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Working Papers

2008

1. Returns to Scale for EU Regional Manufacturing
   Working Papers, Queen Mary, University of London, School of Business and Management, Centre for Globalisation Research

2004

2. CORRECTING FOR BIASES WHEN ESTIMATING PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS: AN ILLUSION OF THE LAWS OF ALGEBRA?
   CAMA Working Papers, Australian National University, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis
   See also Journal Article in Cambridge Journal of Economics (2008)
3. ON THE RENTAL PRICE OF CAPITAL AND THE PROFIT RATE: THE PERILS AND PITFALLS OF TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
   CAMA Working Papers, Australian National University, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis
   See also Journal Article in Review of Political Economy (2007)

Journal Articles

2009

1. Are estimates of labour demand functions mere statistical artefacts?
   International Review of Applied Economics, 2009, 23, (2), 147-168
2. Editorial
   Spatial Economic Analysis, 2009, 4, (2), 121-125
3. Editorial
   Spatial Economic Analysis, 2009, 4, (1), 1-4
4. Increasing Returns and the Growth of Industries in the EU Regions: Paradoxes and Conundrums
   Spatial Economic Analysis, 2009, 4, (2), 127-148
5. ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FISCAL POLICY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF MACROECONOMIC POLICY
   Economic Affairs, 2009, 29, (1), 77-79

2008

6. Correcting for biases when estimating production functions: an illusion of the laws of algebra?
   Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2008, 32, (3), 441-459
   See also Working Paper (2004)
7. Economic growth, externalities and increasing returns to scale: what the data cannot show
   Revista Economia e Sociedade, 2008, 35, 21
8. Editorial
   Spatial Economic Analysis, 2008, 3, (1), 1-5
9. Editorial
   Spatial Economic Analysis, 2008, 3, (2), 145-149
10. Effective-demand-constrained growth in a two-sector Kaldorian model
    Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 2008, 31, (1), 57-78
11. Productivity Growth and Unemployment Under Mrs. Thatcher Reconsidered
    Intervention. European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies, 2008, 5, (2), 244-254
12. The Interest Rate Channel in the New Monetary Policy Framework
    Challenge, 2008, 51, (2), 69-84

2007

13. Editorial
    Spatial Economic Analysis, 2007, 2, (2), 111-115
14. Editorial
    Spatial Economic Analysis, 2007, 2, (3), 215-218
15. Editorial
    Spatial Economic Analysis, 2007, 2, (1), 1-5
16. IS A THEORY OF TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY REALLY NEEDED?
    Metroeconomica, 2007, 58, (1), 195-229
17. On the Rental Price of Capital and the Profit Rate: The Perils and Pitfalls of Total Factor Productivity Growth
    Review of Political Economy, 2007, 19, (3), 317-345
    See also Working Paper (2004)
18. RETURNS TO SCALE AND REGIONAL GROWTH: THE STATIC-DYNAMIC VERDOORN LAW PARADOX REVISITED
    Journal of Regional Science, 2007, 47, (2), 179-208 View citations

2006

19. New Attitudes About Inflation
    Challenge, 2006, 49, (5), 33-52
20. PRODUCTIVITY, EFFICIENCY AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN EUROPEAN UNION REGIONAL MANUFACTURING: A DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS APPROACH
    Manchester School, 2006, 74, (4), 500-525 View citations
21. The Tyranny of the Identity: Growth Accounting Revisited
    International Review of Applied Economics, 2006, 20, (3), 283-299 View citations

2005

22. DISTURBING ECONOMIC MYSTERIES: Is Federal Reserve Policy Working?
    Challenge, 2005, 48, (2), 48-66
23. Editorial: of journals, oil tankers and citation impacts: Signing-off the editorship of Regional Studies
    Regional Studies, 2005, 39, (9), 1157-1158
24. How Sound are the Foundations of the Aggregate Production Function?
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2005, 31, (3), 467-488 View citations
25. WHY ARE SOME COUNTRIES RICHER THAN OTHERS? A SKEPTICAL VIEW OF MANKIW-ROMER-WEIL's TEST OF THE NEOCLASSICAL GROWTH MODEL
    Metroeconomica, 2005, 56, (3), 360-392 View citations

2004

26. To measure or not to measure TFP growth? A reply to Mahadevan
    Oxford Development Studies, 2004, 32, (2), 321-327 View citations

2003

27. Erkin Bairam:1958-2001 his Contribution to Economics
    Ekonomia, 2003, 6, (1), 1-18
28. Some methodological problems with the neoclassical analysis of the East Asian miracle
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2003, 27, (5), 695-721 View citations

2002

29. A Problem with Some Estimations and Interpretations of the Mark-up in Manufacturing Industry
    International Review of Applied Economics, 2002, 16, (2), 187-215
30. Productivity Growth in China Before and After 1978 Revisited
    Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business, 2002, 5, (1), 17-43 View citations

2001

31. Biased Technical Change, Growth Accounting, and the Conundrum of the East Asian Miracle
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2001, 29, (3), 542-565 View citations
32. Reflections on Economic Paradigms and Controversies in Economics
    Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business, 2001, 4, (1), 1-26
33. The CES Production Function, the Accounting Identity, and Occam's Razor
    Applied Economics, 2001, 33, (10), 1221-32 View citations

1999

34. Increasing Returns and Economic Growth: Some Evidence for Manufacturing from the European Union Regions: A Correction
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1999, 51, (3), 574-75
35. Wan's "New Approach" to Technical Change: A Comment
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1999, 27, (2), 355-363 View citations

1998

36. Increasing Returns and Economic Growth: Some Evidence for Manufacturing from the European Union Regions
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1998, 50, (1), 89-105 View citations

1997

37. The Dynamic Harrod Foreign Trade Multiplier and the Demand-Oriented Approach to Economic Growth: An Evaluation
    International Review of Applied Economics, 1997, 11, (1), 5-26 View citations

1996

38. On Hsing's Critique of Solow's 'Technical Change and the Aggregate Production Function.'
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1996, 20, (6), 785-95

1992

39. 'Thirlwall's Law' and Balance of Payments Constrained Growth: More on the Debate
    Applied Economics, 1992, 24, (5), 493-512 View citations

1991

40. Estimating Technical Change in Aggregate Production Functions: A Critique
    International Review of Applied Economics, 1991, 5, (1), 24-46 View citations
41. The Productivity Growth Slowdown of the Advanced Countries and the Inter-sectoral Reallocation of Labour
    Australian Economic Papers, 1991, 30, (56), 70-85 View citations

1989

42. 'Thirlwall's Law' and Balance of Payments Constrained Growth--A Comment on the Debate
    Applied Economics, 1989, 21, (5), 611-29 View citations
43. Inter-industry Differences in the Factor-Augmenting Bias of Technological Change
    Australian Economic Papers, 1989, 28, (52), 103-11 View citations

1987

44. Does the Aggregate Production Function Imply Anything about the Laws of Production? A Note
    Applied Economics, 1987, 19, (8), 1121-36 View citations

1986

45. On Some Interpretations of the Relationship between Productivity and Output Growth
    Applied Economics, 1986, 18, (11), 1215-25 View citations

1985

46. Economic Growth, the Harrod Foreign Trade Multiplier and the Hicks Super-multiplier
    Applied Economics, 1985, 17, (1), 55-72 View citations
47. Increasing Returns and the Manufacturing Industries: Some Empirical Issues
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1985, 53, (1), 55-75 View citations

1984

48. "The Verdoorn Law Controversy": Some New Empirical Evidence Using U.S. State Data
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1984, 36, (2), 268-84 View citations

1982

49. Economic Growth, Kaldor's Laws and the Static-Dynamic Verdoorn Law Paradox
    Applied Economics, 1982, 14, (3), 279-94 View citations

1981

50. What Still Remains of Kaldor's Laws?
    Economic Journal, 1981, 91, (361), 206-16 View citations

1980

51. On the Quantitative Importance of Kaldor's Laws
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1980, 32, (2), 102-12 View citations