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Accounting for Agricultural Decline with Economic Growth in Taiwan

Sun, Ling; Fulginiti, Lilyan E.; Peterson, E. Wesley - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper we propose an empirical model to decompose the evolution of the agricultural GDP share of Taiwan into …

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An approach to bank insolvency in transition and emerging economies

Mayes, David G. - EconWPA - 2004

In the light of the inequity of the way losses from bank insolvencies and their avoidance through intervention by the authorities have been distributed over creditors, depositors, owners and the population at large in transition and emerging economies, this paper explores a number of regulatory...

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Collateral-Based Lending in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Thailand

Menkhoff, Lukas; Neuberger, Doris; Suwanaporn, Chodechai - EconWPA - 2005

This paper examines the role and determinants of collateral in emerging markets compared to mature ones. Analyzing a data set of 560 credit files of Thai commercial banks, we find that both the incidence and degree of collateralization are higher there than in developed markets. Thai banks use...

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How should emerging economies manage their foreign exchange reserves?

Gupta, Akash; Agarwal, Rahul - EconWPA - 2004

Asia has emerged as the balancing wheel of global finance. The countries of Asia now account for 70 per cent of global foreign exchange reserves, compared to only 30 percent in 1990 and 21 per cent in the early 1970s. This paper explores theoretical interpretations for the relatively high demand...

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INCOME CONVERGENCE DURING THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE WORLD ECONOMY 1919-39

Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2003

Some economists have argued that the process of disintegration of the world economy between the two World Wars led to income divergence between the countries. This is in keeping with the view that economic integration leads to income convergence. The paper shows that the view that the period...

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The Influence of Globalization on Taxes and Social Policy – an Empirical Analysis for OECD Countries

Dreher, Axel - EconWPA - 2003

Using panel regression for the period 1970-2000 the paper analyzes whether globalization has influenced the OECD … endogeneity of the regressors, the results show that globalization (measured by an index covering 23 variables) did not generally … decrease the leeway for independent economic policy. Globalization even increased implicit tax rates on capital (as calculated …

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Is Islam really a development blockade? 12 predictors of development, including membership in the Organization of Islamic Conference, and their influence on 14 indicators of develo...

TAUSCH, Arno - EconWPA - 2005

. Our three-fold empirical understanding of the process of globalization – reliance on foreign savings, MNC penetration and …

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GLOBALIZATION AND GOALS: Does soccer show the way?

Milnaovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2003

foreign clubs. This provides an example as how forces of efficiency but also inequality unleashed by globalization can be …

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A TALE OF TWO “GLOBALIZATIONS”: CAPITAL FLOWS FROM RICH TO POOR IN TWO ERAS OF GLOBAL FINANCE

Schularick, Moritz - EconWPA - 2005

globalization. The paper extends recent research on the developmental effects of international financial integration, long …-term trends in capital mobility and “globalization in historical perspective”. Analyzing the patterns of international financial … a central element of 19th century financial globalization, but plays only a minor role today. The Lucas paradox of …

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The Empire Effect: Country Risk in the First Age of Globalization, 1880-1913

Ferguson, Niall; Schularick, Moritz - EconWPA - 2005

conclude that these findings have important implications for the current globalization debate: lacking jurisdictional …

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