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Do exporting firms in the People's Republic of China innovate?

Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2012

-level export performance in Asia's super exporter - The People's Republic of China (PRC). While early studies suggested that … manager/chief executive officer also matter. The findings suggest that the PRC's remarkable success in the export of …

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Asian FTAs : trends and challenges

Kawai, Masahiro; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2009

Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA) activity. This has sparked concerns about the negative effects of Asian FTAs, including the "noodle bowl" problem. Amid slow progress in the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Doha...

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FTAs and Philippine business : evidence from transport, food, and electronics firms

Wignaraja, Ganeshan; Lazaro, Dorothea; DeGuzman, Genevieve - 2010

include the availability of export processing zone incentive schemes, low most-favored-nation rates (particularly in …

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How do FTAs affect exporting firms in Thailand?

Wignaraja, Ganeshan; Olfindo, Rosechin; Wisarn Pupphavesa; … - 2010

estimated to be less than 1% of export sales; (iv) more than half the sample firms have consulted with government and business …

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The Asian "noodle bowl" : is it serious for business?

Kawai, Masahiro; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2009

A lively debate is taking place over the impact of free trade agreements (FTAs) on East Asia's business between those who view the agreements as a harmful Asian "noodle bowl" - i.e., overlapping regional trade agreements - of trade deals and others who see net beneficial effects in terms of...

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Regional trade agreements and enterprises in Southeast Asia

Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2013

The spread of regional trade agreements (RTAs) in Southeast Asia has ignited a debate about their impact on business, and ways to avoid raising the business costs from the Asian 'noodle bowl' effect. This paper undertakes a comparative and firm-level analysis of the impact of RTAs in Indonesia,...

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Does finance really matter for the participation of SMEs in international trade? : evidence from 8,080 East Asian firms

Jinjarak, Yothin; Mutuc, Paulo Jose; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2014

This paper studies factors associated with firm participation in export markets, focusing primarily on firm size and … interdependent relationships between export participation, firm size, and access to credit. SMEs participating in export markets tend … participation in export markets. The estimation results also point to the supportive influences of foreign ownership, worker …

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SME internationalization through global value chains and free trade agreements : Malaysian evidence

Arudchelvan, Menaka; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2015

Growing internationalization of firms in Asia through participation in global value chains (GVCs) and free trade agreements (FTAs) has focused attention on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Yet there is scant literature on the characteristics of SMEs involved in GVCs and FTAs. Malaysia...

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Why do SMEs not borrow more from banks? : evidence from the People's Republic of China and Southeast Asia

Wignaraja, Ganeshan; Jinjarak, Yothin - 2015

age, and export participation. Fourth, personal assets of SME owners tend to matter more as collateral for SME borrowing …

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Tariffs in New Zealand : The economic impacts of retaining tariffs in New Zealand A dynamic CGE analysis

Ballingall, John; Giesecke, James; Zuccollo, James - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

The government announced in late 2009 that it would freeze tariffs at current levels until 2015 at the earliest. We examine the potential costs and benefits to the New Zealand economy of this policy decision using a recently-developed dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the New...

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