Thsi article uses a computational general equilibrium model to evaluate the effects of the FTA of 2004 on the Hong Kong and Chinese economies. The results indicate that Hong Kong improves its exports to China and gains in welfare at China's expense. (Chin Econ/NIAS-Han)

This article discusses the general characteristics and issues of the privatization programs in China, including constitutional changes, privatization with mergers and acquisitions, ownership structure in China, real estate reforms, and finance (stock market and banking). The challenges of these...

This article explores the imbalance between China's booming real estate market and the stock market, which has plunged over four years. Our empirical analysis shows that the two markets are systematically negatively related due to fund flows. (Chin Econ/NIAS-Han)

Using daily data of four currencies (Japanese Yen (JPY), Euro (EUR), British Pound (GBP) and Australian Dollar (AUD)) in terms of the US Dollar (USD), and JPY, USD, GBP and AUD in terms of the EUR from January 2004 to February 2008, we examine the lead-lag relationship between the Credit Default...