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Demand and Supply Factors in the Determination of NIE Exports: A Simultaneous Error-Correction Model for Hong Kong Exports

Muscatelli, Vito Antonio; Srinivasan, T G; Vines, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

This paper considers the issue of whether a small developing economy such as Hong Kong faces a perfectly elastic demand for its exports of manufactured goods. We construct a simultaneous demand and supply system which is estimated using Full Information Maximum Likelihood methods, and which...

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Bank Lending and Property Prices in Hong Kong

Gerlach, Stefan; Peng, Wensheng - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper studies the relationship between residential property prices and lending in Hong Kong. This is an interesting topic for three reasons. First, swings in property prices have been extremely large and frequent in Hong Kong. Second, under the currency board regime, monetary policy cannot...

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Interpreting the Term Structure of Interbank Rates in Hong Kong

Gerlach, Stefan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper studies the term structure of short-term interbank rates in Hong Kong. Principal component analysis suggests that the variation of the term structure can be largely attributed to two components that capture shifts in the level and slope of the yield curve. We find that term spreads...

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The International Financial Integration of China and India

Lane, Philip R.; Schmukler, Sergio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

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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China's Great Leap: Forward or Backward? Anatomy of a Central Planning Disaster

An, Mark Yuying; Li, Wei; Yang, Dennis Tao - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

The Great Leap Forward (GLF) disaster, characterized by a collapse of grain output, and the associated famine in China …

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Can Production Subsidies Foster Export Activity? Evidence from Chinese Firm Level Data

Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger; Yu, Zhihong - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

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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The Weightless Economy in Economic Development

Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

development. Evidence from the failed Industrial Revolution in 14th-century China illustrates the empirical relevance of the …

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From Federalism, Chinese Style, to Privatization, Chinese Style

Yuanzheng, Cao; Qian, Yingyi; Weingast, Barry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

In 1994, China began a profound reform of its state-owned enterprises (SOE). We first describe and characterize this …

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Provincial Protectionism

Sonin, Konstantin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

federal centre. The theory is supported by the recent experience of Russia, China, and Argentina. …

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Cultural and Institutional Bifurcation: China and Europe Compared

Greif, Avner; Tabellini, Guido - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

How to sustain cooperation is a key challenge for any society. Different social organizations have evolved in the course of history to cope with this challenge by relying on different combinations of external (formal and informal) enforcement institutions and intrinsic motivation. Some societies...

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