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Causality between Foreign Direct Investment and Tourism : Empirical Evidence from India
Selvanathan, Saroja; Selvanathan, E.A.; Viswanathan, Brinda - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
This paper investigates the causal link between foreign direct investment and tourism in India by employing the Granger … causality test under a VAR framework. A one-way causality link is found from foreign direct investment to tourism in India. This … evidence once again adds to the need for appropriate policies and plans to further expand and develop tourism given that FDI …
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Tourism Satellite Account for India
Shukla, Rajesh - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
With the growing recognition of tourism as a source of employment generating growth in the country, improved … understanding of what tourism is, its role in the economy and its relationship to other parts of the economy is important. The … Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is a new framework recently adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission that provides …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365257
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Corporate Governance in Pakistan : Corporate Valuation, Ownership and Financing
Javid, Attiya Y.; Iqbal, Robina - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
In this study the relationship between corporate governance and corporate valuation, ownership structure and need of external financing for the Karachi Stock Market is examined for the period 2003 to 2008. To measure the firm- level governance a rating system is used to evaluate the stringency...
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The Impact of R&D and Foreign Direct Investment on Firm Growth in Emerging-Developing Countries : Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Industries
Adamou, Adamos; S, Subash - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
This paper examines the impact of R&D and FDI on firm growth for a panel data of Indian manufacturing firms. We argue that besides age and size, FDI and R&D are essential determinants of firm growth. We use GMM estimation for fixed effects panel data models to control for endogenity of R&D and...
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Graduating to Globalisation : A Study of Southern Multinationals
Demirbas, Dilek; Patnaik, Ila; Shah, Ajay - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
FDI by firms in developing countries is a recent phenomenon and demands a study of relationship between firm productivity and different modes of globalisation activities. This paper attempts to understand this relationship through ordered probit models, examining two key hypotheses using firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363839
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What Matter for Child Development?
Huang, Fali - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This paper estimates production functions of child cognitive and social development using a panel data of nine-year old children each with over two hundred home and school inputs as well as family background variables. A tree regression method is used to conduct estimation under various...
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Dynamic Treatment Effect Analysis of TV Effects on Child Cognitive Development
Huang, Fali; Lee, Myoung-jae - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
We investigate whether TV watching at ages 6-7 and 8-9 affects cognitive development measured by math and reading scores at ages 8-9 using a rich childhood longitudinal sample from NLSY79. Dynamic panel data models are estimated to handle the unobserved child-specific factor, endogeneity of TV...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365268
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Trade Regimes, Liberalization and Macroeconomic Instability in Africa
Dupasquier, Chantal; Osakwe, Patrick N. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
Trade policy has been a very contentious issue in the discourse on African development. Using panel data for 33 African countries spanning the period 1986-2000, we examine the relationship between trade liberalization and macroeconomic instability in Africa. We focus on instabilities in output,...
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Are the East Asian Currencies still Misaligned? An Analysis Based on Absolute PPP-Income Relationship using Panel Data
Motonishi, Taizo - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
East Asian countries. This study evaluates the degrees of currency misalignment of Korea, China, Malaysia, Thailand, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365503
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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)...
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