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Sweden became a member of the European Union (EU) in 1995. Since then, she has been integrated into the EU's internal market under the Single Market Programme (SMP). Before Sweden's accession to the EU, she was a member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) signed with the EU in 1972....
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This paper examines the developments of cross-border portfolio assets and liabilities in the Asia and Pacific region …. Limited capital inflows to debt securities issued by emerging Asia may be attributable to the early stages of bond market … reflects Japan's preference toward debt securities. Other Asia and Pacific economies have invested more heavily in foreign …
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trade agreements (PTAs) are driving this trend in Asia and the Pacific as well as in Central and South America, and the … under negotiation or in force. In this regard, Asia and the Pacific has developed a rapidly evolving regional economic … Economic Partnership (or ASEAN+6 RCEP), as well as the putative Free Trade Agreement of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), which …
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for East Asia's financial cooperation, including: (i) regional economic surveillance led by the Economic Review and Policy …
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It has taken two crises - the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 and the global financial crisis of 2007-2009 - for the international community to seriously focus on the reform of the international financial architecture for crisis prevention, management and resolution. Facing the global...
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The 14 Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have opted for very different exchange rate regimes with varying degrees of flexibility. Whereas several microstates have adopted an external currency as their legal tender, others have decided to use a basket...
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This paper examines the effect of institutions on macrofinancial resilience in Asia. Focusing on a panel of 12 Asian …
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Employing the panel convergence method of Phillips and Sul (2007) to the nominal deviation indicators of two recent unofficial constructions of the Asian Currency Unit (ACU) index, this paper examines the existence and extent of convergence in the movements of East Asian currencies against the...
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, Asia may not strictly follow the path of European integration. However, several key lessons, including the integration …
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results show that comprehensive continent-wide economic integration in Asia is unlikely to happen soon, since the integration … is confined mainly to East and Southeast Asia, while other regions are much less integrated and globalized. The … explain the success of the Asia model. Unlike the experience of the EU, the model is heavily market-driven and private …
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