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On the Viability of Conditional Assistance Programs
Mayer, Wolfgang - 2005
Economic adjustment and reform programs, including those supported by international financial institutions (IFIs), must cope with informational asymmetries and special interest politics. This presents a particularly serious issue when IFIs make structural economic reforms a condition for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400737
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What Drives China's Growing Role in Africa?
Wang, Jian-Ye - 2007
What role does China play in Africa''s development? What drives China''s increasing economic involvement in the continent? This paper attempts to provide a quantified assessment of China''s multifaceted influence as market, donor, financer and investor, and contractor and builder. Though in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400123
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Exchange Rate Movements and Tradable Goods Prices in East Asia : An Analysis Basedon Japanese Customs Data, 1988-1998
Yoshida, Yushi - 1999
commodities that are traded between Japan and its East Asian trading partners to investigate the response of tradable goods prices … customs data for the period 1988-98, it shows that price pass-through is much larger for exports from Japan than for imports … to Japan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401194
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Policies and Prospects in Japan and the Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region
Callen, Tim - 2001
implications for Japan and Asia of several shocks to the Japanese economy. The results suggest that, while fiscal consolidation in … Japan would initially dampen domestic growth, over the medium term the impact on both the domestic and regional economies … would be positive. Quantitative monetary easing in Japan would boost domestic activity in the short-run, while being …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399955
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Supply Pressure and the Export-Import Performance in the Japan-U.S. Bilateral Trade
Onitsuka, Yusuke - 1994
The paper examines the effects of the supply pressure of the exports in the Japan-U.S. bilateral trade. A simultaneous … export supply pressure is much stronger in Japan’s exports than in the U.S. exports, and that supply pressure often affects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398178
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The Pattern of International Trade Between Japan and the Pacific Basin Countries : A Comparison Between 1975 and 1985
Shirai, Sayuri - 1995
Using the international input-output tables between Japan and five Pacific Basin countries (Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia … 1985. It shows that intra-industry trade in manufactured products expanded as Japan increased imports of more capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398712
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Export Credit Agencies, Trade Finance and South East Asia
Stephens, Malcolm - 1998
This paper looks at the causes of the reduction in trade finance in South East Asian countries post-1997, with a particular focus on the role of export credit agencies. It concludes that while such agencies did not cause or prolong the problem, they did not contribute significantly to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403420
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The Lending Channel in Emerging Economies : Are Foreign Banks Different?
Vázquez, Francisco F. - 2007
This paper exploits a panel dataset comprising 1,565 banks in 20 emerging countries during 1989- 2001 and compares the response of the volume of loans and the rates on loans and deposits to various measures of monetary conditions across domestic and foreign banks. It also looks for systematic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399979
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Saving in Southeast Asia and Latin America Compared : Searching for Policy Lessons
Thimann, Christian - 1997
This paper examines empirical determinants of private saving for a sample of economies in Southeast Asia and Latin America over the period 1975–95. It uses panel estimations to establish relationships between private saving rates and a range of policy and nonpolicy variables. The findings show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403294
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Saving Trends in Southeast Asia : A Cross-Country Analysis
Faruqee, Hamid - 1995
This paper investigates the long-run pattern of private saving in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. These countries have not only maintained saving levels that are currently among the highest in the world but have also experienced a sustained increase in their rate of private saving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398225