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East Asian Financial and Economic Development

Morck, Randall - 2017

Japan, an isolated, backward country in the 1860s, industrialized rapidly to become a major industrial power by the …

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From Hermit Kingdom to Miracle on the Han : Policy Decisions that Transformed South Korea into an Export Powerhouse

Irwin, Douglas A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

In 1960, South Korea's exports were about 1 percent of GDP, and the country's ability to import depended almost entirely on US aid. After changing its foreign exchange and trade policies in the mid-1960s, Korea saw a surge in exports to more than 10 percent of GDP by the end of the decade. What...

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Trade and Growth : Import-Led or Export-Led? Evidence From Japan and Korea

Lawrence, Robert Z. - 1999

competitive firms. The results in our paper suggest that when it comes to TFP growth, this view of Japan is seriously erroneous …. We find that lower tariffs and higher import volumes would have been particularly beneficial for Japan during the period … productivity growth. Our findings on Japan suggest that the salutary impact of imports stems more from their contribution to …

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A Comparative Perspective on Long-Term Care Systems

Kotschy, Rainer; Bloom, David E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, and South Korea …

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A Cross-Country Comparison of Old Age Financial Readiness in Asian Countries vs. the United States : The Case of Japan and the Republic of Korea

Ehrlich, Isaac; Yin, Yong - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We pursue a cross-country comparison of relative financial readiness of older households in Japan and the Republic of …

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COVID-19 and SME Failures

Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier - 2020

We estimate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on business failures among small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in seventeen countries using a large representative firm-level database. We use a simple model of firm cost-minimization and measure each firm's liquidity shortfall during and after...

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Exports and Manufacturing Productivity in East Asia : A Comparative Analysis with Firm-Level Data

Hallward-Driemeier, Mary - 2002

This paper uses new firm level data from five East Asian countries to explore the patterns of manufacturing productivity across the region. One of the striking patterns that emerges is how the extent of openness and the competitiveness of markets affects the relative productivity of firms across...

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Patent Citations and International Knowledge Flow : The Cases of Korea and Taiwan

Hu, Albert G.Z. - 2001

This paper examines patterns of knowledge diffusion from US and Japan to Korea and Taiwan using patent citations as an … knowledge diffusion over time, we have found that knowledge diffusion from US and Japan to Korea and Taiwan exhibits quite …

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R&D, Production Structure and Productivity Growth : A Comparison of the US, Japanese and Korean Manufacturing Sectors

Nadiri, M. Ishaq - 1996

We estimate and compare the production structures of the US, Japanese, and Korean total manufacturing sectors for the 1974-1990 period. We employ a translog variable cost function that includes such inputs as labor, materials, physical and R&D capital with the physical and R&D capital treated as...

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Relative Returns on Equities in Pacific Basin Countries

Engel, Charles - 1994

We examine the factors that determine the differences in ex ante returns on equities in eleven Pacific Basin countries. Our concern is whether real return differentials are primarily caused by nominal return differentials or expected changes in real exchange rates. We find that nominal return...

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