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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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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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The Direct Substitution Between Government and Private Consumption in East Asia
Kwan, Yum K. - 2006
Asia countries. Panel cointegrating regression uncovers a significantly positive elasticity of substitution between … government and private consumption, implying on average government and private consumption are substitutes in East Asia. Country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466233
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Numerical General Equilibrium Analysis of China's Impacts from Possible Mega Trade Deals
Li, Chunding - 2014
This paper explores the potential impacts on both China and other major countries of possible mega trade deals. These include the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and various blocked deals. We use a numerical 13-country global general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458242
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How Close is Asia to Already Being A Trade Bloc?
Li, Chunding - 2014
FTA bilateral and regional negotiations in Asia have developed quickly in the past decade moving Asia ever closer to an … another. For countries in Asia there is negotiation of a China-Japan-Korea agreement, a China-India agreement, a Trans … potential full Asia integration in the form of a trade bloc. Our results reveal that these large Asia economies can be close to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458243
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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...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466959
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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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Market Size and Spatial Growth - Evidence from Germany's Post-War Population Expulsions
Peters, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Virtually all theories of economic growth predict a positive relationship between population size and productivity. In this paper I study a particular historical episode to provide direct evidence for the empirical relevance of such scale effects. In the aftermath of the Second World War about...
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