will stimulate start-up activities by creating new profit opportunities for potential entrepreneurs. Vietnam’s regional …

firm population in Vietnam in three consecutive stages: decision – investment – outcome. Cragg’s two-tiered dynamic type-2 … dataset of population of existing firms (from 2000 to 2005) extracted from the annual enterprise survey conducted by Vietnam …

corruption with positive outcomes at the firm or country level. Our case study on the Socialist Republic of Vietnam contributes … still work to benefit domestic firms. Given our results for Vietnam, we argue that the internationalization of the business …

This paper examines the effects of poverty and schooling returns on child labor in Vietnam using household-level data … from the Vietnam Living Standards Survey (VLSS) for 1997-98. I find that poverty is a robust determinant of child labor in … Vietnam. Being above the poverty line reduces child work by as much as 146 hours a year. There is little additional effect of …

This paper reviews Vietnam’s recent experience with reforming the state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector. It therefore … economy. I argue that SOEs can and should play a vital role in Vietnam’s development strategy going forward but that a more …

Over a five-year period in the 1990s Vietnam experienced annual economic growth of more than 8% and a decrease of 15 … covariates. This is done using data from the 1993 and 1998 Vietnam Living Standards Surveys and a flexible decomposition …

This article evaluates banking regulation and capital markets development in Vietnam from more parochial perspective …. The analysis focuses on Vietnam?s needs at this stage of her economic development and explores how financial sector …

The static economic benefits of Vietnam's accession to the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) are likely to be relatively … stepping stone to more beneficial broader liberalization. Vietnam's accession to the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) has been an … equilibrium model to evaluate how different trade liberalization policies of Vietnam and its main trading partners affect Vietnam …

industries in India, Brazil, Indonesia, and Vietnam to show that implementing an improper level of IPR protections during certain … continue to struggle to maintain once promising domestic pharmaceutical industries. Vietnam currently stands on the cusp of … rapid economic transition. This paper provides recommendations for the creation of an IPR regime in Vietnam that will foster …