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Strategic investment, industry concentration and the cross section of returns

Bustamante, Maria Cecilia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

competition a¤ects the industrial dynamics of investment, concentration, and expected returns. When firms have similar production …

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Fluctuations in uncertainty

Bloom, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

question, the evidence suggests uncertainty is damaging for short-run investment and hiring, but there is some evidence it may …

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Investment choice and inflation uncertainty

Fischer, Gregory - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

This paper investigates the relationship between infation uncertainty and investment using a panel of loan-level data … investment. Moreover, there is a shift in the composition of investment away from fixed assets and towards working capital - the … more flexible factor of production - and fixed asset investment exhibits periods of inaction consistent with real option …

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The marginal product of capital

Caselli, Francesco; Feyrer, James - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

Whether or not the marginal product of capital (MPK) differs across countries is a question that keeps coming up in discussions of comparative economic development and patterns of capital flows. We use easily accessible macroeconomic data to shed light on this issue, and find that MPKs are...

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Intentions vs. Implementation of Philippine Economic Reforms Under Aquino Government, 1986-1992

Tolentino, V. Bruce J. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 1994

This paper explains the gaps between official objectives and the actual accomplishments of the Aquino government, with an emphasis on the implementation record of agricultural-based strategies. Summary of the lessons learned is provided.

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NO to ¥E$? Enhancing Economic Integration in East Asia through Closer Monetary Cooperation

Lamberte, Mario B.; Milo, Melanie S.; Pontines, Victor - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2001

-regional trade and investment in East Asia. Existing empirical studies generally show that East Asia has satisfied the economic …

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Innovations in Microfinance in Southeast Asia

Llanto, Gilberto M.; Fukui, Ryu - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2003

risks. They also make it possible for poor households to satisfy their investment and consumption smoothing requirements …

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Innovations in Microfinance in Southeast Asia

Llanto, Gilberto M.; Fukui, Ryu - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2006

possible for poor households to satisfy their investment and consumption smoothing requirements. The paper also draws some …

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Industrial Policy and the Environment: The Case of the Manufacturing Sector in Metro Cebu, Philippines

Israel, Danilo C. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 1996

Some industries are relatively more harmful to the environment but industrialization has been a significant factor in Cebu’s environmental degradation. In addition, government efforts to curb degradation have failed. This has been the paper’s major result after the examination of the...

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Philippine Industrial Development: Strategies in the Eighties

Follosco, Ceferino L. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 1982

This article is presented before the 19th Annual Meeting of the Philippine Economic Society at the Manila Hotel on December 11, 1982. It discusses why the Philippine growth in the 1950s has not been sustained. It also reviews the major industrial policies and assistance to cottage, small- and...

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