This paper examines the impact of macroeconomic factors on the stock and bond market activities in two Asian countries. We examine the influence of interest rate changes, expected inflation rate, and stock market returns on aggregate stock and bond issuance in Malaysia and Korea. Using vector...

The primary objective of this paper is to precisely elaborate the links between trade and economic development and it explains in a very descriptive fashion how hufe investment in socio-economic activities will help economies to strengthen development process Applied Research Economies need...

Over the past few decades, manufacturing production has shifted from the higher to the lower income economies in east Asia. This article uses input-output analysis to explore how total value added in manufacturing has shifted around the region. It finds that for most economies, the domestic...