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Effects of US inflation on Hong Kong and Singapore

Cheung, Yin-Wong; Yuen, Jude - 2002

this paper, we examine how inflation rates in two small open economies, namely Hong Kong and Singapore, interact with those … model is used to study the inflation dynamics. It is found that Hong Kong and Singapore inflation rates, but not the U ….S. one, respond to the error correction term. Compared with Singapore, the Hong Kong inflation rate is more responsive to U …

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Pandemics and economic growth : evidence from the 1968 H3N2 influenza

Jinjarak, Yothin; Noy, Ilan; Ta, Quy - 2020

We evaluate the 1968 H3N2 Flu pandemic’s economic cost in a cross-section of 52 countries. Using excess mortality rates as a proxy for the country-specific severity of the pandemic, we find that the average mortality rate (0.0062% per pandemic wave) was associated with declines in consumption...

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Manufacturing revolutions : industrial policy and industrialization in South Korea

Lane, Nathan - 2024

I study the impact of industrial policy on industrial development by considering an important episode during the East Asian miracle: South Korea’s heavy and chemical industry (HCI) drive, 1973–1979. Based on newly assembled data, I use the introduction and termination of industrial policies...

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The suitability of a Greater China currency union

Cheung, Yin-Wong; Yuen, Jude - 2004

Taiwan) and examines the suitability of a Greater China currency union. Currently, the three economies have extensive trade …

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China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan : a quantitative assessment of real and financial integration

Cheung, Yin-Wong; Chinn, Menzie David; Fujii, Eiji - 2003

The status of real and financial integration of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan is investigated using monthly data on one …

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Hong Kong output dynamics : an empirical analysis

Cheung, Yin-Wong - 2001

Advanced statistical techniques are used to analyze Hong Kong output dynamics. Hong Kong, Japan and the U.S. are found to share some common long-term and short-term cyclical variations. While the Hong Kong economy is susceptible to external shocks and Granger-caused by the other two economies,...

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Immigration and the distribution of incomes

Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2013

Immigration may impact income distribution both by affecting the skill composition of a country's residents, and, by changing relative factor supplies, its relative factor prices. We provide some background evidence on compositional factors but focus primarily on factor prices. We first consider...

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Why are pollution damages lower in developed countries? : insights from high-income, high-particulate matter Hong Kong

Colmer, Jonathan; Lin, Dajun; Liu, Siying; Shimshack, Jay P. - 2021

Conventional wisdom suggests that marginal damages from particulate matter pollution are high in less-developed countries because they are highly polluted. Using administrative data on the universe of births and deaths, we explore birthweight and mortality effects of gestational particulate...

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Macroeconomic effects of government spending shocks : new evidence using natural disaster relief in Korea

Yang, Weonho; Fidrmuc, Jan; Ghosh, Sugata - 2012

We investigate the macroeconomic effects of government spending shocks in Korea. We compare results obtained with two alternative approaches: the narrative approach and Structural Vector-Autoregressive model (SVAR). We propose a new methodology for identifying exogenous and unexpected fiscal...

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Monetary policies of large industrialised countries, emerging market credit cycles and feedback effects

Andreas, Hoffmann; Schnabl, Gunther - 2014

This paper explores the link between monetary policies of large industrial countries and international credit cycles. Based on an overinvestment framework, we show that in the prevailing asymmetric world monetary system, monetary policies of large centre countries can fuel credit booms in...

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