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Economic consequences of globalization : evidence from East Asia / edited by Shujiro Urata, Chin Hee Hahn and Dionisius Narjoko.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge-ERIA in development economics ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics.
- East Asia--Commerce.
- East Asia.
- East Asia--Foreign economic relations.
- East Asia--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Economists have long recognized the gains from international trade. The question is, does international trade - or more broadly, globalization - increase growth? Notwithstanding the debates, there are still many questions, old and new, need to be explored in order to improve our understanding on various aspects of globalization, including its consequences. This book addresses some of these questions, utilizing micro datasets of some East Asian countries. The focus on East Asia is particularly interesting for the reason that most of these countries have relatively more opened economy and exp
- Contents:
- Cover; Economic Consequences of Globalization; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Note on contributors; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Learning-by-exporting and plant characteristics; 3. Exporting, productivity and innovation in Malaysian manufacturing; 4. Does trade protection improve firm productivity? Evidence from Philippine micro-data; 5. Impact of trade and investment liberalization on productivity in organized manufacturing in India; 6. Policy reforms, firm entry and labour productivity change: Learning from Vietnamese manufacturing
- 7. The source of production,employment and productivityin Indonesia8. Vertical and horizontal FDI technology spillovers: Evidence from Thai manufacturing; 9. The role of market potential in location choice: Evidence from Japanese investment; 10. Imports-as-market-discipline hypothesis: Evidence from the Thai manufacturing sector; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-87625-5
- 1-136-44701-6
- 9786613717566
- 1-136-44700-8
- 0-203-12483-9
- 9780203124833
- OCLC:
- 804662485
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