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Human Capital vs. Physical Capital : A Cross-Country Analysis of Human Development Strategies
Siddiqui, Rizwana - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
This study estimates a small simultaneous equation model using panel data from sixty-four countries for the years 1996 and 2004. The model is estimated by various techniquesOLS, TSLS, dummy variable approach introducing variation at the regional level, and fixed and random effect approaches...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363341
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Deflationary Expansion : an Overshooting Perspective to the Recent Business Cycle in China
Gong, Gang; Lin, Justin Yifu - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
Deflationary expansion has puzzled economists both in and outside China. We study this business cycles phenomenon within a model of discrete time dynamics. We find that deflationary expansion could be possible if driven by an overshooting in investing and if the state of the economy maintains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363924
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The Location Decisions of Foreign Logistics Firms in China : Does Transport Network Capacity Matter?
Chin, Anthony; Junjie, Hong - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
In recent years the logistic needs have created tremendous pressure on the hard transport infrastructure. Logistics and the harness of information technology are the key facilitators of mobility. The Chinese logistics market is still in its infancy and creates tremendous opportunities for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363446
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On the Magnet E®ect of Foreign Direct Investment
Chang, Pao-Li; Lu, Chia-Hui - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
We extend Antras and Helpman (2004) on firm heterogeneity and organizational choice to a dynamic setting with FDI uncertainty, in which the probability of investment failure decreases with the host country's infrastructure level and increases with the technological complexity facing each firm....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363890
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Enhancement and Deepening of the Competitiveness of the Philippine Electronics Industry Under a Bilateral Setting
Austria, Myrna S. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
undoubtedly shaped the pattern and structure of the countrys international trade since the early 1990s. While the industry has … network is market-driven, negotiations under an RP-US Free Trade Area should be focused on trade and investment liberalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365120
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Assessment of Competitiveness and Logistics Infrastructure of the Philippine Garments Industry
Emilio T. Antonio Jr.; Rodolfo, Ma. Cherry Lyn S. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
logistics infrastructure, and how the industry can make use of the prospective Free Trade Agreement with the US. With the … phase-out period, textiles and apparels had been integrated into the mainstream of trade. The question, therefore, is how … the Philippines should position itself into this new era of trade in garments. For the Philippines to compete, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365138
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The Philippines' Absorptive Capacity for Foreign Aid
Kang, Hyewon - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This study evaluates the Philippines absorptive performance for foreign aid, particularly during the six-year period 2003 to 2008, and compare this to that of the previous period, 1986 to 1988.We observe that the countrys capacity to absorb foreign aid has declined during the period under study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365278
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China’s Regulatory Framework for Outward Foreign Direct Investment
Sauvant, Karl P.; Chen, Victor Zitian - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
China has become the world’s third largest outward investor, behind the United States and Japan. A growing body of literature suggests that China’s regulatory framework for outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) is a determinant of the country’s rising OFDI. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134328
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Climate Change and Poverty Reduction—Where Does Official Development Assistance Money Go?
Kalirajan, Kaliappa; Singh, Kanhaiya; Thangavelu, Shandre; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
There is an urgent need to mainstream the key challenges of climate change into sector and development planning and decision making processes to create sustainable long-term development. Mainstreaming is seen as making more efficient and effective use of financial and human resources. It is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652188
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Climate Change and Poverty Reduction—Where Does Official Development Assistance Money Go?
Kalirajan, Kaliappa; Singh, Kanhaiya; Thangavelu, Shandre; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
There is an urgent need to mainstream the key challenges of climate change into sector and development planning and decision making processes to create sustainable long-term development. Mainstreaming is seen as making more efficient and effective use of financial and human resources. It is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652197