Recent Working Papers and Ongoing Research

1. W A Razzak,"In The Middle of The Heat: The GCC Countries between Rising Oil Price and the Sliding Greenback," API Working Paper (2007)
   

2. W A Razzak (with R Nasser), "A Non Parametric Approach To Evaluating Inflation Targeting Regimes," Economic and Econometric Research Institute (EERI, 2008-18).
   

3. W A Razzak, "On the GCC Currency Union," Economic and Econometric Research Institute (EERI, 2009-29).
   

4. W A Razzak and B Laabas, "Taxes, Natural Resource Endowment, and the Supply of Labor: New Evidence," API Working Paper (2010).
   

5. W A Razzak and B Laabas, "A Contribution Towards New Zealand Tax Reform," Economic and Econometric Research Institute (EERI, 2010-35)
   

6. W A Razzak, "The Quality of Human Capital and Economic Growth: International Evidence," ongoing API Working Paper (2009).
   

7. W A Razzak, "Predicting Instability," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010).
   

8. W A Razzak (with B Laabas), "Economic Growth and the Quality of Human Capital: International Evidence," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2011).
   

9. W A Razzak (with M Bentour), "On The Rate of Returns on Inward FDI," ongoing (2011).
   

10. W A Razzak (with B Laabas), "Welfare Cost of Exchange Rate Regimes, " ongoing (2011).
    

11. W A Razzak (with B Laabas), "Ideas in Finance and Endogenous Growth, " ongoing (2011).
    

IMF and World Bank Papers

1. Francisco N de Simone and W A Razzak, "Nominal Exchange Rate and Nominal Interest Rate Differentials," Reserve Bank of New Zealand, W99/1 (1999). International Monetary Fund, WP/99/141 (1999).
   

2. Mustapha Rouis, W A Razzak, and C Mollinedo, "The Supply Side Response to Exchange Rate Reform In Sub-Saharan Africa," Policy Research Working Paper 1311, The World Bank (1994).
   

Reserve Bank of New Zealand Working Papers & Research Notes

1. W A Razzak, "Is Inflation non-Stationary or a Long-Memory Process?" Research Note N94.111, 1994.
   

2. W A Razzak, "Are Prices Countercyclical? Evidence from New Zealand," N95/6-10, Reserve Bank of New Zealand (1995). *
   

3. W A Razzak, "Plant and Machinery Investment," Research Memo G/18, Reserve Bank of New Zealand (1995).*
   

4. W A Razzak, “An Objective Measure of the Inter-Quarter Variability of the MCI," Research Memo M98/6, Reserve Bank of New Zealand (1998). *
   

5. W A Razzak, “A Note on the Inflation – Output Variability Trade – off in Inflation-Targeting Regimes,” Research Note N98/2, Reserve Bank of New Zealand (1998). *
   

6. W A Razzak, “A Note on Calibration,” Research Memo 98, Reserve Bank of New Zealand (1998). *
   

* Internal paper not for distribution outside the RBNZ without approval

Reserve Bank of New Zealand Selected Discussion Papers

1. W A Razzak, "Shocks to the New Zealand Economy & the Cyclical Behaviour of the Price Level." Discussion Paper G94/8, 1994.
   

2. W A Razzak, "The Inflation-Output Trade – Off: Is the Phillips-Curve Symmetric?" Discussion Paper G95/7,1995.
   

3. W A Razzak and R. Dennis "The output gap using the Hodrick-Prescott filter with a non-constant smoothing parameter : an application to New Zealand," Reserve Bank of New Zealand G95/8 (1996).
   

4. W A Razzak, "Testing the rationality of the national bank of New Zealand's survey data," Discussion Paper G97/5, July 1997.
   

5. W A Razzak and Thomas Grennes, "The Long-Run Nominal Exchange Rate: Specification and Estimation Issues." Discussion Paper G98/6, 1998.
   

6. W A Razzak, "Business cycle asymmetries and the nominal exchange rate regimes," Discussion Paper G98/4, 1998.
   

7. W A Razzak and Richard Dennis, “The Output Gap using the Hodrick-Prescott Filter with a non-Constant Smoothing Parameter: an application to New Zealand,” Discussion Paper G95/8, 1999.
   

8. W A Razzak, “The Forward Rate Unbiasedness Hypothesis In Inflation Targeting Regimes,” Discussion Paper G99/3, 1999.
   

9. W A Razzak, “Are Inflation-Targetting Regimes Credible? Econometric Evidence,” 1999.
   

10. W A Razzak, “Money in the Era of Inflation Targeting," 2000.
    

11. WA Razzak, "The Keynesian Model: A Note on Specification and Estimation," 2001.
    

12. W A Razzak, “Monetary Policy and Inflation Forecast with and without the Output Gap,” Discussion Paper DP2002/03, 2002.
    
    

Department of Labour : Occasional Papers

1. W A Razzak, "A Reserach Programme at the macroeconomic level for the Department of Labour," (2002).
   
   
2. W A Razzak, "Towards Building A New Consensus About New Zealand's Productivity," (2002).
   
   
3. W A Razzak,"A perspective on Unit Root and Cointegration," (2003).
   
   
4. W A Razzak, Robin Johnson and Steven Stillman," Has New Zealand benefited from its investments in research and development?" (2005).
   
   
5. W A Razzak, "Explaining the gaps in labour productivity for some developed countries," (2006).
   
   
6. W A Razzak and Jason Timmins, " A macroeconomic perspective on skill shortages and skill premiums," (2007).
   
   
7. W A Razzak and Jason Timmins, " Labour Productivity and Education," (2007).
   
   

Hong Kong Institute For Monetary Research Papers

1. W A Razzak, "Wage-Price Dynamics, the Labour market and Deflation in Hong Kong," (2003).

Other Papers

1. W A Razzak,"Institutions and the Arab Spring," forthcoming the New Zealand Institute for International Affairs
   

2. W A Razzak, "Iraq: Private Ownership of Oil and the Quest for Democracy," (2006).