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Kent Matthews
Books
- The Interwar Economy: An equilibrium Analysis,
Gower Press, 1986, pp. 243
- US and UK Unemployment Between the Wars: A Doleful
Story, Hobart Paperback No 31, London: Institute of Economic
Affairs, 1992, (with Dan Benjamin) pp. 174
- Macroeconomics and the Market, Hampshire: Macmillan,
1994, pp. 169
- The UK Economy Today, Manchester: Manchester University
Press, (with K Holden and J Thompson), pp. 168
- Economics, Harlow England: Addison Wesley Longman
(with M Parkin and M Powell) pp. 1006
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Articles (refereed)
- "St. Louis Models of the UK Economy" National
Institute Economic Review, No 84, May 1978, pp. 65-69, (with
PA Ormerod)
- "A Monetary Model of Nominal Income Determination
for the UK", Empirical Economics, Vol. 3, 1978, pp.
209-226
- "Private Sector Expenditure and Financial Asset Accumulation,
in the UK", Journal of Money, Credit and Banking,
Vol. 12, No. 4, 1980, pp. 644-653, (with P Minford)
- "A Rational Expectations Model of the UK under Floating
Exchange Rates", European Economic Review, 14, 1980,
pp. 189-219, (with P Minford and M Brech)
- "Terminal Conditions as a Means of Ensuring Unique
Solutions for Rational Expectations Models with Forward
Expectations",
Economic Letters, Vol. 4, 1980, pp. 117-120, (with P Minford
and S Marwaha)
- "Rational Expectations and the St. Louis Model for
the UK", Empirical Economics, Vol. 6, issue 2, 1981,
pp. 87-102, (with C. Ioannidis)
- "Demand for Currency and the Underground Economy",
Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 9, No 2, Dec. 1982, pp.
3-22
- "The Liverpool Macroeconomic Model of the United
Kingdom", Economic Modelling, Vol. 1, No 1, Jan 1984,
pp. 24-62, (with P Minford, S Marwaha and A Sprague)
- "The GDP Residual Error and the Black Economy",
Applied Economics, Vol. 16, No 3, June 1984, pp. 443-48
- "Private Sector Expenditure in the Interwar Period:
An Integrated Portfolio Approach", Manchester School,
Vol. LIII, No 1, March 1985, pp. 23-44
- "Forecasting with a Rational Expectations Model",
Bulletin of the Oxford University Institute of Economics and
Statistics, Vol. 47, No 4, Nov., 1985, pp. 311-336
- "Was Sterling Over-valued in 1925?", Economic
History Review, Vol. XXXIX, No 4, Nov. 1986, pp. 572-587
- "Unemployment in Interwar Britain: An Equilibrium
Analysis", Bulletin of Economic Research, Vol. 39,
No 2, 1987, pp. 151-170
- "Mrs Thatcher's Economic Policies 1979-87",
Economic Policy, No 5, Oct. 1987, pp. 57-101, (with P Minford)
- "Was Sterling Over-valued in 1925? A Reply and Further
Evidence" Economic History Review 1989 pp. 90-96.
- "Could Lloyd George Have Done It ?" Oxford
Economic Papers, April 1989, pp. 374-407
- "The UK Economic Renaissance" Economics,
August 1989, pp. 103-110
- "The UK Economic Renaissance: Reply to Godley",
Economics, December, 1989, pp. 163-164
- "The Portfolio Effects of Foreign Exchange Intervention
in a Rational Expectations Model of the UK Financial Sector",
Greek Economic Review, Vol. 12, No 1, June 1990, pp. 75-103,
(with J Thompson)
- "Wages, Unemployment and Benefits in Inter-War Britain:
An Exercise in Robust Estimation" Bulletin of Economic
Research, Vol. 45, No 2, April 1993, pp 119-132 (with S Blackman)
- "An Algorithm for the Solution of Non-Linear Forward
Rational Expectations Models with Current Partial Information",
Economic Modelling Vol. 11, No 3, July 1994, pp 351-358
(with P Minford and S Blackman)
- "The Quarterly Liverpool Model with Current Partial
Information: An Exercise in Forecasting", Journal of
Forecasting,
Vol. 13, 1994, pp 507-518, (with P Minford and S Blackman)
- "Business Cycle Analysis and Forecasting with a Structural
Vector Autoregression Model for Wales", Journal of
Forecasting,
Vol. 14, No 3, 1995, pp 251-266 (with C Ioannidis, J Laws, &
B Morgan)
- "The Which Money? Debate", The Review of
Policy Issues, Vol. 1, No 5, Autumn, 1995, pp 3-12
- "British Inflation and Unemployment in the 1970s:
A Model-based Decomposition", Applied Economics, Vol.
28, 1996, pp 103-115, (with P Minford)
- "Demand for Narrow and Broad Money in Uganda",
African Review of Money, Finance, and Banking, Supplement.
Savings and Development, Vol. 1-2, 1996, pp 69-84 (with
M Atingi-Ego)
- "Inflation: Too Much Money or Too Much Credit?"
Manchester School, Vol. LXV, No 4, Sept. 1997
pp 411-426 (with C Ioannidis)
- "Monetary Targeting in the Era of Financial Liberalisation:
The Case of Uganda", forthcoming Applied Financial Economics
(with M Atingi-Ego)
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Review Articles (refereed)
- Introductory Macroeconomic Modelling, Arestis and Hadjimatheou
and Macroeconomic Systems, Challen and Hagger, Journal of
Forecasting,
Vol. 4, Apr/June 1985, pp. 245-247 and International Journal
of Forecasting, Vol. 1, No 3, 1985, pp. 317-320
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Chapters in Books
- "The Financial Model of the United Kingdom"
in Exchange Rates, Money and Output: The European Experience,
P De Grauwe, M Fratiani and M Nabli, Macmillan, 1985, pp. 112-122,
(with J Thompson)
- "The Parallel Economy: A Methodological Survey",
in Issues in Political Economy: Special Issue No 1, (Ed)
I S Vavouras, Athens, 1990, pp. 33-77 (in the Greek)
- "Modelling the Monetary Sector" in Surveys
in Monetary Economics Vol. I, Monetary Theory and Policy (Ed)
C Green & D Llewellyn, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1991, pp.
324-378
- "Macroeconomic Policy" Ch 8 in What's New
in Economics?, (Ed) John Maloney, Manchester: Manchester University
Press, 1992, pp. 238-284
- "Illegal Demand for Currency" entry in The
New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance, (Ed) P Newman,
M Milgate & J Eatwell, London: Macmillan, 1992, pp 329-330
- "Britain's Economic Renaissance" in Britain's
Economic Miracle: Myth or Reality? (Ed) N Healey, London:
Routledge, 1993, pp 72-90
- "Inflation and Credit Market Shocks: A Signal Extraction
Problem" in Operations Research '93 - GMOOR (Eds.)
A Bachem, U Derigs, M Junger, R Schrader, Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag,
1994, pp 339-342 (with C Ioannidis)
- "Monetarism", in International Encyclopaedia
of Business and Management, Volume Four, 1996, Thomson Business
Press, pp. 3523-3535Research Monographs:
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Research Papers
- "Estimation of a Rational Expectations Model for
the UK Interwar Period (Part 1)", International Economics
Research Paper, No 31, Centrum Voor Economische Studien, Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven, 1981, pp. 43
- "Unemployment in Interwar Britain: An Equilibrium
Approach", International Economic Research Paper No
35, Centrum Voor Economische Studien, Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, 1982, pp. 44
- "A Model of the UK Financial Sector: The Non Bank
Private Sector" International Economic Research Paper
No 36, Centrum Voor Economische Studien, Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, Aug. 1982, pp. 43, (with J L Thompson)Other Articles:
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Other Publications
- "GDP Expenditure versus GDP Income: Insight into
the Black Economy", Quarterly Economic Bulletin,
Vol. 3, No 2, Nov. 1982, pp. 15-18
- "National Income and the Black Economy", Journal
of Economic Affairs, Vol. 3, No 4, July 1983, pp. 261-267
- "Unemployment Between the Wars: Lessons for Today",
Quarterly Economic Bulletin, Vol. 5, No 2, May 1984, pp.
25-29
- "High Wages Cause Unemployment", Economic
Affairs, Apr-June 1985, pp. 6-11
- "Little M0 and the Moonlighters", Quarterly
Economic Bulletin, Vol. 6, No 2, June 1985, pp. 21-24, (with
A Rastogi)
- "Policy Alternatives before and after the Next Election",
Quarterly Economic Bulletin, Vol. 6, No 4, Dec. 1985, pp.
25-29
- "Do High Wages Cause Unemployment?: Reply",
Economic Affairs, Apr-May 1986, pp. 44-45
- "The Forecast Performance of the Liverpool Group",
Quarterly Economic Bulletin, Vol. 7, No 1, Mar 1986, pp.
25-31, (with P Minford and J Riley)
- "The Thatcher Experiment: 1980 Revisited", Quarterly
Economic Bulletin, Vol. 7, No 3, Sept. 1986, pp. 25-28
- "The Black Economy: The Evidence from Merseyside",
Quarterly Economic Bulletin, Vol. 8, No 2, June 1987, pp.
26-36, (with P Stoney)
- "Why the Credit Boom is no Bad Thing", Economic
Affairs, June-Jul. 1988, pp. 8-14
- "Overheating and the Credit Boom: A Tenuous Link?",
Quarterly Economic Bulletin, Vol. 9, No 2, June 1988, pp.
30-36
- "Black Monday and the Crash of Voodoo Economics",
Quarterly Economic Bulletin, Vol. 9, No 4, Dec. 1988, pp.
26-30, (with P De Grauwe)
- "UK Skills Shortage: Short Term Problem or Long Term
Crisis ?", Quarterly Economic Bulletin Vol. 10, No
1, March 1989, pp. 28-32
- "The Thatcher Economic Revolution: Myth or Reality
?", Quarterly Economic Bulletin, Vol. 10, No 2, June
1989, pp. 25-35
- "Forecasting with the Liverpool Model: The Challenge
and the Record", Quarterly Economic Bulletin Vol.
10, No 4, Dec., 1989 pp. 25-36, (with J Riley)
- "Explaining Mrs Thatcher's Success", Economic
Affairs, Vol. 10, January 1990, pp. 10-16, (with P Stoney)
- "Ten Years of the Liverpool Model: A Personal Reflection",
Quarterly Economic Bulletin, Vol. 11, No 1, March, pp.
30-34
- "Inflation in the 80s: A Tale of two Moneys",
Quarterly Economic Bulletin, Vol. 12, No 4, December 1991,
pp. 23-28 (with C Ioannidis)
- "Unemployment: A Lesson from All Our Yesterdays",
Economic Affairs, February, Vol. 13, No 2, 1993 pp 11-14
- "Unemployment in the 90s and Lessons of the 30s",
Quarterly Economic Bulletin, Vol. 14, No 1, March, 1993
pp 25-28
- "Recession and Recovery in the 90s", Quarterly
and Economic Manpower Survey, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce,
Jan-Mar 1994, pp 2-5
- "The Stagflation of the Seventies: A Quantitative
Analysis", Quarterly Economic Bulletin, Vol. 15, No
1, March, 1994 pp 26-32 (with P Minford)
- "Business Cycle Analysis with a VAR Model for Wales",
Welsh Economic Review, Vol. 8, No 1, Spring, 1994 pp 44-52
(with C Ioannidis, J Laws & B Morgan)
- "Does Overfunding Really Reduce Inflation?",
Quarterly Economic Bulletin, Vol. 16, No 3, October, 1995
pp 30-36 (with J Thompson)
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Newspaper Articles
- "Why it Should Never Pay to be Unemployed, Daily
Express, 3 December, 1993
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Official Reports
- "The Regional Economic Effects of the Second Severn
Bridge" (with C Ioannidis) Appendix III of Second Severn
Crossing: Economic Impact Study, Final Report by PIEDA plc
to the Department of Employment, Ref.: 6860, June 1992
- "An Investigation into the Contract Guarantee Market
for the Construction Industry", FABER Group Report for
the Confederation of Construction Specialists, University
of Wales Cardiff, Cardiff Business School, 1993 (with C Ioannidis,
& M Silver)
- "Determination of Fresh Cod and Haddock Margins in
the UK 1988-1992", Cardiff Economic Research Associates,
for Sea Fish Industry Authority, May 1994, (with C Ioannidis)
- "An Investigation into VAT Recovery in the Restaurant
and Take-Out Sectors of the Economy", Liverpool Macroeconomic
Research Group, for HM Customs & Excise, April 1995, (with
P Stoney, and J Lloyd-Williams)
- "Report on Excise Duty Compliance in the Betting
and Gaming, Alcohol, and Tobacco Industries, Cardiff Economic
Research Associates and Liverpool Business School, for HM
Customs & Excise, April 1996 (with J Lloyd-Williams)
- "VAT Compliance in the Clothing and Footwear, Furniture
and Floor Coverings, Hair Dressing, and Football Club Sectors
of the Economy", Cardiff Economic Research Associates
and Liverpool Business School, April 1996 (with J Lloyd-Williams)
- "An Investigation into VAT Recovery in the Restaurant
and Take-Out Sectors of the Economy: An Update", Cardiff
Economic Research Associates, for HM Customs & Excise,
July 1996, (with J Lloyd-Williams)
- "A Scoping Study into VAT Compliance in the Construction
Sector", Cardiff Economic Research Associates, for
HM Customs & Excise, April 1996, (with J Laws)
- "A Scoping Study into VAT Avoidance in the Financial
Sector", Cardiff Economic Research Associates, for
HM Customs & Excise, October 1996, (with J
Lloyd-Williams)Unpublished
Working & Discussion Papers:
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Unpublished Discussion Papers
- "Further Aspects of the Monetary Debate" Birkbeck
College, Dept of Economics, Discussion Paper, No 57, 1978
- "A Note on Terminal Conditions and the Analytical
Solution of R.E. Models" SSRC-LITP, Liverpool International
Transmission Project, Working Paper, No 7805, 1978, with P
Minford
- "Numerical Properties of the LITP Model 2",
SSRC-LITP, Working Paper, No 7903, 1979, with S Marwaha
- "Omitted Variables and the St. Louis Model for the
UK", Liverpool University Discussion Papers in Economics,
No 38, 1979
- "Zen and the Art of Economic Forecasting", Liverpool
University, Mimeo, April 1979
- "Okuns Law, The Natural Rate of Unemployment and
the Benefit Earnings Ratio: A Statistical Exercise", Liverpool
University, Mimeo, June 1980
- "Divergent Expectations and the Influence of Money
on Real Income and Inflation: Some Empirical Results for the USA",
Mimeo, July 1980, with D Peel
- "RATEXP Mark 2 - A Programme to Solve Models with
Rational Expectations", SSRC-LITP Working Paper, No
8102, 1981, with S Marwaha and R Pierse
- "Rational Expectations in the Medium Term Model"
Bank of England, Mimeo, 1989 July with W Easton
- "Rational Expectations and Learning: Some Numerical
Exercises", Liverpool University, Mimeo, August 1986,
with S Marwaha
- "Aggregate Supply in Interwar Britain: A Comment"
ESRC-LITP Working Paper, No 8801, Jan 1987
- "A Quarterly Version of the Liverpool Model of the
UK", Liverpool Research Group in Macroeconomics, Working
Paper, No 90/06, 1990, with P Minford & A Rastogi
- "A Note on Bank Deregulation, Heteroscedasticity
and the Demand for Money", Cardiff Business School, FABER
Group Discussion Paper, Cardiff Business School, 1992
- "Recession and Recovery in the Interwar period: A
Decomposition of Unemployment", Centre for International
Banking, Economics & Finance, Discussion Paper Series,
2/94, 1994
- "Disequilibrium Money and the Inflation Output Trade-Off",
Lombard Street Research Paper, August 1995
- "Disequilibrium Money, the Company Sector, and Domestic
Demand", Lombard Street Research Paper, September
1995 (with T Congdon)
- "Much Ado About Money", Centre for International
Banking, Economics & Finance, Discussion Paper Series,
2/95, 1995
- "VAT Evasion in Selected Sectors of the Economy:
A Preliminary Analysis", Cardiff Business School mimeo,
June 1996 (with Jean Lloyd-Williams)
- "A Kaldorian Analysis: An Application of a Kaldorian
Model to the Japanese Economy 1971-93" Wincott Discussion
Paper, University of Buckingham, 03/97 (with M Iyoda)
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Conference Papers
- "A Rational Expectations Model of the UK Interwar
Economy" SSRC Money Study Group Annual Conference,
Oxford, Sept. 1981
- "Forecasting with a Rational Expectations Model of
the UK" 4th International Symposium on Forecasting,
London Business School, July 1984
- "Rational Expectations in the Bank of England Medium
Term Model" (with W Eaton), 4th International Symposium
on Forecasting, London Business School, July 1984
- "Could Lloyd George have done it? The Pledge Re-examined"
ESRC Quantitative Economic History Group Conference, University
College Cardiff, Sept. 1985
- "The Efficacy of Intervention in the Foreign Exchange
Market in a Rational Expectations Model of the UK Financial Sector"
(with J L Thompson) XXI Conference de l'Association d'Econometrie
Appliquee, Geneva, Jan 1987
- "Mrs Thatcher's Economic Policies 1980-87 (with P
Minford), Centre for Economic Policy Research, Paris, April
1987
- "An Examination of Rational Expectations Forecasts
of the UK" International Conference on Operational Research,
Management Science and New Technologies, Paris, July 1988
- "The Forecasting Performance of a Rational Expectations
Macroeconomic Model with Partial Current Information" 11th
International Symposium on Forecasting, New York, June 1991
- "Recession and Recovery in interwar Britain: A Decomposition
Analysis", ESRC - Quantitative Economic History Study
Group Annual Conference, University of Edinburgh, Sept. 1991
- "The Quarterly Liverpool Model with Current Partial
Information: An Exercise in Forecasting" 13th
International
Symposium on Forecasting Pittsburgh, June 1993
- "Inflation and Credit Market Shocks: A Signal Extraction
Problem" 18th Symposium of Operations Research and Mathematical
Economics, Univ. of Koln, Sept. 1993
- "Inflation and Unemployment in the UK 1973-1979:
A Model based decomposition" International Symposium on
Economic Modelling, World Bank, Washington DC, June 1994
- "Rational Expectations, Partial Current Information
and Macroeconomic Forecasting" 17th International Synposium
of Forecasting, Barbados, June 1997
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