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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 …
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278220
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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
highlighted in literature : institutions and geography. However, it remains controversial as to which of these two is the more … important. The Institutions school assigns primal importance to institutions, whereas the Geography school considers … their hypotheses. It concludes in favour of the Institutions hypothesis as the Geography school does not provide a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363568
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Growth Diagnostics in Pakistan
Qayyum, Abdul; Khawaja, Idrees; Hyder, Asma - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
independence is low, educational institutions do not furnish the right kind of labour force, legal institutions do not protect the … institutions restrict hiring/firing, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has not done its duty to contain the rising interest spread, and … constraints to growth in Pakistan. These are : (i) poor state of governance, (ii) poor state of institutions, and (iii) lack of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363661
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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
, this paper explores the agrarian origins of institutions in Qing China and Tokugawa Japan (and briefly ChosÅn Korea) and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651628
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Reinventing UNCTAD : Some Proposals for the UNCTAD Mid-term Review
Dubey, Muchkund - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
Developed countries have made a concerted effort to change and dismantle UNCTAD over a period of nearly 15 years. It may take the developing countries many years to revive and reinvent the organization. But, UNCTAD must recover its voice and regain the support and respect of developing countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363621
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Financial Crisis as a Catalyst of Legal Reforms : The Case of Asia
Kawai, Masahiro; Schmiegelow, Henrik - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
restructuring and to legal and other reforms. Finally we examine indicators that measure the quality of legal institutions … jure changes to substantive laws lead to de facto improvements of legal institutions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134347
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Financial Crisis as a Catalyst of Legal Reforms : The Case of Asia
Kawai, Masahiro; Schmiegelow, Henrik - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
restructuring and to legal and other reforms. Finally we examine indicators that measure the quality of legal institutions … jure changes to substantive laws lead to de facto improvements of legal institutions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134390
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Stock Market Reaction to Catastrophic Shock : Evidence from Listed Pakistani Firms
Javid, Attiya Y. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This study examines the effect of the earthquake of October 8, 2005 on the price behaviour and activities of KSE. Sixty firms are selected from those listed on Karachi Stock Exchange, and the results are informative about the price behaviour of the stock market in response to unanticipated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363851