Recently added articles from Economic Inquiry:
DISAGGREGATE EVIDENCE ON PRICE STICKINESS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MACRO MODELS
Oct 01, 2008; ... We use the methodology applied at the aggregate level by Gali and Gertler (1999) to analyze price and cost data for U.S. six-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industries. Industries with price adjustment periods of at least 6 quarters generate no more than about 43% of ...
VOLATILITY AND IRISH EXPORTS
Oct 01, 2008; ... We analyze the impact of volatility per se on real exports for a small open economy concentrating on Irish trade with the United Kingdom and the United States. An important element is that we take account of the time lag between the trade decision and the actual trade or payments taking place by ...
WHAT DETERMINES CORRUPTION? INTERNATIONAL EVIDENCE FROM MICRODATA
Oct 01, 2008; ... This paper uses a microlevel data set from 49 countries to create a direct measure of corruption, which portrays the extent of bribery as revealed by individuals who live in those countries. In addition, it investigates the determinants of being asked for a bribe at the individual level. The ...
THE CYCLICAL BEHAVIOR OF PRICES AND RELATIVE PRICES
Oct 01, 2008; ... Price and output shock correlations provide information concerning macroeconomic shocks. Previous research generally finds small or negative correlations between real gross domestic product (GDP) and GDP deflator shocks but positive correlations between industrial production (IP) and consumer ...
DIFFERENTIAL DEPOSIT GUARANTEES AND THE EFFECT OF MONETARY POLICY ON BANK LENDING
Oct 01, 2008; ... This paper utilizes differences in de jure deposit insurance coverage across banks and changes in coverage over time to identify a bank-lending channel in Poland. Banks with partial guarantees have a stronger loan response to monetary policy than banks with full guarantees. Furthermore, the weak ...