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of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. Participation rates, educational levels and (with the exception of Hong …
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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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closely with a depreciating yen, suggesting the countries' emphasis on export promotion. The Singapore dollar, on the other …
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effects on imports can also occur. These models when calibrated to 1995 data for Vietnam also suggest quantitatively much …
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Vietnam in the 1990s. Greater market integration, at least in this case, appears to be associated with less child labor. Our …
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This paper evaluates a possible US-SACU (Southern African Customs Union) free trade agreement as part of a US approach to new preferential trade agreements characterized by the term competitive liberalization.' This is the idea that competition among large countries (US/EU) to negotiate...
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equilibria is consistent with the observation that some similar economies, such as Taiwan and South Korea, differ substantially …
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that despite many outward similarities, two of the most successful Southeast Asian economies, Taiwan and South Korea … Taiwan and identify a number of systematic differences in industry structure between the two countries. Our empirical … producers. These patterns are consistent with strong competitive pressures in Taiwan that lead to market selection based on …
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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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simulation, the out-of-sample fit of the estimated models is relatively good for the won, Singapore and New Taiwan dollars, and …Five East Asian currencies -- the Indonesian rupiah, Korean won, Singapore dollar, Taiwanese dollar, and the Thai baht … and the New Taiwan dollar. For these currencies, interest rates and money supplies move to restore equilibrium. In ex post …
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