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Autor:
Roland Craigwell, Mahalia Jackman
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Developing Areas. 48:309-326
This paper uses a two-step Markov-switching error correction model to determine the impact of government employment on the labour market in Barbados, a small island developing Caribbean state. The results suggest that there is partial crowding out, a
Publikováno v:
Applied Financial Economics. 23:287-296
This article incorporates the Castle and Hendry (2010) portmanteau test into an Exponential Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Hetroscedasticity in Mean (EGARCH-M) model to investigate nonlinearities in the reaction of daily foreign exchange acti
Publikováno v:
Applied Economics. 45:793-801
Financial systems across the world have all come under pressure due to the on-going financial crisis. One of the most often asked questions during a collapse is how long and how deep will the decline be as well as what policy initiatives can be emplo
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Development Issues. 11:4-18
PurposeInvestment in human development is considered a means of improving the quality of life and sustaining economic growth in the Caribbean. The purpose of this paper is to assess the efficacy of public spending on health care and education by eval
Publikováno v:
Journal of Policy Modeling. 34:242-252
This paper uses an estimated model of residential electricity demand to examine the impact of proposed tariff changes on a representative sample of 130 Barbadian households. The estimated equation results suggest that the price elasticities of demand
Autor:
Roland Craigwell, Allan Wright
Publikováno v:
Economics Bulletin. 31(3):2272-2283
This paper determines the causal link between FDI and corruption in 42 developing countries using linear and non linear panel Granger causal methods over the period 1998 to 2009. The findings show that the outcome of the causal association depends on
Publikováno v:
Tourism Analysis. 15:435-445
This article seeks to investigate whether there is a causal relationship between tourism growth and economic growth in the Bahamas, Barbados, and Jamaica. Several empirical studies have advanced evidence to support the idea that tourism growth promot
Publikováno v:
Journal of Policy Modeling. 32:418-431
A notable build-up in the foreign debt stock of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been observed in recent years. By employing recent developments in panel unit root and co-integration analysis, this paper finds the major contributing factors to b
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Development Issues. 9:25-42
PurposeRemittances are the fastest growing source of foreign exchange earnings for developing countries. The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of remittances on economic volatility of the receiving country.Design/methodology/approachA pan
Publikováno v:
Journal of Economic Studies. 36:135-146
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential link between remittances and economic volatility in small island developing states.Design/methodology/approachThe paper estimates a panel data model using a database containing 20 small