The economy is almost six years removed from the worst recession since the Great Depression. While the unemployment rate is near its pre-recession level, other economic indicators denote a labor market performing well below ...

Following the financial crisis there were many questions raised about the proper role and efficacy of monetary and fiscal policy. One such area of debate surrounds the effects of changes to interest rates have on household ...

Existing research on the determinants of private saving rates focuses on the effects of socio-economic factors and financial development. These studies do not provide a comprehensive picture of the influence of government-owned ...

Impact evaluations of poverty alleviation programmes often do not take into account political placement and implementation effort while estimating effectiveness. This can give rise to biased estimates if politicians make ...

This study estimates the indirect effects of the MASAF III Public Works Program (PWP) on the likelihood of a household to run a business in Malawi. To do this, the study uses crosssectional data from the IHS3 nationally ...

This thesis assesses whether marginal income tax rates for top earners have an effect on a country's GDP per capita growth. The paper builds upon previous research on the relationship between tax rates and economic growth ...

Consumption booms, defined as unusual upsurge in a country's real private consumption expenditures, are often perceived as dangerous macroeconomic events because of their detrimental effects on home goods prices, the balance ...

The transition to 3G mobile technology varies across countries with respect to the timing of 3G's initial entry to a county and the diffusion of 3G technology enabled services. Past studies have demonstrated demographic ...

This paper examines the empirical relationship between corruption and foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries of Southeast Asia. Difference General Method of Moments (GMM) is utilized to take advantage of ...

Despite vast literature examining causes of terrorism, domestic terrorism has only recently begun to be studied as an entity unto itself. It has long been postulated that a country's wealth influences its domestic terrorism ...