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Multi Factor SUR in Event Study Analysis : Evidence from M&A in Singapore’s Financial Industry
Tanuwidjaja, Enrico - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This paper proposes a use of multi-factor seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) in event study analysis to study mergers and acquisitions in Singapores financial industry. We also study the cross-sector (banking and insurance) domestic acquisition in Singapores financial industry. By contrasting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363889
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Globalization and the Need for Strategic Government-Industry Cooperation in the Philippine Automotive Industry
Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
The industrys lack of competitiveness, absence of economies of scale and a weak supply base are the fundamental issues that must be addressed in order to strengthen the industry and integrate it with regional production networks of foreign automakers. The entry of cheap, smuggled second-hand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365329
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Assessing the Competitiveness of the Philippine Auto Parts Industry
Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
The development of the Philippine automotive parts and components sector is critical to the automotive assembly industry. The availability of competitive parts and components that are locally manufactured can significantly contribute to boost the competitiveness of the assembly sector. Given the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365356
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Industrial Upgrading and Global Recession : Evidence of Hard Disk Drive and Automotive Industries in Thailand
Kohpaiboon, Archanun; Poapongsakorn, Nipon - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
This paper illustrates the upgrading experiences of the automotive and hard disk drive (HDD) industries in Thailand, chosen because of their outstanding export performance in the developing world. An understanding of their upgrading experiences can shed some light on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653144
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Industrial Upgrading and Global Recession : Evidence of Hard Disk Drive and Automotive Industries in Thailand
Kohpaiboon, Archanun; Poapongsakorn, Nipon - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
This paper illustrates the upgrading experiences of the automotive and hard disk drive (HDD) industries in Thailand, chosen because of their outstanding export performance in the developing world. An understanding of their upgrading experiences can shed some light on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653175
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A Structuralist Model of the Small Open Economy in the Short, Medium and Long Run
Hoon, Hian Teck; Phelps, Edmund S. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
Open-economy macroeconomics contains a monetary model in the Keynesian tradition that is deemed serviceable for analyzing the short run and a nonmonetary neoclassical model thought capable of handling the long run. But do the Keynesian and neoclassical models meet the challenges thrown out by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363909
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A Structuralist Model of the Small Open Economy in the Short, Medium and Long Run
Hoon, Hian Teck; Phelps, Edmund S. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Open-economy macroeconomics contains a monetary model in the Keynesian tradition that is deemed serviceable for analyzing the short run and a nonmonetary neoclassical model thought capable of handling the long run. But do the Keynesian and neoclassical models meet the challenges thrown out by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365495
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363439
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Assessing the Effects of Privatisation, Competition and Regulation on Economic Performance : The Case of Electricity Sector Reform
Zhang, Yin-Fang; Parker, David; Kirkpatrick, Colin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
, competition and the reform of state regulation are key themes of donor aid programmes, notably those of the World Bank. This paper … provides an econometric assessment of the effects of privatisation, competition and regulation on the performance of the … generating sector and capacity utilisation. The main conclusions are that on their own privatisation and regulation do not lead …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363506
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Liberalization and Regulation of Capital Flows : Lessons for Emerging Market Economies
Mohan, Rakesh; Kapur, Muneesh - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
of prudential regulation, and continued financial market development practiced by most Asian EMEs over the past …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363976