This paper challenges the mainstream view of potential output and enquires into the
supposed effects of Great Recession on potential growth. We identify in the demand-led …

Okun's law, a significant parameter in empirical research and policy analysis, faces
considerable heterogeneity. This stems from its dual interpretation in the literature, with one …

This paper extends the Updated Okun Method (UOM) for estimation of potential output
proposed in Fontanari et al.(2020), which, from a demand-led growth perspective, regards …

ABSTRACT Since the Maastricht Treaty, increasingly complex fiscal rules have been
progressively introduced aimed at closely regulating and deeply affecting the budgetary …

Even though, there are so many so long discussions on the relation between population
increase and economic growth, today, general opinion tends to believe that there is a direct …

This article addresses the problem of the main factors driving sectoral unemployment in the
Mediterranean countries most affected by this phenomenon. The choice of the four countries …

Even though, there are so many so long discussions on the relation between population
increase and economic growth, today, general opinion tends to believe that there is a direct …

This objective of the study is to investigate the impact of economic growth on unemployment
in Nigeria, with a view to uncovering the validity or otherwise of the Okun's law. Both linear …

The financial crisis has had a profound impact on the Eurozone in terms of monetary and
fiscal policy. In this econometric investigation, Stephen Garavan examines whether the …

The aim of the paper is to assess the causes of spatial variations in labour productivity of
Italian regions using the gravitational model of economic growth. The model is an extension …