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Impacts of Privatization on Employment - Evidence from China
Huang, Lingwen; Yao, Yang - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This paper evaluates the impact of privatization on firm employment using a panel dataset of 386 firms in China in the … the dynamic impact of privatization on employment growth and find that the performance of privatized firms improves over … time. These findings are robust even after we control other performance and financial variables as well as the pre-privatization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365342
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China’s Socialist Market Economy - Lessons Of Success
Virmani, Arvind - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
Through the 1990s China was widely and often held up as a paragon of economic policy reform driven growth and an … example for others to follow. We in India were not immune to the temptation to do the same. There is no doubt that China has …. China has also gone out of the way to make economic interaction with it (e.g. FDI, outsourcing of manufacturing) profitable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364003
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The Role of the Private Sector in Regional Economic Integration : a View from the Philippines
Rosellon, Maureen Ane D.; Yap, Josef T. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
The private sector is the driver of growth in most ASEAN economies. It is therefore expected to play a significant role in the process of economic integration in ASEAN. In the Philippines, the private sector has dominated the economy, contributing about 95 percent of GDP, but it has not lived up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363316
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The Impact of Private Sector Growth on Poverty Reduction : Evidence from Indonesia
Suryadarma, Daniel; Suryahadi, Asep - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper assesses the effect of public and private sector growth on poverty in Indonesia. We use fixed capital formation growth as the proxy for the private sector and growth in government spending as the indicator of the public sector. We find that growth in both sectors significantly reduces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363529
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The Role of the State in Managing and Forestalling Systemic Financial Crises : Some Issues and Perspectives
Adams, Charles - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This paper reviews recent state interventions in financial crises and draws lessons for crisis management. A number of areas are identified where crisis management could be strengthened, including with regard to the tools and instruments used to involve the private sector in crisis resolution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363948
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The Government and the Financial System : an Overview
Ikeo, Kazuhito; Goto, Yasuo - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
government, and for the government will be surveyed in turn. Furthermore, postal system privatization will be discussed in terms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363882
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Does partial privatization improve the environment?
Pal, Rupayan; Saha, Bibhas - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
) with the level of privatization, if the level of privatization is less (more) than certain level. It also shows that … partial privatization is optimal from the social welfare point of view. However, the social welfare maximizing level of … privatization damages the environment most. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365368
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Risk Management for the Poor and Vulnerable
Perdana, Ari A. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
This paper reviews some literatures on the mechanisms available for the poor in managing risk. Lacking access to formal mechanisms of risk management, the poor rely on informal mechanisms, which are built based on the existing social networks and trust. But when the shocks are big or affecting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365393
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Stochastic Dominance and Mean-Variance Measures of Profit and Loss for Business Planning and Investment
Wong, Wing-Keung - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
In this paper, we first extend the stochastic dominance (SD) theory by introducing the first three orders of both ascending SD (ASD) and descending SD (DSD) to decisions in business planning and investment to risk-averse and risk-loving decision makers so that they can compare both return and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365440
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China’s Growth and Its Impact on Resource Demand and The Iron Ore Trade
Drysdale, Peter; Hurst, Luke - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
some policy questions that confront China, as a major resource-procuring economy seeking resource security through foreign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277980