School of Economics, University of the West of England

Economics Discussion Paper Series

Editors: Paul Dunne and Peter Howells


2011

11/01
"Australasian money demand stability:Application of structural break tests", Don Webber and Saten Kumar
11/02
"Defence Spending and Economic Growth in the EU15", J Paul Dunne and Eftychia Nikolaidou
11/03
"Corruption, Military Spending and Growth", Giorgio d'Agostino, J Paul Dunne and Luca Pieroni
11/04
"The Changing Military Industrial Complex", J Paul Dunne and Elisabeth Skons
11/05
"Military Spending, Growth, Development and Conflict", J Paul Dunne
11/06
"Military Keynesianism: An Assessment", J Paul Dunne
11/07
"The effect of monetary policy on investors' risk perception: Evidence from the UK and Germany", Dan Luo, Iris Biefang-Frisancho Mariscal and Peter Howells
11/08
"Happiness, Meaning of Life and Income", Lois Duff and Artjoms Ivlevs
11/09
"Paradigm shift? A critique of the IMF's new approach to capital controls", Daniela Gabor


2010
10/01
"The Demand for Military Spending in Egypt", Aamer S. Abu-Qarn, J Paul Dunne, Yasmine M. Abdelfattah and Shadwa Zaher
10/02
"Kosovo - winning its independence but losing its people? Recent evidence on emigration intentions and preparedness to migrate", Artjoms Ivlevs and Roswitha M. King
10/03
"Macroeconomics and Violence", Jurgen Brauer and J. Paul Dunne
10/04
"Sub-national vulnerability measures: A spatial perspective", Don J. Webber and Stephanié Rossouw
10/05
"Regional Input?Output Tables and the FLQ Formula: A Case Study of Finland" (revised), A.T. Flegg & T. Tohmo
10/06
"What is this thing called ‘heterodox economics’?", Andrew Mearman
10/07
"Military Expenditure and Granger Causality: A Critical Review", J. Paul Dunne and Ron P Smith
10/08
"Getting people out of unemployment: A spatial perspective across Auckland", Don J. Webber and Gail Pacheco
10/09
"Grade surprise and choice at 16", Don J. Webber
10/10
"Culture, participative decision making and job satisfaction", De Wet van der Westhuizen, Gail Pacheco and Don J. Webber
10/11
"On the Cost of Violence and the Benefits of Peace", Jurgen Brauer and J. Paul Dunne
10/12
"Assessing the Effects of Military Expenditure on Growth", Giorgio d'Agostino, J Paul Dunne and Luca Pieroni,
10/13
"The effects of privatisation and FDI on economic growth in Argentina", Rania Ihab Naguib,
10/14
"Culture, participative decision making and job satisfaction", Gail Pacheco and Don J. Webber
10/15
"Money demand stability: A case study of Nigeria", Saten Kumar, Don J. Webber and Scott Fargher
10/16
"Interest rate pass-through and risk", Iris Biefang-Frisancho Mariscal and Peter Howells
10/17
"Recent Developments in Monetary Policy", Iris Biefang-Frisancho Mariscal and Peter Howells
10/18
"From immigrants to (non-)citizens: Political economy of naturalizations in Latvia", Artjoms Ivlevs and Roswitha M. King
10/19
"Smoking Behaviour and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from the UK Smoking Ban", Timothy Hinks and Andreas Katsaros


2009
09/01
"Determining Military Expenditures: Arms Races and Spill-Over Effects in Cross-Section and Panel Data", J Paul Dunne, Sam Perlo-Freeman and Ron Smith
09/02
"Military Spending and Development", J Paul Dunne and Mehmet Uye
09/03
"Optimal Military Spending in the US: A Time Series Analysis", Giorgio d'Agostino, J Paul Dunne and Luca Pieroni,
09/04
"The Money Supply in Macroeconomics", Peter Howells
09/05
"Banking Sector Performance in Latin America: Market Power versus Efficiency", Georgios E. Chortareas, Jesus G. Garza-Garcia and Claudia Girardone
09/06
"The Volatility of the Tradeable and Nontradeable Sectors: Theory and Evidence", Laura Povoledo
09/07
"The Military Industrial Complex", J Paul Dunne and Elisabeth Skons,
09/08
"Independent Central Banks: Some Theoretical and Empirical Problems", Peter Howells
09/09
"Credit Ratings and UK Defined Pension Fund Portfolio Values", Martin Sullivan
09/10
"Arms Trade Offsets: What Do We Know?", Jurgen Brauer and J Paul Dunne
09/11
"Testing the validity of the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle for Australia", Saten Kumar, Scott Fargher and Don J. Webber
09/12
"Winners and Losers: Spatial variations in labour productivity in England and Wales", Don J. Webber and Michael Horswell
09/13
"Microeconomic foundations of geographical variations in labour productivity ", Don J. Webber and Michael Horswell
09/14
"Students’ perceptions of economics: Identifying demand for further study ", Don J. Webber and Andrew Mearman
09/15
"Who do heterodox economists think they are? ", Andrew Mearman
09/16
"Does pluralism in economics education make better educated, happier students? A qualitative analysis. ", Andrew Mearman, Tim Wakeley, Gamila Shoib and Don Webber
09/17
"Wagner’s Law Revisited: Cointegration and Causality tests for New Zealand", Saten Kumar, Don Webber and Scott Fargher
09/18
"Persistence in the determination of work-related training participation: evidence from the BHPS, 1991-1997.", Panos Sousounis and Robin Bladen-Hovell
09/19
"The Impact of Work-Related Training on Employee Earnings: Evidence from Great Britain", Panos Sousounis
09/20
"Estimating the effect of state dependence in work-related training participation among British employees.", Panos Sousounis
09/21
"Real wages, inflation and labour productivity in Australia", Saten Kumar, Don J. Webber and Geoff Perry


2008
08/01
"Modelling structural change using broken sticks", Paul White, Don J. Webber and Angela Helvin
08/02
"Rhetorical Dualism and the Orthodox/Heterodox Distinction in Economics", Andrew Mearman
08/03
"Peace, War and International Security: Economic Theories", Paul Dunne and Fanny Coulomb
08/04
"Can We Declare Military Keynesianism Dead?", Luca Pieroni, Giorgio d'Agostino and Marco Lorusso
08/05
"Productivity and Proximity", Don J. Webber and Paul White,
08/06
"Economic Performance in Rural England", Nigel Curry and Don J. Webber,
08/07
"A Statistical Development of Fixed Odds Betting Rules in Soccer", Ian Milliner, Paul White and Don J. Webber,
08/08
"Regional Input Output Models and the FLQ Formula: A Case Study of Finland", Tony Flegg and Timo Tohmo,
08/09
"Cointegration Rank Test and Long Run Specification: A Note on the Robustness of Structural Demand Systems", D. Arestei and Luca Peironi,


2007
07/01
"The Demand for Endogenous Money: A Lesson in Institutional Change", Peter Howells
07/02
"Congestion in the Chinese automobile and textile industries revisited", A.T. Flegg and D.O. Allen
07/03
"On some slippery slopes:horizontalists, structuralists and diagrams", Peter Howells
07/04
"Central bank communication, transparency and interest rate volatility: Evidence from the USA", Iris Biefang-Frisancho Mariscal and Peter Howells
07/05
"How Strong is the Relationship between Defence Expenditure and Private Consumption? Evidence from the United States", Luca Pieroni
07/06
"Basic Needs, Government Debt and Economic Growth", Sam Perlo-Freeman and Don Webber
07/07
"The Demand for Military Expenditure in Developing Countries: Hostility versus Capability", J Paul Dunne, Sam Perlo-Freeman and Ron Smith
07/08
"Military Spending and Economic Growth", Luca Pieroni
07/09
"Voting Patterns, Party Spending and Space in England and Wales", David Cutts and Don J. Webber


2006
06/01 cover page
"Monetary Policy Transparency in the UK: The Impact of Independence and Inflation Targeting", Iris Biefang-Frisancho Mariscal and Peter Howells
06/02 cover page
"Trade, Technology and Employment: A Case Study of South Africa", J. Paul Dunne and Lawrence Edwards
06/03 cover page
"Rising Stars, Superstars and Dying Stars: Hedonic Explorations of Autograph Prices", Alan Collins, Richard O'Doherty, Martin C. Snell
06/04 cover page
"Why Do Foreign Firms Invest in South West England?", Damian N. Whittard and Don J. Webber
06/05 cover page
"Does Expansion Cause Congestion? The Case of the Older British Universities, 1994-2004", Tony Flegg and David O. Allen
06/06 cover page
"An Examination of Alternative Approaches to Measuring Congestion in British Universities", Tony Flegg and David O. Allen
06/07 cover page
"Measuring Poverty/Health: A Cautionary Note", Yarim Shamsan,Don J Webber and Paul White
06/08 cover page
"Who Stopped Flying around September 11th?", Don J. Webber
06/09 cover page
"The Topology of Conflict and Co-operation", Sam Perlo-Freeman
06/10 cover page
"Are the New British Universities Congested?", A.T. Flegg and D.O. Allen*
06/11 cover page
"Country-level Business Performance and Policy Asymmetries in Great Britain", Anthony Plumridge, Don J. Webber, Martin Boddy and John Hudson
06/12 cover page
"Attendance and Exam Performance at University", D.O. Allen and Don J. Webber
06/13 cover page
"Monetary Policy Uncertainty: Is There a Difference Between Bank of England and the Bundesbank/ECB?", Iris Biefang-Frisancho Mariscal and Peter Howells
06/14 cover page
"Does it matter how we measure congestion?", A.T. Flegg and D.O. Allen


2005
05/01 cover page
"Student Participation in Sporting Activities", Don J. Webber and Andrew Mearman
05/02 cover page
"Convergence towards a Steady State Distribution", Don J. Webber and Paul White
05/03 cover page
"Aerospace Competitiveness: UK, US and Europe", Derek Braddon and Keith Hartley
05/04 cover page
"Arms Trade Offsets and Development", Jurgen Brauer and Paul Dunne
05/05 cover page
"Methodological Triangulation at the Bank of England:An Investigation", Paul Downward and Andrew Mearman
05/06 cover page
"Revolution in the Defence Electronics Market? An Economic Analysis of Sectoral Change", Paul Dowdall and Derek Braddon
05/07 cover page
"What Lies Beneath? Who Owns British Defence Contractors and Does it Matter?", Derek Braddon and Jonathan Bradley
05/08 cover page
"Monetary Policy Transparency and Uncertainty: A Comparison between the Bank of England and the Bundesbank/ECB", Iris Biefang-Frisancho Mariscal and Peter Howells
05/09 cover page
"The Demand for Food in South Africa", Paul Dunne and Beverly Edkins
05/10 cover page
"Military Spending and Economic Growth in Greece, Portugal and Spain", Paul Dunne and Eftychia Nikolaidou
05/11 cover page
"Manufacturing Growth, Technological Progress, and Military Expenditure", Paul Dunne and Duncan Watson
05/12 cover page
"Monetary Policy Regimes: a fragile consensus", Iris Biefang-Frisancho Mariscal and Peter Howells
05/13 cover page
"The Endogeneity of Money:Empirical Evidence", Peter Howells
05/14 cover page
"Transformation or Stagnation? The South African Defence Industry in the early 21st Century", J Paul Dunne and Richard Haines
05/15 cover page
"Regional Productivity Differentials: Explaining the Gap", Martin Boddy, John Hudson, Anthony Plumridge and Don J. Webber


2004
04/01 cover page
"Critical realism in Economics and Open-Systems Ontology: A Critique", Andrew Mearman
04/02 cover page
"'Open-Systems' and Economic Methodology", Andrew Mearman
04/03 cover page
"Gender Specific Peer Groups and Choice at Sixteen", Don J. Webber
04/04 cover page
"Convergence across Spanish Provinces: Cross-section and Pairwise Evidence", Don J. Webber, Paul White, Asier Minondo and David O. Allen
04/05 cover page
"Monetary Policy Transparency: Too Good to be True?", Iris Biefang-Frisancho Mariscal and Peter Howells
04/06 cover page
"Environmental Kuznets Curves: Mess or Meaning?", Don J. Webber and David O. Allen
04/07 cover page
"An Examination of Alternative Approaches to Measuring Congestion in British Universities", A.T. Flegg and D.O. Allen
04/08 cover page
"Models of Military Expenditure and Growth: A Critical Review", J Paul Dunne, Ron Smith and Dirk Willenbockel
04/09 cover page
"Concordance Convergence Empirics", Don J. Webber and Paul White
04/10 cover page
"Monetary Policy Transparency:Lessons from Germany and the Eurozone", Iris Biefang-Frisancho Mariscal and Peter Howells


2003
03/01 cover page
"Concentration in the International Arms Industry", J Paul Dunne, Maria Garcia Alonso, Paul Levine and Ron Smith
03/02 cover page
"Endogenous Growth Models and Stock Market Development: Evidence from 4 Countries", Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Peter G. A Howells and Alaa M. Soliman
03/03 cover page
"Who Uses External Business Advice: A Multivariate Probit Analysis with Sector Effects", Steve Johnson, Wayne Thomas and Don J Webber.
03/04 cover page
"Measuring the Efficiency and Productivity of British Universities: An Application of DEA and the Malmquist Approach", Flegg, A.T., Allen, D.O., Field, K. & Thurlow, T.W.
03/05 cover page
"Central Bank Transparency: A Market Indicator", Peter Howells and Iris Biefang-Frisancho Mariscal
03/06 cover page
"Military Expenditure and Debt in Small Industrialising Economies: A Panel Analysis", J Paul Dunne, Sam Perlo Freeman and Aylin Soydan
03/07 cover page
"Military Expenditure and Debt in South America", J Paul Dunne, Sam Perlo Freeman and Aylin Soydan
03/08 cover page
"Reflections on Curriculum Development by a New Academic", Don J. Webber
03/09 cover page
"Church Organists: Analysing their Willingness to Play", Don J. Webber and Martin Freke


Some downloadable papers from the previous Economics Working Paper Series are available here






JPD 04-Mar-2007 05:17 PM