The study is focused on the analysis of financial development and growth in Pakistan economy for the period of 1972-2011. Cointegration techniques and Granger causality test based on the block exogeneity (Wald test) has been applied for the analysis. The cointegration test confirmed the long run...

Income inequality is very important for the growth and poverty alleviation in an economy. This analysis examines the impacts of agriculture value added, service sector value added, exports of goods and services and foreign direct investment as percentage of GDP on income inequality measured by...

This paper uses the EGARCH model to investigate the volatility spillovers between home foreclosures, adjustable mortgage rates, housing prices and unemployment rate for the US. The results provide evidence of volatility spillover effects from adjustable mortgage rates, home foreclosures and...

This paper studies the long-run and short-run dynamic effects of broad money supply (M2) and oil price on U.S. stock market (S&P500). Monthly data are employed from January, 1974 through April, 2006. Each variable is non-stationary in level with I (1) behavior. The above three variables depict a...