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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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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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Disclosure deregulation of quarterly reporting

Behrmann, Vanessa; Hornuf, Lars; Zimmermann, Jochen - 2021 - This version: October 5, 2021

In this article, we investigate the deregulation efforts resulting from the 2015 transposition of the EU’s Transparency Directive into German law and analyze whether a reduction in the minimum content requirements for quarterly reporting increases information asymmetries and decreases firm...

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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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The suitability of a Greater China currency union

Cheung, Yin-Wong; Yuen, Jude - 2004

The study assesses the level of integration among the three Greater China economies (namely China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan) and examines the suitability of a Greater China currency union. Currently, the three economies have extensive trade and investment linkages. Our analyses show that these...

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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-month interbank rates, exchange rates, and prices. Specifically, the degree of integration is assessed based on the empirical validity of real interest parity, uncovered...

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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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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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World-trade growth accounting

Egger, Peter; Nigai, Sergey K. - 2016 - This draft: March 2016

We undertake a trade-growth accounting exercise by decomposing data on changes in bilateral international trade flows into their direct (endowment accumulation, productivity growth, changes in trade costs, changing preferences) and indirect components (general equilibrium effects). Furthermore,...

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The effect of regulatory harmonization on cross-border labor migration : evidence from the accounting profession

Bloomfield, Matthew J.; Brüggemann, Ulf; Christensen, … - 2015

The paper examines whether international regulatory harmonization increases cross-border labor migration. To study this question, we analyze European Union (EU) initiatives that harmonized accounting and auditing standards. Regulatory harmonization should reduce economic mobility barriers,...

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