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The Role of Trade Credit for Small Firms : An Implication from Japan’s Banking Crisis
Fukuda, Shin-ichi; Kasuya, Munehisa; Akashi, Kentaro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of trade credit during the banking crisis in Japan. Trade credit is one of the most important sources of short-term external finance for small firms. Previous literature has focused mainly on the substitution of bank loans for trade credit...
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Dynamic Provisioning : Some Lessons from Existing Experiences
Santiago Fernández de Lis; Garcia-Herrero, Alicia - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
After analyzing the different reasons why the financial system and also the regulatory framework induced procyclicality, this paper reviews the experiences of three countries which have introduced dynamic provisioning as a regulatory tool to limit procyclicality. The case of Spainthe country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363866
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Risk-return Efficiency, Financial Distress Risk, and Bank Financial Strength Ratings
Hua, Changchun; Liu, Li-Gang - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This paper investigates whether there is any consistency between banks financial strength ratings (bank rating) and their risk-return profiles. It is expected that banks with high ratings tend to earn high expected returns for the risks they assume and thereby have a low probability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365399
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Impact of Financial Reforms on Efficiency of State-owned, Private and Foreign Banks in Pakistan
Burki, Abid A.; Niazi, G.S.K. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This paper uses a unique bank level data from 1991 to 2000 and evaluates how financial reforms affect banking efficiency of domestic and foreign banks in Pakistan. The results suggest that banking efficiency falls during initial reform period when banks adjust to enhanced competition, but...
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The Government and the Financial System : an Overview
Ikeo, Kazuhito; Goto, Yasuo - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
government, and for the government will be surveyed in turn. Furthermore, postal system privatization will be discussed in terms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363882
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Impacts of Privatization on Employment - Evidence from China
Huang, Lingwen; Yao, Yang - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This paper evaluates the impact of privatization on firm employment using a panel dataset of 386 firms in China in the … the dynamic impact of privatization on employment growth and find that the performance of privatized firms improves over … time. These findings are robust even after we control other performance and financial variables as well as the pre-privatization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365342
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Does partial privatization improve the environment?
Pal, Rupayan; Saha, Bibhas - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
) with the level of privatization, if the level of privatization is less (more) than certain level. It also shows that … partial privatization is optimal from the social welfare point of view. However, the social welfare maximizing level of … privatization damages the environment most. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365368
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Innovative Approaches to Managing Longevity Risk in Asia : Lessons from the West
Roy, Amlan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
This paper discusses what is longevity risk, why it is important, approaches used by the West to manage longevity risk and what lessons can be learnt by Asian countries from the experiences of the West. Increasing and uncertain longevity has emerged as a key risk affecting individuals,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278005
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Innovative Approaches to Managing Longevity Risk in Asia : Lessons from the West
Roy, Amlan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
This paper discusses what is longevity risk, why it is important, approaches used by the West to manage longevity risk and what lessons can be learnt by Asian countries from the experiences of the West. Increasing and uncertain longevity has emerged as a key risk affecting individuals,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278021
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Innovative Approaches to Managing Longevity Risk in Asia : Lessons from the West
Roy, Amlan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
This paper discusses what is longevity risk, why it is important, approaches used by the West to manage longevity risk and what lessons can be learnt by Asian countries from the experiences of the West. Increasing and uncertain longevity has emerged as a key risk affecting individuals,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278170