Our main interest is the impact of the choice of the speed of economic reform on economic growth. We estimate a system … of 3 equations where economic growth, economic reform and FDI are jointly determined. We find that new reforms affect … economic growth negatively but attract FDI, whereas the level of past reform leads to higher growth. This means that the …

While reform of the financail system has been high on the political agenda in Japan since the 1990s, consumer …Die Arbeit beschreibt die Ausgestaltung des Anlegerschutzes in Japan vor dem Hintergrund der Deregulierung des …

Large estimates of the benefits of microeconomic reform have been put forward in official studies. By contrast, Quiggin …. Overstated claims about the benefits of microeconomic reform have distorted Australia's economic priorities and encouraged an …

contrast two insurance regimes; the status quo of mandated pooling of all risk types and the reform proposal being insurance … with risk-type separation over time, using Bayesian updating. Most individuals would benefit from the reform since their … risk type is better than the average but the reform does not occur due to individual uncertainty. …

-history analysis of the determinants of reform in the telecommunications and electricity sectors of as many as 205 countries and … borrowing countries. We discuss the possibility that, by pressuring countries into policy reform, cross-national coercion and …

-income tax is the best option when looking at tax reform. …

enterprises (SOEs) in this industry were included in the Master Plan for State Enterprise Sector Reform. Considering the extent of … political background material on: the SOE sector; reform and privatisation of SOEs; SOEs, restructuring and regulation in the … in light of Thai characteristics and economy. ESI reform requires proper sequencing. Building up regulatory capacity and …