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European crises and the Asian economies
Pomfret, Richard - In: Journal of Asian Economics 31-32 (2014), pp. 71-81
and public finance crises which became increasingly focussed on the eurozone in 2010–2012. Asia did not experience … there are constraints on Asia being a more assertive force. Problems in the eurozone hold lessons for Asia; the euro and the … Schengenzone are positive responses to the emergence of increasingly complex supply chains. In a similar context, East Asia is …
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Capital flows and real exchange rates in emerging Asian countries
Jongwanich, Juthathip; Kohpaiboon, Archanun - In: Journal of Asian Economics 24 (2013) C, pp. 138-146
This paper examines the impact of capital flows on real exchange rates in emerging Asian countries during 2000–2009 using a dynamic panel-data model. The estimation results show that the composition of capital flow matters in determining the impact of the flows on real exchange rates. Other...
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Capital mobility in the Caucasus
Jamilov, Rustam - In: Economic Systems 37 (2013) 2, pp. 155-170
This paper examines the degree of capital mobility in the countries of the Caucasus. I estimate a simple model developed in the seminal paper by Feldstein and Horioka (1980). I construct a panel of 6 countries of the Caucasus – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey –...
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Regional Cohesion: Evidence and Theories of Regional Growth and Convergence
Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
After arguing that the concepts of b-convergence and s-convergence are independently interesting, this paper extends the empirical evidence on regional growth and convergence across the United States, Japan, and five European nations. We confirm that the estimated speeds of convergence are...
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Framing China-Malaysia trade relations beyond Asean: factoring the regional comprehensive economic partnership
Devadason, Evelyn S.; Ogundipe, Mushay Adeniyi - In: Journal of Developing Areas 49 (2015) 2, pp. 39-56
The paper frames the trade relationship between China and Malaysia within the context of ASEAN and the impending RCEP … external options under the RCEP affect her relationship with Malaysia. Potentials for trade expansion between China and … Malaysia, estimated through a three-dimensional panel gravity model, are found to be marginally lower under the RCEP structure …
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Post-Crisis Changes in Banking and Corporate Landscapes in Dynamic Asia
Molnár, Margit - 2003
This study investigates the changing relations between banks and their business customers in selected Asian emerging economies. These changes are manifest in declining bank lending growth and can be attributed to three major driving forces: cyclical factors, the fallout from the 1997 Asian...
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Financial education policies in Asia and the Pacific
Messy, Flore-Anne; Monticone, Chiara - 2016
A number of factors and trends have driven the development of financial education policies in Asia and the Pacific in … on financial education in Asia and the Pacific. It describes the status of national strategies for financial education …
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Urbanization and Inequality in Asia
Kanbur, Ravi; Zhuang, Juzhong - In: Asian Development Review 30 (2013) 1, pp. 131-147
inequality in Asia. Focusing on data for four countries—the Peoples’ Republic of China, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines … importance of each of these drivers in containing rising inequality in Asia? It is hoped that the framework developed and … calculations presented in this paper provide more insights into the dynamics of rising inequality in Asia and can help policy …
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Regional divergence in India during the era of liberalization: a sectoral decomposition
Kar, Sabyasachi; S SakthivelAuthor-Email: skar_ieg@yahoo.com - In: Journal of Developing Areas 40 (2006) 1, pp. 65-79
The objective of this paper is to understand and measure the contribution of various sectors towards the divergence of regional output in India in the era of liberalization. We have first described a framework that enables us to decompose the rate of divergence into the contribution made by...
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From substitution to complementarity: some econometric evidence on the evolving NGO-State relationship in Pakistan
Campos, Nauro F; Khan, Feisal U; Tessendorf, Jennifer E - In: Journal of Developing Areas 37 (2004) 2, pp. 49-72
This paper investigates the relationship between government policies and quasi-public institutions such as Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). In particular, it attempts to identify under which conditions they can act as complements or substitutes. The case of Pakistan is used to motivate...
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