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Banking Ssystems, central banks and international reserve accumulation in East Asian economies

Shrestha, Prakash Kumar - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-14, pp. 1-29

and deposits of the banking system by applying panel data techniques. Estimates using data from Thailand, South Korea …, Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia show that there has been robust positive impact of reserve accumulation on the liquid …

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The fading productivity of schooling in East Asia

Gundlach, Erich; Wößmann, Ludger - In: Journal of Asian economics 12 (2001) 3, pp. 401-417

We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on changes in the relative price of schooling. A rising price of schooling relative to other labor-intensive service sectors should indicate declining relative schooling...

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Assessing the allocation of aid: developmental concerns and the self-interest of donors

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, … - In: The Indian economic journal 54 (2006) 1, pp. 26-51

recipients if governance is measured by the World Bank?s CPIA. If the CPIA is replaced by the Kaufmann index, however, the policy …

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An examination of Malaysia's structural breaks vis-à-vis Japan and the USA

Murad, Md. Wahid; Shoeb-Ur-Rahman, Muhammad; Alam, Mahmudul - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 6 (2012) 2, pp. 231-241

This paper primarily examines whether Malaysia has had experienced any structural breaks in comparison with its main … such structural breaks to Malaysia's economic globalization at the international level. Using some econometric and … only at 1% level of significance income ratio of Japan and Malaysia has had experienced structural breaks in terms of GDP …

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Bankkredite für Unternehmerinnen: geringe Benachteiligung in entwickelten Finanzsystemen

Muravyev, Alexander; Schäfer, Dorothea; Talavera, Oleksandr - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 34, pp. 525-530

Frauen gründen im Vergleich zu Männern seltener Unternehmen, ihre Gründungen fallen kleiner aus und sie wählen eine andere Finanzierungsstruktur. Es existieren jedoch nur wenige Informationen über die Hintergründe dieser Unterschiede. Insbesondere für Europa gibt es kaum gesicherte...

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Sovereign credit ratings, emerging market risk and financial market volatility

Reisen, Helmut; von Maltzan, Julia - In: Intereconomics 33 (1998) 2, pp. 73-82

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Stock markets, banks, and economic development: Theory and evidence

Beck, Thorsten - In: EIB Papers 8 (2003) 1, pp. 37-54

This paper discusses the different functions that capital markets and banks have in economic development, and it reviews the debate about marketbased vs. bank-based financial systems. Using data for a sample of 40 countries over the period 1975-98, the paper then shows that variation in both...

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The Effect of Redistribution of Income Risk: Estimates from the PACO Database

Bird, Edward J. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 68 (1999) 2, pp. 164-170

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Shadow Economies and Corruption All Over the World: New Estimates for 145 Countries

Schneider, Friedrich G. - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 1 (2007) 2007-9, pp. 1-66

Estimations of the shadow economies for 145 countries, including developing, transition and highly developed OECD economies over 1999 to 2005 are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (as a percent of "official" GDP) in 2004/05 in 96 developing countries is 36.7%, in 25 transition...

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How Much Do Perceptions of Corruption Really Tell Us?

Weber Abramo, Claudio - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 2 (2008) 2008-3, pp. 1-56

Regressions and tests performed on data from Transparency International Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) 2004 survey show that personal or household experience of bribery is not a good predictor of perceptions held about corruption among the general population. In contrast, perceptions about...

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