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Asia's underdeveloped bond markets and dependence on bank finance have been topics of concern since the crisis of 1997-8. In this paper we document that the slow development of Asian bond markets is a phenomenon with multiple dimensions. Larger country size, stronger institutions, less volatile...
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In this study, we have chosen to focus on the cluster of business conglomerates, mainly comprising SMEs engaging in the … numerous zones of highly specialised development in China. However, among these, Zhejiang province is undoubtedly considered … clusters developed? What are the characteristics of this development? Is it possible to talk about a "third China" along the …
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spectacular advances of the economies of China, India, and Southeast Asia. Section 1 reviews the debate over the sources of … the new recognition among Western economists that the sustained, very rapid growth in China and Southeast Asia was …
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We ask how export demand shocks associated with the Asian financial crisis affected Chinese exporters. We construct firm-specific exchange rate shocks based on the pre-crisis destinations of firms' exports. Because the shocks were unanticipated and large, they are a plausible instrument for...
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We analyze the impact of China's growth on the exports of other Asian countries. Our innovation is to distinguish the … increase in China's demand for imports from its increased penetration of export markets. Using the gravity model, we … disaggregate among commodity types and account for the endogeneity of Chinese exports. We confirm the tendency for China's exports …
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The objective of this paper is three-fold. First, the monetary and exchange rate regimes of the Asian countries are described and analyzed. The degrees of flexibility in exchange rates and capital controls vary across countries. Some countries have adopted a flexible inflation targeting...
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assume the role of a global currency similar to the U.S. dollar. Supporters point to China's widely diversified trade and … play a regional role in Asia equivalent to that of the euro in greater Europe. Proponents of this view argue that China has …
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substantially shift towards Asia and especially towards the Asian Giants, China and India. While such forecasts may pan out, there … are substantial reasons that China and India may grow much less rapidly than is currently anticipated. Most importantly … discontinuities account for a large fraction of the variation in growth rates. We suggest that salient characteristics of China …
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This paper explores the potential impacts on both China and other major countries of possible mega trade deals. These …-participation countries will lose. If non-tariff barriers are reduced more, the impacts will be larger. All effects to China on welfare, trade …, export and import are positive. Comparatively China-TPP and RCEP will yield the highest welfare outcomes for the US in our …
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rural household survey conducted in Wuwei county (Anhui province, China) in 2008. We apply two complementary approaches : a …
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