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In the financial crisis literature, it is usually argued that, contrary to the case of currency crises, building a time series index to identify banking crisis episodes is highly difficult, particularly because of the lack of reliable data on banking sector variables (non-performing loans,...
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The book encapsulates the ways and means of doing business with China, and the opportunities out there. It reveals how … China has transformed itself for the investors by creating a friendly environment; but,nevertheless, cultural and social … aspects must not be forgotten while dealing with them. The book is divided into four parts. These are: • The China Triangle …
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the pre-WWII growth of Japan, Southeast Asia's growth in the 1970s and the 1980s, and its economic crisis in the mid-1990s. … Americas and East Asia in the past two centuries. Between 1830 and 1945, labor-abundant Britain, the most advanced country … was most of East Asia. After WWII, however, with Britain’s decline and the rise of the land-abundant U.S., labor …
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: Interventions by Japan's central bank strenghten the dollar against the euro. …
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The paper analyzes a spatial pattern of goods market integration in Russia. By the spatial pattern is meant a state of each individual region of the country: whether it is integrated, and if not, whether it moves towards integration. Time series of the cost of the basket of 25 basic foods across...
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Price Effects of Regulation draws on research undertaken at the OECD to quantify the effects of domestic regulatory regimes on prices in up to 50 economies for 3 sectors — international air passenger transport, telecommunications and electricity supply. The study finds wide variations in...
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jumped after deregulation, and new types of complaints such as unauthorized switching of service (“slamming”) arose. Failure … existing customer base. Higher prices for low- income consumers: Since deregulation begain in 1990, there has been a marked …
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both traditional cost minimization models and newer models that reflect industry deregulation processes. The oldest …
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The LoopCo Plan, which uses market mechanisms to promote competition, is the best approach to restructuring the telecommunications market, say its proponents, who object to the requirements and to-date implementation of the Telecommunications Act of l996. The local-loop's spin-off 's consumer...
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The paper examines the economic and regulatory factors that led to an explosion in the wholesale power prices, supply shortages, and utility insolvencies in California’s electricity sector. A necessary first step in determining the lessons learned from the California electricity crisis is a...
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