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Using the first two waves of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey, we investigate how a father’s temporary absence …
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Using data from five waves of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey, we find evidence of significant urban …
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This paper investigates how start-up firms in Vietnam operate in the face of two significant market frictions: a poorly …
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Trading relations in Vietnam's emerging private sector are shaped by two market frictions: the difficulty of locating …
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This paper explores the implications of public investment for macroeconomic performance within a simple two-period policymaking model. We show that under the balanced-budget rule, the contribution of public investment to future output plays a key role in determining its effects on macroeconomic...
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We analyse the importance of ERM membership for macroeconomic performance by comparing the behaviour of real output growth and inflation of members and non-members of the ERM. Taking the traditional aggregate supply and demand model as the basis for the analysis, we propose and implement an...
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Recent theories on the origins of crises put lending booms at the root of financial collapses. Yet lending booms may be a natural consequence of economic development and fluctuations. So, are lending booms dangerous? In this Paper, we investigate this question empirically using a broad sample of...
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Three main features characterize the international financial integration of China and India. First, while only having a … small global share of privately-held external assets and liabilities (with the exception of China’s FDI liabilities), these … “short equity, long debt.” Third, China and India have improved their net external positions over the last decade although …
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The Great Leap Forward (GLF) disaster, characterized by a collapse of grain output, and the associated famine in China …
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Using a unique firm level data set from the Chinese manufacturing sector, this paper analyses the impact of production subsidies on firms’ export performance. It documents robust evidence that production subsidies stimulate export activity, although this effect is conditional on firm...
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