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Competition policy in ASEAN - Case studies
Branson, Johannah - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
The overall conclusion for the case study sectors is as signalled for ease of economic activity more generally that there is a high but not perfect correlation between competition laws and market conditions and outcomes. Competition laws generally make a significant positive contribution, but...
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Can Imports Discipline Collusive Firms? Case of the Philippine Cement Industry
Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
the impact of trade liberalization on the Philippine cement industry where alleged cartel activities have taken place … after the entry of the worlds Big Three cement firms : Holcim, Cemex, and Lafarge. In the H&S model, the relationship … and reduction of tariffs affect competition in the cement industry? Are imports effective in disciplining domestic firms …
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Implications of an RP-US FTA on the Philippine Financial Services Industry and the Philippine Economy
Calderon-Kabigting, Leila; Patiu, Liberty S. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The paper discusses financial liberalization in the context of a proposed RP-US FTA. It discusses the state of the financial industry, in general, and also reviewed the US-Chile and US-Singapore FTAs to be able to arrive at the proposed provisions for the RPUS FTA. It also tackles the reforms...
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Contractual Arrangements in Agriculture (Northern and Central Luzon Component)
Cruz, Alma M. dela - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
degree of various agricultural contracts involved in the production and marketing of mangoes, hogs, rice and selected … to credit and marketing institutions and functioning of insurance markets are essential for the transformation of …
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Agricultural Contracts in Mindanao : the Case of Banana and Pineapple
Digal, Larry N. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Contract growing has been defined as an agreement between farmers and processing and/or marketing firms under forward … such, it offers a solution to a number of production and marketing problems that lead to low farm productivity and … how contract growing can address various marketing and production problems in the farm sector. This is demonstrated in …
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Asia and The G20
Drysdale, Peter; Willis, Sébastien - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
The industrial transformation of Asia is a development on a scale unprecedented in human history. Following the industrial revolution towards the end of the eighteenth century, Europe and North America each in turn came to dominate the world economy and global power. Now economic weight is...
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Joining Pre-existing International Production Networks : Implications for India’s Economic Integration to East Asia
Suh, Jeongmeen; Kim, Jong Duk - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
This study provides a conceptual framework to explain what kinds of difficulties a late-follower will suffer from when it tries to join pre-existing International Production Networks (IPNs). We consider the total production cost minimization problem by a multinational company (MNC) in allocating...
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Impact of Production Linkages on Industrial Upgrading in ASEAN, the People’s Republic of China, and India : Organizational Evidence of a Global Supply Chain
Machikita, Tomohiro; Ueki, Yasushi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
This paper presents a simple model of industrial upgrading as a result of backward and forward information linkages between upstream and downstream relations. It also serves as an empirical investigation of the impact of mutual knowledge exchange on the knowledge production function using data...
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Fiscal Policy Issues for India after the Global Financial Crisis (2008–2010)
Kumar, Rajiv; Soumya, Alamuru - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
other significant channel of impact is the slump in business and consumer confidence leading to decrease in investment and … could invite a sharp downgrading of India’s credit rating and a loss of business confidence. The paper reviews the …
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Services as a New Engine of Growth for ASEAN, the People’s Republic of China, and India
Shepherd, Ben; Pasadilla, Gloria - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
competitive—and lowering the costs of doing business for domestic and foreign service providers alike can have major impacts … without efficient markets for services such as transport, telecommunications, and business processes. ASEAN) countries, along … with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and India (“the ACI countriesâ€), are no strangers to this underlying trend …
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