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Productivity growth in different firm sizes in the Malaysian manufacturing sector : an empirical investigation
Kim, Sangho; Park, Donghyun; Park, Jong-ho - 2009
Based on Cuesta (2000), this paper develops a stochastic frontier production model that allows for different groups of firms to have different patterns of technical efficiency over time. The authors apply the model to the Malaysian manufacturing sector to decompose total factor productivity...
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Corporate cash holding in Asia
Horioka, Charles; Terada Hagiwara, Akiko - 2013
In this paper, we analyze the determinants of corporate saving in the form of changes in the stock of cash for 11 Asian economies using firm-level data from the Oriana Database for the 2002–2011 period. We find some evidence that cash flow has a positive impact on the change in the stock of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010241527
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Corporate cash holding in Asia
Horioka, Charles; Terada Hagiwara, Akiko - 2013
In this paper, we analyze the determinants of corporate saving in the form of changes in the stock of cash for 11 Asian economies using firm-level data from the Oriana Database for the 2002 - 2011 period. We find some evidence that cash flow has a positive impact on the change in the stock of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010193862
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Corporate cash holding in Asia
Horioka, Charles; Terada Hagiwara, Akiko - 2013 - This version October 23, 2013
In this paper, we analyze the determinants of corporate saving in the form of changes in the stock of cash for 11 Asian economies using firm-level data from the Oriana Database for the 2002-2011 period. We find some evidence that cash flow has a positive impact on the change in the stock of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010193217
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Capital flows and real exchange rates in emerging Asian countries
Juthathip Jongwanich - 2010
This paper examines the nexus between capital flows and real exchange rate (RER) in emerging Asian countries using a dynamic panel-data model for 2000–2009. In contrast to previous studies, capital flows here are separated into foreign direct investment (FDI), portfolio investment, and other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008658810
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Explaining foreign holdings of Asia's debt securities : the Feldstein-Horioka paradox revisited
Horioka, Charles; Terada Hagiwara, Akiko; Nomoto, Takaaki - 2015
the Eurozone economies, the US, and developing Asia showing relatively weak home bias and advanced Asia, especially Japan … capital has been flowing from the US and the Eurozone economies to both advanced Asia (especially Japan) and developing Asia … and that foreign holdings of debt securities have been increasing in advanced as well as developing Asia but for different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379708
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How effective are capital controls in Asia?
Socorro Gochoco-Bautista, Maria; Juthathip Jongwanich; … - 2011 - Rev.
This study examines the effects of capital account restrictions on capital flows in nine Asian economies over the period 1995-2005 using panel regressions with fixed effects. The results show that capital controls significantly affect capital flows when such flows are disaggregated by asset type...
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Explaining foreign holdings of Asia’s debt securities
Horioka, Charles; Nomoto, Takaaki; Terada Hagiwara, Akiko - 2014
securities, with emphasis on Japan and developing Asia. We find that foreign residents generally increased their holdings of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336962
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Capital account policies in emerging Asian economies : are they effective in the 2000s?
Juthathip Jongwanich - 2019
This paper examines the effectiveness of capital account policy in terms of its ability to affect the volume and composition of capital flows, relieve pressures on real exchange rates, and foster monetary policy independence. Ten emerging Asian economies are used as case studies to assess the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012020535
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Estimating fiscal multipliers in selected Asian economies
Dime, Roselle; Ginting, Edimon; Zhuang, Juzhong - 2021
This paper estimates fiscal multipliers using quarterly data for a panel of nine developing Asian economies, following a vector autoregression model specification, but using local projections to extract the impulse responses. We provide evidence that the 4-quarter and 8-quarter cumulative...
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