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Economic Development, the Nutrition Trap and Metabolic Disease
Luke, Nancy; Munshi, Kaivan; Oommen, Anu; Singh, Swapnil - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
biological mechanism, which are validated with micro-data from India, Indonesia and Ghana can jointly explain inter …-regional (Asia-Africa) differences in nutritional status and the prevalence of diabetes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616580
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Risk-Taking Behavior in the Wake of Natural Disasters
Cameron, Lisa - 2013
(using real money) with randomly selected individuals in rural Indonesia. We find that individuals who recently suffered a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459127
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Foreign Technology Adoption as a Flying Propeller
Hu, Yunfang; Kunieda, Takuma; Nishimura, Kazuo; Wang, Ping - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We construct a dynamic general equilibrium model of foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign technology adoption, incorporating adoption barriers, international technology spillover, and relative price advantages. A higher FDI conversion efficacy, a lower adoption barrier, or a stronger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250176
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Financial Frictions and the Persistence of History : A Quantitative Exploration
Buera, Francisco J. - 2010
We quantify the role of financial frictions and the initial misallocation of resources in explaining development dynamics. Following a reform that triggers efficient reallocation of resources, our model economy with financial frictions converges slowly to the new steady state--it takes twice as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462256
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Financial Development and the Choice of Trade Partners
Chan, Man Lung - 2013
What determines the choice of countries' trade partners? We show theoretically and empirically that financial market imperfections affect the number and identity of exporters' destinations. Bigger economies with lower trade costs are more attractive markets because they offer higher export...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459794
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Can the Doha Round be a Development Round? Setting a Place at the Table
Bagwell, Kyle - 2011
A fundamental objective of the Doha Round of WTO negotiations is to improve the trading prospects of developing countries. The 2001 declaration from the WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, commits the member governments to negotiations aimed at substantial improvements in market access...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461008
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Recovery and Sustainability in East Asia
Park, Yung Chul - 2001
This paper analyzes the macroeconomic adjustment from the crisis in East Asia in a broad international prospective. The … currency crisis episodes. However, the degree of initial contraction and following recovery has been far greater in East Asia … than what the cross-country evidence predicts. This paper argues that the sharper adjustment pattern in East Asia is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470347
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The Yen and Its East Asian Neighbors, 1980-1995 : Cooperation or Competition?
Takagi, Shinji - 1996
contributed more to monetary cooperation in Asia than emphasis on export promotion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473118
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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
ASEAN-4 countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand). We measure sovereign vulnerability within a risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388833
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Capital Flows in Asia
Ito, Takatoshi - 1999
factors to the role of capital flows in the currency crises in different countries, especially Thailand, Indonesia, and Korea …This paper characterizes the capital flows in Asia before and after the Asian currency crisis of 1997. Differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471660