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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003899283
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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 - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008487594
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European crises and the Asian economies
Pomfret, Richard - In: Journal of Asian Economics 31-32 (2014), pp. 71-81
and public finance crises which became increasingly focussed on the eurozone in 2010–2012. Asia did not experience … there are constraints on Asia being a more assertive force. Problems in the eurozone hold lessons for Asia; the euro and the … Schengenzone are positive responses to the emergence of increasingly complex supply chains. In a similar context, East Asia is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010868894
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Corporate cash holding in Asia
Horioka, Charles Yuji; 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/10010332288
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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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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
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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Firm Size and Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment
Kinoshita, Yuko - 1999
, availability of cheap labor is not necessarily an important factor for Japanese FDI in Asia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014198445
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Firm Size and Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment
Kinoshita, Yuko - 2010
, availability of cheap labor is not necessarily an important factor for Japanese FDI in Asia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014198926
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How Effective are Capital Controls? Evidence from Malaysia
Athukorala, Prema-chandra - 2013
This paper examines the role of capital controls as a macroeconomic policy tool in light of the Malaysian experience. It consists of an econometric analysis of quarterly data over the period 1990–2010 using newly constructed capital inflow and outflow policy indexes as well as analytical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088286