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Small firms, human capital, and productivity in Asia
Vandenberg, Paul; Trinh, Long Q. - 2016
The paper analyzes the link between human capital and firm-level productivity in five Asian countries. It draws on a dataset of over 4,000 enterprises and considers both the prior educational attainment of workers and in-service training programs of enterprises. Differences between small,...
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Measuring the effects of commodity price shocks on Asian economies
Inoue, Tomoo; Okimoto, Tatsuyoshi - 2017
Commodity prices have become volatile over the past 2 decades, and their recent sharp decline has decreased the consumer price index inflation rates for most economies. While many Asian economies have benefited from low international oil and food prices, commodity exporters have suffered. Thus,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688716
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Can the Tripartite Rubber Council manipulate international rubber prices?
Kopp, Thomas; Dalheimer, Bernhard; Alamsyah, Zulkifli; … - 2019
Abstract: In contrast to the trend of a generally increasing liberalization of markets, agriculture remains one of the most protected sectors. In globally distributed production networks the effects of sector specific policies may spill over to other sectors and other countries. While the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012025418
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Measuring the impact of business: Sustainability Reporting by Corporations in Emerging Asia
Sta. Romana, Leonardo L. - 2018
. These economies are: China, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore … in the sample -- South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand -- all of their companies cite the GRI framework. However, the picture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011858898
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Political Party and Party System Institutionalisation in Southeast Asia: A Comparison of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand
Ufen, Andreas - 2007
Philippines and in Thailand respectively. Most Indonesian parties are better institutionalised than those in the Philippines and … Thailand with reference to 'value infusion'. In addition, the party system in Indonesia is better institutionalised in terms of … Institutionalisierung in den Philippinen und in Thailand. Die meisten indonesischen Parteien sind im Hinblick auf 'value infusion' besser …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275991
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Palm oil and the politics of deforestation in Indonesia
Cisneros Tersitsch, Marco Elías; Kis-Katos, Krisztina; … - 2020
This paper studies the interactions between political and economic incentives to foster forest conversion in Indonesian districts. Using a district-level panel data set from 2001 to 2016, we analyze variation in remotely sensed forest loss and forest fires as well as measures of land use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012215434
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Emerging Asia LNG demand
Fulwood, Mike; Henderson, James; Gomes, Ieda; Lambert, … - 2020
become significant importers. Thailand, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam and the Philippines all see LNG as needed to supplement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012663571
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On the Determinants of Scholastic Performance in Five Asian Countries
Deutsch, Joseph; Silber, Jacques - 2013
scholastic performance in five Asian countries (Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Thailand). In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507370
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Ultra-low interest rates, overinvestment, and growth in emerging East Asia
Schnabl, Gunther - 2017
The paper explores business cycles and growth dynamics in emerging East Asia within an ultra-low interest rate environment from the perspective of the monetary overinvestment theories of Mises and Hayek. It argues that, given a low interest rate environment in the large industrialized countries,...
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