Net international capital movements entail equivalent net resource transfers. Arbitrage in perfectly integrated finan-cial markets instantaneously eliminates yield differentials through valuation adjustments. But the stock adjustments that constitute the essence of net capital movements may also...

The purpose of this paper is twofold. On the one hand it aims at extending King-Fullerton methodology to a larger scope of liabilities and primarily, in the empirical section of the paper, to statutory charges associated to labour costs, basically employers' contributions to social security....

The paper reviews an algorithm for the iterative solution of rational expectations models. It shows in detail how general equilibrium models with perfect foresight and intertemporally optimizing behavior must be set up to be solved numerically with the algorithm. Three examples of intertemporal...

The paper compares two approaches to the estimation of panel probit models: the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) and the Simulated Maximum Likelihood (SML) technique. Both have in common that they circumvent multiple integrations of joint density functions without the need to impose...

The behavior of asset prices is analyzed in a general equilibrium model where agents not only have preferences over consumption but also (implicitly) over their beliefs. Agents endogenously choose to disregard information contained in a signal if it conflicts with their desired beliefs. In this...

The paper analyses aspects of international capital movements and formation of human capital in a three sector two country growth model. We assume that direct foreign investment from a country with a high level of knowledge goes along with a positive external effect on human capital growth in...

Portfolio choice is usually modelled by von Neumann-Morgenstern utility. Risk-value models are more general and permit the derivation of risk-value efficient frontiers. A behaviorally based risk measure with an endogenous or exogenous benchmark is used to derive efficient portfolios and to...

This paper builds up a two country model of trade and unemployment allowing for perfect mobility of capital across the borders. Capital moves from the north to the south, which suffers from unemployment. A few basic policies related to lowering of unemployment are discussed. In particular it is...

An n-commodity, n-factor, A"-country log-linear model is developed, with identical Cobb-Douglas production coefficients and identical consumer expenditure shares across countries, in which factor endowments are such as to permit positive production of all commodities in all countries, hence...