Of recent, there has been growing global concerns over energy and food prices. A combination of record high oil and food prices are destabilizing element for the global economy because of their potential severe growth, inflation and distributional effects. In terms of their impact on income...

In this study, the informational efficiency of the European natural gas market is analyzed by empirically investigating price formation and arbitrage efficiency between spot and futures markets. Econometric approaches are specified that explicitly account for nonlinearities and the low...

The 'saving for a rainy day' hypothesis implies that households' saving decisions reflect that they can (rationally) predict future income declines. The empirical relevance of this hypothesis plays a key role in discussions of fiscal policy multipliers and it holds under the null that the...

Although the link between oil prices and dollar exchange rates has been frequently analyzed, a clear distinction between prices and nominal exchange rate dynamics and a clarification of the issue of causality has not been provided. In addition, previous studies have mostly neglected...

The temporal interdependence between saving and output has been in focus in a number of recent empirical studies. Results from these studies have compelled some authors to question the traditional notion of a causal chain where saving leads growth through capital accumulation. This paper...

This research paper is focused on an important topic in the economic literature, more precisely how the insurance sector impacts the overall economic growth. The objective of the study is to identify, analyse and evaluate the effects of the insurance sector on economic growth for three...