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		| Thanaset  Chevapatrakul and Juan  Paez-farrell | 
	
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		| ''What determines the sacrifice ratio? A quantile regression approach'' | 
	
		| ( 2013, Vol. 33 No.3 ) | 
	
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		| This paper investigates the determinants of the sacrifice ratio in the OECD economies using a quantile regression framework. We show that the relationship is characterised by asymmetries that standard approaches are unable to capture. | 
	
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		| Keywords: Sacrifice ratio,  quantile regression,  OECD,  asymmetries | 
	
		| JEL: E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: General (includes Measurement and Data) E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General
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		| | Manuscript Received : Jul 01 2013 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Jul 16 2013 | 
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