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Economic policies are often judged by a handful of statistics, some of which may be biased during periods of change. We estimate the income growth implied by the evolution of food demand and durable good ownership in post-reform Brazil and Mexico, and find that changes in consumption patterns...
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behaviour of the last 20 years in China. Six case studies of technological learning and links to external sources of know …-how from the South of China in the Pearl River Delta are examined. It is shown that the learning process that has been … South China lies in this ‘external’ interactive technological learning, as in other East Asian economies. …
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of the economic system in China. By using the theory of endogenous ownership arrangements developed in Tian (1995), a … three stage method of China’s economic reform will be provided. It will be shown that a smooth institutional transition to a …-owned enterprises will face large scale bankruptcy and privatization. The first stage began with rural economic reform in China in 1979 …
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country shows persisting surpluses, which implies a possibility that China has taken this strategy. …
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, margin of trade between Japan and China after China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001. The new goods account … for 15.9% of Japanese exports to China and 22% of Chinese exports to Japan after trade liberalization. For the case of …
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Building upon earlier work by Willenbockel (2013; MPRA Paper No.51501), this study provides an extended ex-ante computable general equilibrium (CGE) assessment of the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement between the member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African...
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intervene in markets. We examine state ownership of firms as one tool of government control. Taking China and India as examples …
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The authors turn to the large family of institutions that came into existence in post-Soviet Eurasia (and, in some ways, beyond it) over the last two decades. The researchers review their current state, agenda, real and perceived mandate, and their respective achievements and constraints. The...
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The study investigates disparities in social development in 144 countries worldwide. In the paper we aim to investigate cross-country differences in social development level in year 2011, as well as to estimate inequalities on the field. Secondly, we assess relative social development level...
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Penang has always been a focal point, absorbing knowledge (and popular culture) from civilizations to the East and West. In modern Penang the pattern of cultural contacts has changed over time. Research institutes and universities in Penang cooperate with foreign partners to produce research...
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