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Myths and Realities of Long-run Development : A Look at Deeper Determinants
Hasan, Lubna - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
It has long been realised that factor accumulation and technological development are only proximate causes of economic development, and focus has now shifted to investigating the deeper determinants of economic growth. Two such forces are highlighted in literature : institutions and geography....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363568
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Japan’s Post-Triple-Disaster Growth Strategy
Kawai, Masahiro; Morgan, Peter J. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011 was the biggest earthquake recorded in Japanese seismic history, and the fourth largest recorded in the world. The scope of the disaster far exceeded that of the Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. The repercussions of this disaster spread far...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278121
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Japan’s Post-Triple-Disaster Growth Strategy
Kawai, Masahiro; Morgan, Peter J. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011 was the biggest earthquake recorded in Japanese seismic history, and the fourth largest recorded in the world. The scope of the disaster far exceeded that of the Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. The repercussions of this disaster spread far...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278232
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Determinants of Competitiveness of the Indian Auto Industry
Badri Narayanan G.; Vashisht, Pankaj - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
1. This study analyses the determinants of competitiveness in the Indian auto industry. It is based on a field survey and a quantitative analysis of secondary data. The field survey covers 45 firms all over India, of which 31 are auto-component firms and 14 are Original Equipment Manufacturers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365392
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Industrial Agglomeration, Production Networks and FDI Promotion The Case Study of China
Jianglin, Zhao; Xiaobing, Zhou; Minghui, Shen - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
contribute to Chinese industrial clusters. The opening and stable macroeconomic policies create a favorable climate for the … industrial clusters. The major contribution of FDI to the local industrial clustering lies in helping integrating Chinese … for Chinese domestic industries. At present, China has stepped into the new phase of industrial clusters upgrading …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365507
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Financial Health and Firm Productivity : Firm-level Evidence from Viet Nam
Thangavelu, Shandre M.; Chongvilaivan, Aekapol - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
Does financial health shore up firm productivity? This paper empirically investigates this question and presents productivity as another driving factor in translating financial development into real economic progress. Our empirical framework employs Levinsohn and Petrin’s (2003)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134329
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Historical Sources of Institutional Trajectories in Economic Development : China, Japan, and Korea Compared
Aoki, Masahiko - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
This essay provides a game-theoretic, endogenous view of institutions, and then applies the idea to identify the sources of institutional trajectories of economic development in China, Japan, and Korea. It stylizes the Malthusian-phase of East Asian economies as peasant-based economies in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278162
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Historical Sources of Institutional Trajectories in Economic Development : China, Japan, and Korea Compared
Aoki, Masahiko - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
This essay provides a game-theoretic, endogenous view of institutions, and then applies the idea to identify the sources of institutional trajectories of economic development in China, Japan, and Korea. It stylizes the Malthusian-phase of East Asian economies as peasant-based economies in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278220
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Effective Development Aid : Selectivity, Proliferation and Fragmentation, and the Growth Impact of Development Assistance
Kihara, Takashi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
This paper examines several indicators of effective development aid, focusing on the contributions of major bilateral donors. The empirical analyses of selectivity for effective aid delivery revealed that, taking a long-term and regional perspective, some major donors including Japan have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651627
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The Five-Phases of Economic Development and Institutional Evolution in China and Japan
Aoki, Masahiko - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
Based on the variable rate of gross domestic product per capita growth and its sources, this paper first identifies five phases of economic development that are common to China, Japan, and Korea : M (Malthusian), G (government-led), K (à la Kuznets), H (human capital based) and PD (post...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651628