The output gap, while inherently unobservable, plays a pivotal role in informing policymakers due to its significant implications for forecasting inflation rates and understanding the mechanisms of monetary policy transmission. Traditional filters frequently employed in estimating the output gap...

In a descriptive way, this paper analyzes the transitions in the Bolivian labor market during the Covid19 pandemic to comprehend the patterns and trends of worker transitions across states related to employment, unemployment, temporarily inactive, permanently inactive; also for employed people...

We present an approach for pricing American put options with a regime-switching volatility. Our method reveals that the option price can be expressed as the sum of two components: the price of a European put option and the premium associated with the early exercise privilege. Our analysis...

Purpose - This study aims to empirically investigate the connection between Islamic finance and economic growth in Turkey using the endogenous growth model. Design/methodology/approach - It applies quantile regression with the Markov chain marginal bootstrap resampling technique by adopting...