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Stock Exchange Markets in Hong Kong: Structure and Main Problems

Pauluzzo, Rubens; Geretto, Enrico - In: Transition Studies Review 20 (2013) 1, pp. 33-48

With reference to a previous analysis of the characteristics and morphology of the stock markets of Mainland China (Shanghai and Shenzhen), the study aims at completing the overview of the main Asian stock exchanges (excluding Japan), by examining the Hong Kong stock exchange. After a review of...

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Does Hong Kong government intervention stabilise the stock market? Analysis of the trading volume and volatility

Su, Yuli; Yip, Yewmun - In: Global Business and Economics Review 9 (2007) 1, pp. 38-61

daily trading volume for the 33 stocks involved, which, in turn, leads to a reduction in volatility in the stock market … have additional effects on the volatility of stock returns for the majority of the Hang Seng Index component stocks. On the … other hand, over a longer horizon, an increase in volatility is observed despite a decline in trading volume. Our results …

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Does Hong Kong government intervention stabilise the stock market? Analysis of the trading volume and volatility

Su, Yuli; Yip, Yewmun - In: Global Business and Economics Review 9 (2007) 1, pp. 38-61

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The fading productivity of schooling in East Asia.

Gundlach, Erich; Wößmann, Ludger - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2001

We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on changes in the relative price of schooling. A rising price of schooling relative to other labor-intensive service sectors should indicate declining relative schooling...

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The Financial Crisis in Japan – Are There Similarities to the Current Situation?

Mayr, Johannes - In: CESifo Forum 9 (2008) 4, pp. 64-68

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Managing Risks in Financial Market Development; The Role of Sequencing

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003

This paper proposes an integrated and risk-based approach to the sequencing and coordination of reforms to develop domestic financial markets. The paper argues that there is a hierarchy of financial markets that reflects the complexity of risks in each market and the interlinkages among markets....

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Capital Flows and Demographics; An Asian Perspective

Lueth, Erik - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper calibrates the production functions of 176 countries to fit 2003 data and examines the capital flows that emerge, when labor forces change according to the 2007 UN population projections. It finds that demographic factors are no help in correcting today's global imbalances; that...

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External Capital Structure; Theory and Evidence

Lane, Philip R.; Milesi-Ferretti, Gian-Maria - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

Recent years have witnessed a change in the composition of capital flows to developing countries, and FDI and equity flows have been playing an increasing role. In this paper we discuss the challenges for international macroeconomics that these developments pose and characterize stylized facts...

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Financial Development in Emerging Europe; The Unfinished Agenda

Zoli, Edda - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper assesses the status of financial development in Emerging Europe, analyzes the factors that have shaped it, and discusses policy priorities. Financial development has progressed to varying degrees across the region. Macroeconomic stability and institutional quality have been important...

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International Capital Crunches; The Time-Varying Role of Informational Asymmetries

Mody, Ashoka; Taylor, Mark P. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

We examine the determinants of capital flows to four developing countries during the 1990s using an explicitly disequilibrium econometric framework in which the supply and demand for capital are not necessarily equal and the actual amount of the flow is determined by the ‘short side’ of the...

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