This paper develops a simple two-country general equilibrium model with government spending on industries. International transmission of government spending is examined in the short run and the long run. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1993

This paper examines the impact of labour mobility and increased competition on skilled-unskilled wage inequality and foreign investment. Unlike the existing literature this paper considers a model where foreign investment is endogenously determined. The paper shows that in the shortrun, inflow...

Volatility has been described as an indicator of uncertainty which has implications for investment decisions, risk management as well as monetary policy. This paper investigates the pattern of volatility in the daily trading volume index of Hong Kong stock exchange. The empirical evidence...

This paper utilises an extended Ricardian model to examine the relationship between government spending on an impure public input and the pattern of trade.

The last decade has witnessed three distinct crises: 1992-93 European crisis, 1994-95 Mexican crisis and 1997-98 Asian crisis. The Asian financial crisis raised serious concerns about the vulnerability of the Malaysian financial system. Although the Malaysian economy as responded well to capital...

Much of the existing auction literature treats auctions as running independently of one another, with each bidder choosing to participate in only one auction. However, in many online auctions, a number of substitutable goods are auctioned concurrently and bidders can bid on several auctions at...

The last decade has witnessed three distinct crises: 1992-93 European crisis, 1994-95 Mexican crisis and 1997-98 Asian crisis. The Asian financial crisis raised serious concerns about the vulnerability of the Malaysian financial system. Although the Malaysian economy as responded well to capital...