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Kibritcioglu, Aykut - EconWPA - 2002

In the financial crisis literature, it is usually argued that, contrary to the case of currency crises, building a time series index to identify banking crisis episodes is highly difficult, particularly because of the lack of reliable data on banking sector variables (non-performing loans,...

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Experience of Asian Asset Management Companies (AMCs): Do they Increase Moral Hazard? - Evidence from Thailand

Terada-Hagiwara, Akiko; Pasadilla, Gloria - EconWPA - 2004

This paper examines the performances of Asian asset management companies (AMCs). The analysis reveals that AMCs vary in their design and performance. Asset management companies can trigger moral hazard- inspired bank lending. Empirical examination of the Thai experience reveals that the moral...

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Deforestation and Land Use Changes Induced by the East Asian Economic Crisis

Pagiola, Stefano - EconWPA - 2004

affected countries. It focuses on three main countries—Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines. The analysis shows that there … continuum of effects, with Indonesia most heavily hit, the Philippines the least so, and Thailand somewhere in between. (b …

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Standards, Regulatory Reform and Development in APEC: Case Studies of Vietnam and Thailand

McCarty, Adam - EconWPA - 2001

standards systems and related infrastructure. Vietnam and Thailand are examined as case studies. In both cases the move to … fewer than in most developed country APEC economies. Protection in Vietnam, and even still in Thailand, mostly comes through …

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Economic Analysis of Rural Land Administration Projects

Pagiola, Stefano - EconWPA - 2004

As part of its efforts to improve the rural economies of its client countries, the World Bank is supporting programs to strengthen land administration and undertake land reform. Land administration projects can include a variety of activities. Usually, the most expensive and that which is most...

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CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EXCHANGE RATES AND STOCK PRICES IN MALAYSIA AND THAILAND DURING THE 1997 CURRENCY CRISIS TURMOIL

Hussain, Huzaimi; Liew, Venus Khim-Sen - EconWPA - 2004

rate to stock price in Thailand. The stock markets of these countries are also found to be closely linked, with a feedback …

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Financial Crises and the Presence of Foreign Banks

Tschoegl, Adrian E. - EconWPA - 2004

The paper distinguishes between the classic or traditional foreign banks with their emphasis on corporate and wholesale banking, and the innovators responding to transition, deregulation or crisis in emerging markets. The innovators come in three varieties—bettors, prospectors and...

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Quality Externalities among Hotel Establishments: What is the Impact of Tour Operators

Calveras, Aleix; Vera-Hernandez, Marcos - EconWPA - 2003

This paper is about quality decisions in a vertical structure where competitive producers sell to powerful retailers. Specifically, we focus the analysis on the role played by a tour operator on quality investments when distributing the capacity of a given tourist destination. We emphasize the...

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Jamaica's Tourism Potential

Jones, Peter W - EconWPA - 2004

The question that needs to be asked with regards to the impact of tourism on Jamaica is do we in Jamaica know the real …

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Assistance to Tourism: Exploratory Estimates

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2005

In April 2005, the research paper into Assistance to Tourism: Exploratory Estimates, was released. It is the first … comprehensive attempt to quantify the extent of assistance to tourism on a comparable basis to that for other industries in … Australia. While care is needed in interpreting the results, the estimates suggest that tourism receives a lower rate of …

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