms into a...

Many believe that "big data" will transform business, government and other aspects of the economy. In this article we discuss how new data may impact economic policy and economic research. Large-scale administrative datasets and proprietary private sector data can greatly improve the way we...

We examine the empirical predictions of a real option-pricing model using a large sample of data on mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. banking sector. We provide estimates for the option value that the target bank has in waiting for a higher bid instead of accepting an initial tender offer. We...

This study attempts to develop new market efficiency tests depending on the spot and future prices, or the differences of them alternative to traditional unit root test build on univariate time series. As a result of the autocorrelation, normality and run tests applied to spot and futures prices...

El presente trabajo analiza la relación entre demandantes y oferentes de insumos intermedios en la economía boliviana, con el fin de determinar qué actividades tienen un impacto importante sobre el resto de la economía y cuáles están menos integradas a la misma. Para esto se utilizan los...