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Decentralization and Intergovernmental Finance in Japan
Aoki, Ichiro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Japans mid-nineteenth century opening-up to Western influence, the so-called Meiji Restoration, drove political leaders to form a politically modern centralized country. Although Japan experienced a number of major decentralization processes under the post World War II Allied occupation, the...
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National Finance Commission Awards in Pakistan : A Historical Perspective
Ahmed, Iftikhar; Mustafa, Usman; Khalid, Mahmood - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This study explores the evolution of fiscal resource distribution in Pakistan. Pakistan is a federation comprising four provinces, federallyadministered areas, and the Islamabad Capital Territory. Being a central type of government, most of the revenues are collected by the centre and then...
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Environment Pollution Control : Advantage or Disadvantage for Latecomer's Economies in East Asia?
Taguchi, Hiroyuki; Yoshida, Takashi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
Using the analytical framework of the environmental Kuznets curve, this study examines whether the latecomers economies in East Asia enjoy technological spillover effects (latecomers advantage) or suffer pollution haven damages (latecomers disadvantage) in their environmental pollution...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278003
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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
The need for fiscal consolidation and sustainability is one of the key macroeconomic issues confronting Indian economy. This paper attempts to understand India’s current fiscal situation, its likely future development, and its impact on the economy in the context of a weak...
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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
with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and India (“the ACI countriesâ€), are no strangers to this underlying trend … regional economies such as India and the Philippines. There is clear scope for policymakers to support expansion of this kind … General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Conclusion of a services agreement with India could provide an additional spur …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278062
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278071
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations, People's Republic of China, and India Growth and the Rest of the World : The Role of Trade
Lawrence, Robert Z. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
This paper explores the impact of past and future growth in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)1 Since the mid-1990s, ACI growth has improved the non-oil terms of trade of the developed countries. There have also been strong complementarities between ACI suppliers of...
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