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U.S. Banks, Crises, and Bailouts : From Mexico to LTCM

Stulz, Rene M. - 2000

This paper investigates the impact on bank stock prices of emerging market currency crises and bailouts. The stock market distinguishes between banks with exposure to a crisis country and other banks. In general, banks with exposures to a crisis country are affected adversely by currency events...

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A Cross-Country Comparison of Old Age Financial Readiness in Asian Countries vs. the United States : The Case of Japan and the Republic of Korea

Ehrlich, Isaac; Yin, Yong - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Korea relative to the US. Our comparative analysis, using macro-level and harmonized longitudinal household financial data …

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Trade Diversion and Trade Deficits : The Case of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

Russ, Katheryn N. - 2019

We study whether tariff preferences conferred on South Korean goods through the implementation of the Korea-U.S. Free … magnitude as the increase in the U.S. bilateral goods trade deficit with South Korea. Thus, while increased U.S. imports from … South Korea may have increased the U.S.-South Korea bilateral trade deficit, the fact that KORUS diverted U.S. import demand …

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R&D, Production Structure and Productivity Growth : A Comparison of the US, Japanese and Korean Manufacturing Sectors

Nadiri, M. Ishaq - 1996

We estimate and compare the production structures of the US, Japanese, and Korean total manufacturing sectors for the 1974-1990 period. We employ a translog variable cost function that includes such inputs as labor, materials, physical and R&D capital with the physical and R&D capital treated as...

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Days of Work Over a Half Century : The Rise of the Four-day Week

Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Biddle, Jeff - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

million more full-time workers on four-day weeks. The same growth occurred in the Netherlands, Germany, and South Korea. The …

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Causes of the Korean Financial Crisis : Lessons for Policy

Hahm, Joon-Ho - 2000

This paper uses an asymmetric information framework to understand the causes of the recent financial crisis in Korea …

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Uncertainty and the Disappearance of International Credit

Aizenman, Joshua - 1999

We show that increased uncertainty about the size of an emerging market's external debt has a nonlinear and potentially large adverse effect on the supply of international credit offered to them. We also show that if international creditors are first- order risk averse, attaching greater weight...

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Trade and Growth : Import-Led or Export-Led? Evidence From Japan and Korea

Lawrence, Robert Z. - 1999

It is commonly argued that Japanese trade protection has enabled the nurturing and development internationally competitive firms. The results in our paper suggest that when it comes to TFP growth, this view of Japan is seriously erroneous. We find that lower tariffs and higher import volumes...

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Reserve Uncertainty and the Supply of International Credit

Aizenman, Joshua - 1999

of foreign investors to supply international credits. We illustrate the relevance of this concern for South Korea during … the recent financial crisis. Using available information about Korea's reserves at the onset of the crisis, we show that …

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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 …

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