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Economic Crisis, Institutional Changes and the Effectiveness of Government : the Case of Indonesia
Perdana, Ari; Friawan, Deni - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Ten years after the crisis, Indonesia is still struggling to solve the problems in four major issues : economic stabilization and recovery, democratic transition and political reform, decentralization of political power, and the redefinition of national identity. This paper will explain the...
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Reforming Institutions : Where to Begin?
Khawaja, M. Idrees; Khan, Sajawal - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Pakistan, neither large commercial interest nor fiscal constraints can force the de jure power to reform institutions …. Typically, large commercial interests in Pakistan have thrived on favours from de jure power, and therefore do not have teeth … remains, then is the gradualist approach preferred by North, Acemoglu, and Rodrik. Institutional reforms in Pakistan should …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363719
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Debt and Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies - Evidence from India
Sarkar, Jayati; Sarkar, Subrata - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
We analyze the role of debt in corporate governance with respect to a large emerging economy, India, where debt has been an important source of external finance. First, we examine the extent to which debt acts as a disciplining device in those corporations where potential for over investment is...
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Enhancing Intra-SAARC Trade : Pruning India’s Sensitive List under SAFTA
Taneja, Nisha; Ray, Saon; Kaushal, Neetika; Chowdhury, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The study suggests an approach to reduce India’s sensitive list under SAFTA. The concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage has been used to pair the RCAs for products on India’s sensitive list with the corresponding RCAs of the SAARC countries. Four categories of items are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650938
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Enhancing Intra-SAARC Trade : Pruning India’s Sensitive List under SAFTA
Taneja, Nisha; Ray, Saon; Kaushal, Neetika; Chowdhury, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The study suggests an approach to reduce India’s sensitive list under SAFTA. The concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage has been used to pair the RCAs for products on India’s sensitive list with the corresponding RCAs of the SAARC countries. Four categories of items are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650943
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Corporate Governance Changes in Pakistan’s Banking Sector : Is There a Performance Effect?
Burki, Abid A.; Ahmad, Shabbir - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
In this paper we explore the role of the static, selection and dynamic corporate governance changes on performance of commercial banks. We use stochastic cost frontier and panel data methods for an unbalanced panel data of Pakistani banks from 1991 to 2005. We find overall bank cost inefficiency...
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Pension and Social Security Schemes in Pakistan : Some Policy Options
Mahmood, Naushin; Nasir, Zafar Mueen - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
An examination of the public pension and social security schemes in Pakistan reveals that the provision of regular … needs of the increasing elderly population demands an improvement of the support base and social security system in Pakistan …
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Pakistan’s Wage Structure, during 1990-91–2006-07
Irfan, Mohammad - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
This paper attempts to document changes in the wage levels of different categories of workers employed in various segments of the labour market during the period 1990-912006-07, according to the information given in the labour force surveys. Wage structure can be analysed from different angles....
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Impact of Export Subsidies on Pakistan’s Exports
Haque, Nadeem Ul - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Throughout Pakistans history, policy has sought to promote exports through government support and incentives. The government machinery is geared to export promotion especially through direct and indirect subsidies. Surprisingly, these policies have been continued without serious examination....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363429
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Services Trade Negotiations in the Doha Round : Opportunities and Risks for Pakistan
Burki, Abid A.; Hussain, S.M. Turab - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper seeks to examine how locking-in of Pakistans unilateral liberalization at the WTO/GATS and further liberalization of services trade would affect Pakistans competitiveness. Focusing on the opportunities and risks of such liberalization the paper discusses possible options regarding the...
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