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East Asian Financial and Economic Development
Morck, Randall - 2017
1930s. South Korea, among the world's poorest countries in the 1960s, joined the ranks of First World economies in little …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453866
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Son Preference, Sex Selection and Economic Development : The Case of South Korea
Edlund, Lena - 2013
Sex ratios at birth in South Korea reached 116.5 boys per 100 girls in 1990, but have since declined. In 2007, sex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459984
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471245
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012814424
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473353
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334325
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Reshaping Institutions : Evidence on Aid Impacts Using a Pre-Analysis Plan
Casey, Katherine - 2011
Although institutions are believed to be key determinants of economic performance, there is limited evidence on how they can be successfully reformed. Evaluating the effects of specific reforms is complicated by the lack of exogenous variation in the presence of institutions; the difficulty of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461646
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471293
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471396