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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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Fiscal discipline and competitiveness in newly industrialised economies: lessons from the Nordics model
Rajan, Ramkishen S.; Tan, Khee Giap; Tan, Kong Yam - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 7 (2015) 2, pp. 118-139
This paper assesses selected fiscal and competitiveness issues in the newly industrialised economies (NIEs) of Hong Kong, Singapore, (South) Korea and Taiwan since the Asian financial crisis. The NIEs have been globally competitive and successful in maintaining a high degree of fiscal discipline...
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Analogous Cycles with Lagged Co-movement: U.S. and East Asian Business Cycles
Yamagata, Tatsufumi - In: The Developing Economies 36 (1998) 4, pp. 407-439
In selected East Asian economies, the behavior of detrended macroeconomic variables was found to be similar to that observed in the postwar U.S. economy. Consumption and investment are highly procyclical while the balance of trade and the price level are counter-cyclical in most of them. Labor...
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Towards a reassessment of the role of divorce in suicide outcomes: Evidence from five pacific rim populations
Yip, Paul S.F.; Chen, Ying-Yeh; Yousuf, Saman; Lee, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 2, pp. 358-366
The connection between divorce and suicide risk in Asia is unclear. To understand the contribution of cultural transitions to suicide among the divorced, we compare age- and sex-specific suicide rates among divorced men and women from five Pacific Rim populations: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South...
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Revenue enhancement and wealth effects of mergers and acquisitions in Asian emerging markets
Ma, Jianyu; Pagan, Jose A.; Chu, Yun - In: International Journal of Revenue Management 4 (2010) 2, pp. 179-194
Revenue enhancement and value creation are core issues of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Revenue enhancing synergy associated with cross-industry M&A is supported by Asian emerging markets. Both within-industry M&A and cross-industry M&A deals realise significant positive abnormal returns. The...
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Nationalist Sentiments Run High in Asian Territorial Disputes
Brennan, Elliot - eSocialSciences - 2012
Spot fire disputes have sparked across Asia, with the winds of nationalism spurring them on. If one flares up it could ignite a region. Escalating tensions should have mediators vigilant and with pails of water at the ready. With tensions escalating rapidly in Asia’s territorial disputes,...
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Climate Change, Trade, and Competitiveness: Climate Trade Performance of India, SAARC and Asia Pacific Region
Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper examines trade performance of climate friendly goods using some trade indices for India and other Asian countries during 2002 - 2008. Climate friendly goods (CFG) are those goods which have less harmful to environment. Paper identifies India’s performance in CFG trade with other...
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Exportinduziertes Wachstum als Chance für die „nächsten Tiger“?
Benner, Maximilian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Using a strategy of export-led growth and an activist industrial policy, Japan, the Asian Tigers and more recently China have attained high rates of economic growth. Export-led growth has taken over the status as model for developing countries' economic development from the formerly prevailing...
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Advancement to partnership in public accounting firms in Hong Kong
Law, Philip - In: Managerial Auditing Journal 24 (2009) September, pp. 792-805
Purpose – Although the prior literature has examined gender in analysing the factors underlying departures from and … studies in that it uses both qualitative methods and quantitative analysis to explore the underlying factors (including gender … “social networking” and the “internal locus of control” have a positive influence on such advancement. Gender also plays a …
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Factors Affecting Ethical Attitudes in Mainland China and Hong Kong
Lam, Kit-Chun; Shi, Guicheng; Shi, Guicheng - In: Journal of Business Ethics 77 (2008) 4, pp. 463-479
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