Zusammenfassung In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Leistungsfähigkeit zweier Verfahren zur Verdeutlichung der konjunkturellen Entwicklung einer wirtschaftlichen Zeitreihe am aktuellen Rand verglichen. Es handelt sich dabei um einen neu entwickelten Tiefpassfilter und das...

Summary The Baxter-King filter shows some weaknesses, particularly with regard to monthly time series. This procedure involves not only a loss of data for the border areas of time series, but suppresses inadequately high frequency components and shows as a low-pass filter only the performance of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to survey the empirical literature on the causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth. Design/methodology/approach – The four major hypotheses (growth, conservation, neutrality, and feedback) are briefly outlined with respect to...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the causal nexus between foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth in SAARC countries. Design/methodology/approach – Johansen's cointegration test was employed to examine the long‐run relationship between foreign direct investment and...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the dynamic relationship that exists between energy consumption, environmental pollution and per capita economic growth in Tanzania. The energy consumption is represented by electricity usage in kilowatt hours (kWh) per capita, while...

The volume of road freight movement in the UK has more than doubled over the past 25 years and its present growth is considerably exceeding official forecasts made in 1984. An attempt is made to explain why this growth has occurred, taking account of the close relationship between...

Although governments see high pay settlements as inflationary and claim they make British products uncompetitive, employers consistently give pay increases above the level of cost of living increases. Weakened unions and high unemployment have not changed the trend, demonstrating that simplistic...

While the general trend in the UK is towards an increase in female owned small businesses, during the last few years the number of North West of England businesses owned by women has fallen by 12.5 per cent. Aims to investigate the barriers preventing women from entering into growth businesses...