This paper will try to attempt to incorporate history more effectively into the body of knowledge of international business, thereby moving from a simple statement of intents that “history matters”. However, to progress, the paper will also have to “cut not one but two Gordian knots”....

This paper uses panel data analysis to investigate the extent and determinants of disclosure levels of non-financial companies quoted on the Egyptian Stock Exchange. It distinguishes between private sector companies and public business sector companies in terms of company characteristics and...

The objective of this paper is to assess whether the Ricardian Equivalence Proposition (REP) holds in developing countries. Prima facie, since the REP requires a number of assumptions that might not appear to be satisfied in developing countries, it seems that the REP should not hold. However,...

This study examines whether stock market illiquidity forecasts real UK GDP growth using data over the period 1989q1-2012q2. Apart from standard linear model specifications, we also utilize non-linear models, which allow for regime switching behavior in terms of a liquid versus an illiquid market...

We empirically test the hypothesis that stock market illiquidity affects real UK GDP growth using data over the period 1989q1-2012q2. We conduct our empirical exercise within a standard linear model as well as a non-linear model, which allows for regime switching behavior in terms of a liquid...

In the paper it is suggested that the level of demand for exports and its variability are more important than the variability of the exchange rate for a commodity whose storage costs are not negligible. Evidence in favour of this hypothesis is provided by panel data analysis for the USA exports...