Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 51 Issue 5

Fast-food consumption and individual time preferences in Russia: evidence for the social policy

Tatiana Kossova, Maria Sheluntcova

This article aims to investigate the role of socioeconomic factors and individual time preferences in the demand for fast-food in Russia. An individual discount rate shows the…

Mortgage market, wages and homeownership

Gaetano Lisi

This study deals with the main issues concerning the interplay between homeownership and labour market outcomes, namely (1) the relation between homeownership and labour market…

A probit-based analysis of the deep stock market drawdowns

Damir Tokic, Dave Jackson

This study is motivated in part by the fact that the unfolding 2022 bear market, which has reached the −25% drawdown, has not been preceded by the inverted 10Y-3 m spread or an…

Banking sector's reaction during the Russian invasion of Ukraine: who reacted the most?

Rizky Yudaruddin, Dadang Lesmana

This study aims to investigate the market reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, specifically in the banking sector.

Investigating the financial efficiencies and productivities of the banking sector

Fazıl Gökgöz, Engin Yalçın, Noor Ayoob Salahaldeen

The banking industry, which is one of the most significant industries when taking into account both deposit sizes and employment statistics in Turkey, is one of the country's…

Factors determining migration intentions in Bangladesh: from land to factory

Muhammad Kazim Nur Sohad, Giuseppe Celi, Edgardo Sica

This article explores the migration intentions (MIs) embedded in population movements from rural to urban areas in Bangladesh. In this country, urban-centric development policies…

US efficient factors in a Bayesian model scan framework

Michael O'Connell

The author examines the impact these efficient factors have on factor model comparison tests in US returns using the Bayesian model scan approach of Chib et al. (2020), and Chib…

US unemployment rate: Federal Reserve versus private information

Hamid Baghestani, Bassam M. AbuAl-Foul

This study evaluates the Federal Reserve (Fed) initial and final forecasts of the unemployment rate for 1983Q1-2018Q4. The Fed initial forecasts in a typical quarter are made in…

Does monetary policy impact income inequality?

Luccas Assis Attílio

This article analyzes the impact of monetary policy on income inequality across 16 advanced economies. The author investigates three key points: (1) the relationship between…

Abortion stigma, government regulation and religiosity: findings from the case of Iran

Farzin Rasoulyan, Seyed Reza Mirnezami, Arash Khalili Nasr, Bahar Morshed-Behbahani

Experiencing stigma after abortion may decelerate the accumulation of human capital. Despite the importance of studying the relationship between religiosity and abortion stigma…

Trade potential in European Union manufacturing

Lazaros Antonios Chatzilazarou, Dimitrios Dadakas

This study deals with changes in European Union's (EU's) trade potential in Machinery (HS 84–85) and Transportation (HS86-89) products.