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Efficiency of Large Scale Manufacturing in Pakistan : A Production Frontier Approach
Mahmood, Tariq; Ghani, Ejaz; Din, Musleh-ud - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper examines the efficiency of the large scale manufacturing sector of Pakistan using the stochastic production frontier approach. A stochastic production frontier is estimated for two periods1995-96 and 2000-01for 101 industries at the 5-digit PSIC. The results show that there has been...
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Decomposition of Energy Consumption and Energy Intensity in Indian Manufacturing Industries
Ray, Binay Kumar; Reddy, B. Sudhakara - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Of the total final energy consumption in India, the industrial sector accounts for about 37 percent, of which the manufacturing sector consumes about 66 percent (2004-2005 figures) with chemicals and petrochemicals, iron and steel, pulp and paper and cement industries being the largest energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365542
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Rain, ElectionS and MOney : The impact of voter turnout on distributive policy outcomes in japan
Horichi, Yusaku; Saito, Jun - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
-level data set from Japan, we show that the turnout effect on the amounts of intergovernmental fiscal transfers is indeed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363308
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Heterogeneity in Returns to Work Experience : A Dynamic Model of Female Labor Force Participation
Yamada, Ken - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
This paper provides structural estimates of heterogeneous returns to work experience for Japanese married women. A dynamic model of labor force participation is used to account for dynamic self-selection into employment. Heterogeneity is incorporated into the model in a way that allows for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363356
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The Making of Asia’s First Bilateral FTA : Origins and Regional Implications of the Japan–Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement
Terada, Takashi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
when he and his Singaporean counterpart, Goh Chok Tong, signed the Japan-Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement (JSEPA … global trade liberalisation. This paper aims to examine how and why Japan and Singapore decided to pursue FTAs, what … mainly through Singapores initial offer to exclude agricultural products from tariff elimination. But Japan faced problems in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363377
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JAPAN’S APPROACH TO ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Drysdale, Peter - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 1998
Since emerging as a leading industrial economy, Japan has played an important role in promoting Asia Pacific economic … cooperation. Japan has been instrumental in every major initiative in economic cooperation in the region over the past three …
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Economic Integration in Northeast Asia : Search for a Feasible Approach
Cheong, Inkyo - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 1999
According to simulation results, the formation of an FTA would substantially improve Koreas and Japans trade balances, while China would experience a sizeable increase in its trade deficit. This indicates that simple barriers (NTBs) within a short period of time is not a feasible approach for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363462
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Changing Commercial Policy in Japan During 1985–2010
Kawai, Masahiro; Urata, Shujiro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
changing structure of trade, FDI and economy that underlay policy changes. We argue that until the late 1990s Japan adopted a … Japan-US bilateralism sometimes resulted in managed trade and encountered negative perceptions of the US approach in Japan … integration of Japan with the Asian and global economies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363476
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A Study on Financial Deficit and Declining Birthrate â۠From the Viewpoint of “Children as a Social Security Revenue Sourceâ€Â
Oguro, Kazumasa; Yuyama, Shoichiro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
With a declining birthrate and an aging population, Japan is increasingly finding itself in deeper financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363524
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Agriculture and Political Reform in Japan : The Koizumi Legacy
Mulgan, Aurelia George - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
Given former Prime Minister Koizumis reformist zeal, agriculture might have been expected to be high on his list of targets for so-called structural reform. However, an investigation of the record of his administration on agricultural policy reveals only modest achievements in terms of policy...
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