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How Did the Dollar Peg Fail in Asia?
Ito, Takatoshi - 1999
In this paper we have constructed a theoretical model in which Asian firms maximize their profit, competing with Japanese and US firms in their markets. The duopoly model is used to determine export prices and volumes in response to the exchange rate fluctuations vis-…-vis the Japanese yen and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471508
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Regional Trade Integration and Multinational Firm Strategies
Antràs, Pol - 2009
This paper analyzes the effects of the formation of a regional trade agreement on the level and nature of multinational firm activity. We examine aggregate data that captures the response of U.S. multinational firms to the formation of the ASEAN free trade agreement. Observed patterns guide the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463757
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The Direct Substitution Between Government and Private Consumption in East Asia
Kwan, Yum K. - 2006
We investigate empirically the extent to which government consumption substitutes for private consumption in nine East Asia countries. Panel cointegrating regression uncovers a significantly positive elasticity of substitution between government and private consumption, implying on average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466233
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Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy Coordination in ASEAN 1
Branson, William H. - 2005
This paper develops the basis for monetary and exchange rate coordination in Asia as part of a package of monetary integration that could support growth and poverty reduction. This could be achieved directly through coordinated exchange rate stabilization, and indirectly through the implications...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466959
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Beyond Goods and Services : Competition Policy, Investment, Mutual Recognition, Movement of Persons, and Broader Cooperation Provisions of Recent FTAs involving ASEAN Countries
Banda, O. G. Dayaratna - 2005
We discuss recent bilateral, regional, and country trade, partnership, and economic agreements involving both ASEAN as a single entity and individual ASEAN countries (Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia) focusing on their reach beyond conventional trade in goods and services issues. What emerges is of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467453
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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
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Effect of Macroprudential Policies on Sovereign Bond Markets : Evidence from the ASEAN-4 Countries
Aizenman, Joshua; Uddin, Mohammed Gazi Salah; Luo, Tianqi; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper examines whether prudential policies help to reduce sovereign bond vulnerability to global spillover risk in ASEAN-4 countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand). We measure sovereign vulnerability within a risk connectedness network among sovereign bonds. The direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388833
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Privatization and nationalization cycles
Chang, Roberto - 2009
"This paper studies the cycles of nationalization and privatization in resource-rich economies. We discuss available … evidence on the drivers and consequences of privatization and nationalization, review the existing literature, and present … of the observed cycles of privatization and nationalization, and is consistent with a variety of observed phenomena …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394323
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The creation of the rule of law and the legitimacy of property rights : the political and economic consequences of a corrupt privatization
Hoff, Karla Ruth - 2005
investigate the demand for the rule of law in post-Communist economies after privatization under the assumption that theft is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522421
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Selling Company Shares to Reluctant Employees : France Telecom's Experience
Degeorge, Francois - 2000
In 1997, France T‚l‚com, the state-owned French telephone company, went through a partial privatization. The government …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471078