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Working Papers

1992

1. Sources of Output Fluctuations During the Interwar Period: Further Evidence on the Causes of the Great Depression
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See Also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (1994)

Journal Articles

2008

1. Business cycle volatility and country zize:evidence for a sample of OECD countries
   Economics Bulletin, 2008, 5, (3), 1-7
2. GROWTH AND CONVERGENCE, 1950-2003. What Can We Learn from the Solow Model?
   Applied Econometrics and International Development, 2008, 8, (1), 5-18
3. Is the Middle East an Optimum Currency Area? A Comparison of Costs and Benefits
   Open Economies Review, 2008, 19, (4), 479-491

2007

4. Country size and business cycle volatility: Scale really matters
   Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2007, 21, (4), 424-434 View citations
5. How Productive Are Government Activities? Evidence from a Sample of OECD Countries
   Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik), 2007, 53, (1), 71-86
6. Is Africa an Optimum Currency Area? A Comparison of Macroeconomic Costs and Benefits
   Journal of African Economies, 2007, 16, (2), 234-258 View citations

2006

7. Are the new EU members ready for the EURO?: A comparison of costs and benefits
   Journal of Policy Modeling, 2006, 28, (1), 25-38 View citations
8. Why are postwar cycles smoother? Impulses or propagation?
   Journal of Economics and Business, 2006, 58, (5-6), 392-406

2005

9. Is there a yen optimum currency area? Evidence from 18 Asian and Pacific economies
   Japan and the World Economy, 2005, 17, (4), 456-469
10. Sources of exchange-rate volatility: Impulses or propagation?
    International Review of Economics & Finance, 2005, 14, (2), 213-226

2004

11. Trade and Growth in Europe, Evidence from a Panel of 18 Countries
    The Icfai Journal of Applied Economics, 2004, III, (2), 19-30

2003

12. How homogenizing are monetary unions?: Evidence from the U.S. states
    The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2003, 14, (3), 381-397 View citations
13. Trade Openness And Economic Growth Can We Estimate The Precise Effect?
    Applied Econometrics and International Development, 2003, 3, (1) View citations

2001

14. LONG-RUN ECONOMIC GROWTH IN EUROPE: IS IT ENDOGENOUS OR NEOCLASSICAL?
    International Economic Journal, 2001, 15, (2), 63-76
15. Openness to Trade and the Potency of Monetary Policy: How Strong is the Relationship?
    Open Economies Review, 2001, 12, (1), 61-73
16. Time-varying criteria for monetary integration: evidence from the EMU
    International Review of Economics & Finance, 2001, 10, (2), 171-185 View citations

1999

17. MONETARY POLICY AND THE EXCHANGE RATE: THE ROLE OF OPENNESS
    International Economic Journal, 1999, 13, (2), 75-88
18. On the Asymmetric Effects of Money-Supply Shocks: International Evidence from a Panel of OECD Countries
    Applied Economics, 1999, 31, (2), 227-35 View citations
19. Openness and the effects of monetary policy
    Journal of International Money and Finance, 1999, 18, (1), 13-26 View citations
20. Taxes and Growth: Testing the Neoclassical and Endogenous Growth Models
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1999, 17, (2), 177-88 View citations
21. Why are the effects of money-supply shocks asymmetric? Evidence from prices, consumption, and investment
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 1999, 21, (4), 713-727 View citations

1998

22. Liquidity Constraints and the Substitutability between Private and Government Consumption: The Role of Military and Non-military Spending
    Economic Inquiry, 1998, 36, (2), 203-14 View citations

1997

23. International integration of capital markets and the cross-country divergence of per capita consumption
    Journal of International Money and Finance, 1997, 16, (5), 681-697 View citations
24. On the Optimal Government Size in Europe: Theory and Empirical Evidence
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1997, 65, (3), 280-94 View citations

1996

25. Are the Output Effects of Monetary Policy Asymmetric? Evidence from a Sample of European Countries
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1996, 58, (2), 267-78 View citations
26. Bureaucracy, investment, and growth
    Economics Letters, 1996, 51, (2), 233-239 View citations
27. Convergence revisited
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1996, 37, (2-3), 249-265 View citations
28. Do Economies Converge? Evidence from a Panel of U.S. States
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1996, 78, (3), 384-88 View citations
29. Private and government consumption with liquidity constraints
    Journal of International Money and Finance, 1996, 15, (2), 255-266 View citations
30. Sources of business-cycle volatility: An exploratory study on a sample of OECD countries
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 1996, 18, (4), 621-637 View citations
31. The Optimal Government Size: Further International Evidence on the Productivity of Government Services
    Economic Inquiry, 1996, 34, (2), 193-203 View citations
32. Why are the effects of money-supply shocks asymmetric? Convex aggregate supply or "pushing on a string"?
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 1996, 18, (4), 605-619 View citations

1995

33. GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND THE CURRENT ACCOUNT: SOME INTERNATIONAL, EVIDENCE
    International Economic Journal, 1995, 9, (4), 45-56

1994

34. Are Government Activities Productive? Evidence from a Panel of U.S. States
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1994, 76, (1), 1-11 View citations
35. Government Spending and Private Consumption: Some International Evidence
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1994, 26, (1), 9-22 View citations
36. Is government capital productive? Evidence from a panel of seven countries
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 1994, 16, (2), 271-279 View citations
37. Macroeconomic effects of budget deficits: further international evidence
    Journal of International Money and Finance, 1994, 13, (2), 190-210 View citations
38. Sources of Output Fluctuations during the Interwar Period: Further Evidence on the Causes of the Great Depression
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1994, 76, (1), 80-102 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1992)
39. Sources of business cycles in Europe: 1960-1988. Evidence from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom
    European Economic Review, 1994, 38, (9), 1763-1778

1993

40. Do standards of living converge?: Some cross-country evidence
    Economics Letters, 1993, 43, (2), 149-155 View citations
41. Employment and Output Effects of Government Spending: Is Government Size Important?
    Economic Inquiry, 1993, 31, (3), 354-69 View citations
42. Sources of U.S. macroeconomic fluctuations: 1973-1989
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 1993, 15, (1), 47-68 View citations

1992

43. Investigation of the long-run Quantity Theory of Money relationship
    International Review of Economics & Finance, 1992, 1, (2), 159-168
44. The impact of immigrants on the macroeconomy
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1992, 37, (1), 279-316 View citations