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The Tyranny of Numbers : Confronting the Statistical Realities of the East Asian Growth Experience
Young, Alwyn - 1994
of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. Participation rates, educational levels and (with the exception of Hong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474252
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474281
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High Performing Asian Economies
Fogel, Robert W. - 2004
To American and European economists in 1945, the countries of Asia were unpromising candidates for high economic growth. In 1950 even the most prosperous of these countries had a per capita income less than 25 percent of that of the United States. Between the mid-1960s and the end of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467938
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Trade Strategy, Investment, and Exports : Another Look at East Asia
Rodrik, Dani - 1995
The export booms in South Korea and Taiwan starting in the early 1960s are anomalous when compared with later export … than its instigator. In economies like South Korea and Taiwan, an increase in investment required an increase in imports of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473530
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Getting Interventions Right : How South Korea and Taiwan Grew Rich
Rodrik, Dani - 1994
Most explanations of Korea's and Taiwan's economic growth since the early 1960s place heavy emphasis on export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473935
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Accounting for Outward Direct Investment from Hong Kong and Singapore : Who Controls What?
Low, Linda - 1996
), we survey information on outward investors from Hong Kong and Singapore with the aim of illuminating the implications of … investment by foreign firms in Hong Kong and Singapore often involves sub- stantial contributions from local staff and partners … of foreign-controlled Hong Kong or Singapore investors suggested that many of the investors were acting as part of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472970
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471526
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Trade and Environment Beyond Singapore
Whalley, John - 1996
upcoming ministerial meeting in Singapore this December. It makes a number of points. Progress within the GATT/WTO on this … paper also argues that despite (and beyond) Singapore, one has to go further than the GATT/WTO to see the potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473066
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The Yen and Its East Asian Neighbors, 1980-1995 : Cooperation or Competition?
Takagi, Shinji - 1996
closely with a depreciating yen, suggesting the countries' emphasis on export promotion. The Singapore dollar, on the other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473118
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China's New Regional Trade Agreements
Antkiewicz, Agata - 2004
This paper discusses the recent regional trade agreements that China has concluded rapidly following accession to the WTO in 2002. Agreements are in place with Hong Kong, Macao, ASEAN, Australia, and New Zealand, and are either in negotiation or under discussion with South Africa, Chile, India,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467695