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The Size Distribution of Manufacturing Plants and Development
Kothari, Siddharth - 2015
The typical size distribution of manufacturing plants in developing countries has a thick left tail compared to developed countries. The same holds across Indian states, with richer states having a much smaller share of their manufacturing employment in small plants. In this paper, I explore the...
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The Leap of the Tiger : How Malaysia Can Escape the Middle-Income Trap
Cherif, Reda - 2015
-2010. Malaysia's real income per capita increased to 26 percent of the U.S. level in 2010 from 20 percent in 1970. Despite relatively … strong growth and a substantial improvement in export sophistication, Malaysia's total factor productivity lagged behind that … of Korea and Taiwan Province of China. We argue that what characterizes their experience in contrast to Malaysia's is the …
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A New Look at the Determinants of Growth in Asian Countries
Ghazanchyan, Manuk - 2015
This study examines the drivers of growth in Asian countries, with focus on the role of investment, the exchange rate regime, financial risk, and capital account openness. We use a panel data set of a sample of Asian countries over the period 1980 to 2012. Our results indicate that private and...
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Lost in Transmission? The Effectiveness of Monetary Policy Transmission Channels in the GCC Countries
Cevik, Serhan - 2012
This paper empirically investigates the effectiveness of monetary policy transmission in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries using a structural vector autoregressive model. The results indicate that the interest rate and bank lending channels are relatively effective in influencing...
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Exchange Rate Pass Through to Prices in Maldives
Masha, Iyabo - 2012
This study examines the degree of exchange rate pass through (EPRT) into producer and consumer prices in Maldives. ERPT to consumer prices is first estimated using a nonparametric approach. A recursive vector autoregression is then used to model both consumer and producer price changes. The...
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Determinants of Credit Growth and Interest Margins in the Philippines and Asia
Tan, Tatum Blaise Pua - 2012
Despite robust deposit growth, credit growth has been sluggish in the Philippines. We attribute this to legacy weaknesses in bank balance sheets, consumption-led economic growth, and relatively high net interest margins. Bank-level analysis suggests that interest margins in the Philippines rise...
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Spillover Effects of Exchange Rates : A Study of the Renminbi
Mattoo, Aaditya - 2012
This paper estimates the impact of China's exchange rate changes on exports of competitor countries in third markets, which we call the "spillover effect". We use recent theory to develop an identification strategy in which competition between China and its developing country competitors in...
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Infrastructure and Income Distribution in ASEAN-5 : What are the Links?
Seneviratne, Dulani - 2013
Adequate infrastructure has long been viewed as an important factor in economic development. Based on regressions covering 76 advanced and emerging market economies, this paper estimates the impact of infrastructure and investment on income distribution. It finds that better infrastructure, both...
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The Global Impact of the Systemic Economies and MENA Business Cycles
Cashin, Paul Anthony - 2013
This paper analyzes spillovers from macroeconomic shocks in systemic economies (China, the Euro Area, and the United States) to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as well as outward spillovers from a GDP shock in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and MENA oil exporters to...
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Accelerating and Sustaining Growth : Economic and Political Lessons
Virmani, Arvind - 2013
The paper reviews and draws lessons from the experience of fast growing economies including a sub-set of these termed High Growth Economies (HGEs) with a decadal rate of over 7 per cent. It then reviews the history of the Indian growth acceleration following the reforms of the 1990s and its...
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