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The analysis of China's impacts on the 44 SSA countries reveals that: (i) after joining the WTO in 2001, China has … started to impact significantly on SSA growth: one-percent increase in China's GDP per capita leads to 0.02 percent increase … on the SSA's GDP per capita; (ii) oil and investment-goods exporters benefit more from China's growth; (iii) compared to …
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This paper investigates the synchronization of Hong Kong SAR's economic growth with mainland China and the United … confirms whether real consumption in Hong Kong SAR and mainland China satisfy the permanent income hypothesis, at least in a … mainland China and the United States affect the Hong Kong economy, and how such influences evolve over time. The paper's main …
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In February 2016, twelve Pacific Rim countries signed the agreement on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), one of the largest and most comprehensive trade deals in history. While there are several estimates of the likely effects of the TPP, there is no systematic study on the effects on all...
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International trade is vital for economic prosperity in Pacific island countries, but their trade performance has been weak over the past decade with the exception of resource-rich countries. Small country size and remoteness from global economic centers may have contributed to this relatively...
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The small states of the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in raising their growth potential and living standards relative to other small states due to their small populations, geographical isolation and dispersion, narrow export and production bases, exposure to shocks, and heavy...
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External conditions have been found to influence the tendency of emerging market and developing economies to experience episodes of growth accelerations and reversals. In this paper we study the role of domestic policies and other structural attributes in amplifying or mitigating the effect that...
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Mainland China have started to weigh on Hong Kong's growth prospects. Against this backdrop, this paper aims to quantify the … trade and financial spillovers on Hong Kong SAR's economy from a downturn in the euro area and Mainland China. Based on … a hard landing in China, the model simulations suggest that Hong Kong SAR would be on a sustained downturn with output …
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The trade discussions between the U.S. and China are on-going. Not much is known about the shape and nature of a … suggest that, in the absence of a meaningful boost in China's domestic demand and imports, bilateral purchase commitments are …, machinery, and electronics by China. At the same time, a deal that puts greater emphasis on commodities would put small …
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Asia and China made disproportionate contributions to the slowdown of global trade growth in 2015. China's import … point to weak investment and rebalancing as the main causes of the import slowdown. Spillover effects from China …
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China and Australia have increasingly strong links, especially through trade. These are driven by demand from China for … Australian commodities (coal and iron ore) and services (tourism and education). These links are influenced by China's transition …, three risks (both upside and downside) to China during this transition process are considered, focusing on their spillovers …
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