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Effectiveness and Challenges of Three Economic Corridors of the Greater Mekong Sub-region
Ishida, Masami - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005
Since the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) program began in 1992, activities have expanded and flourished. The three economic corridors are composed of the East-West, North-South, and Southern; these are the most important parts of the flagship program. This article presents an evaluation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005227595
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Spatial spillovers from FDI agglomeration : evidence from the Yangtze River Delta in China
Tanaka, Kiyoyasu; Hashiguchi, Yoshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
policy issue. This paper studies the spatial effect of FDI agglomeration on the regional productivity of domestic firms …, using Chinese firm-level data. To identify local FDI spillovers, we estimate the causal impact of foreign firms on domestic … spillovers from FDI clusters to other domestic firms in distant counties. Our results show that FDI agglomeration generates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010583828
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Financial Aspects of Transactions with FDI: Trade Credit Provision by SMEs in China
Ito, Seiro; Watanabe, Mariko; Yanagawa, Noriyuki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007
This paper will document financial aspects of transactions, and trade credit supply behavior with FDI among small and … medium-sized enterprises(SMEs) based on two original surveys, conducted in four cities in China in 2003. The survey was … designed to capture the nature of inter-firm transactions, trade credit and other financial conditions. Literature on FDI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005227605
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Industrial agglomeration in Costa Rica : a descriptive analysis
Kumagai, Satoru; Ueki, Yasushi; Bullón, David; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
This paper investigates the current situation of industrial agglomeration in Costa Rica, utilizing firm-level panel data for the period 2008-2012. We calculated Location Quotient and Theil Index based on employment by industry and found that 14 cantons have the industrial agglomerations for 9...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011249495
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Growth strategies in a greener world
Nabeshima, Kaoru - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
Two new developments in the global landscape - growing concerns towards global warming and the rising prices of commodities – require countries to craft new growth strategies. These recent developments in the global market offer fresh industrial opportunities as well as difficulties for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365991
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A model of economic growth with saturating demand
Kunimune, Kozo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
This study presents a model of economic growth based on saturating demand, where the demand for a good has a certain maximum amount. In this model, the economy grows not only by the improvement in production efficiency in each sector, but also by the migration of production factors (labor in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351443
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Five growth strategies for Myanmar : re-engagement with the global economy
Kudo, Toshihiro; Kumagai, Satoru; Umezaki, So - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
After decades of isolation, Myanmar is now actively re-engaging with the global economy. For successful re-engagement, Myanmar needs to implement comprehensive economic reforms based on a shared vision for long-term economic development that is characterized by human-centered, high, sustainable,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691399
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Growth-cycle nexus
Kodama, Masahiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
This research sheds light on the negative correlation between economic growth and business cycle in less developed economies. Whereas many previous studies explain the negative correlation from a viewpoint in which business cycle affects economic growth, we attempt to present a hypothesis based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010625274
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Role of supply chains in adopting product related environmental regulations : case studies of Vietnam
Michida, Etsuyo; Nabeshima, Kaoru - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
This paper shows some findings how product related environmental regulations, especially those that relate to management of chemical substances affect firms in Asia. Interviews were conducted for some firms in Vietnam that are part of global supply chains of electrical and electronic, furniture,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547637
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Trade, economic growth and environment
Managi, Shunsuke - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
The literature on trade openness, economic development, and the environment is largely inconclusive about the environmental consequences of trade. This study review previous studies focusing on treating trade and income as endogenous and estimating the overall impact of trade openness on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547639