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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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Five East Asian currencies -- the Indonesian rupiah, Korean won, Singapore dollar, Taiwanese dollar, and the Thai baht … simulation, the out-of-sample fit of the estimated models is relatively good for the won, Singapore and New Taiwan dollars, and …
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We examine the generalizability of internally valid estimates of causal effects in a fixed population over time when that population is subject to aggregate shocks. This temporal external validity is shown to depend upon the distribution of the aggregate shocks and the interaction between these...
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factors to the role of capital flows in the currency crises in different countries, especially Thailand, Indonesia, and Korea …
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bank in Indonesia. In our main treatment, clients receive a text message stating that "non-repayment of debts by someone …
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institution fostered the entrenchment of Islamism at a critical juncture in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country. In the …
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Indonesia has a tradition of corruption among local officials who harass and collect bribes from firms. Corruption … level data set for 2001 that benchmarks bribing activity and harassment at the time when Indonesia decentralized key …. Islamic parties in Indonesia are perceived as being anti-corruption. Our data show voting patterns reflect this belief and …
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This paper analyzes the macroeconomic adjustment from the crisis in East Asia in a broad international prospective. The stylized pattern from the previous 160 currency crisis episodes over the period from 1970 to 1995 shows a V-type adjustment of real GDP growth in the years prior to and...
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ASEAN-4 countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand). We measure sovereign vulnerability within a risk …
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We examine empirically how legal origin, creditor rights, property rights, legal formalism, and financial development affect the design of price and non-price terms of bank loans in almost 60 countries. Our results support the law and finance view that private contracts reflect differences in...
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