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February 2012 | Economics Working Papers

A Welfare Evaluation of East Asian Monetary Policy Regimes under Foreign Output Shock

Joseph D. Alba, Wai-Mun Chia and Donghyun Park assess the welfare impact of external shocks under different monetary policy regimes in East and Southeast Asia.
Author(s): Alba, Joseph D. | Park, Donghyun | Chia, Wai-Mun
February 2012 |

Diagnosing the Indonesian Economy: Toward Inclusive and Green Growth

Analyzes the critical development constraints facing the country, and proposes policy options to help overcome these constraints and set the country on a path of high and sustained inclusive economic growth in the medium term.
February 2012 | Economics Working Papers

Reexamining Policies for Food Security

This paper summarizes long-run projections of markets under various scenarios, and evidence on trade policy changes to reduce domestic price volatility. It identifies more effective and efficient policy options than trade measures for food security in Asia.
Author(s): Anderson, Kym | Jha, Shikha | Nelgen, Signe | Strutt, Anna
February 2012 | Regional Economic Integration Working Papers

Assessing the Resilience of ASEAN Banking Systems: The Case of the Philippines

Philippine Institute for Development Studies’ Jose Ramon Albert and ADB's Thiam Hee Ng propose a macroprudential perspective to assess the resilience of ASEAN banking systems and apply the methodology on the Philippines.
Author(s): Albert, Jose Ramon | Ng, Thiam Hee
January 2012 | Economics Working Papers

Going Regional: How to Deepen ASEAN's Financial Markets

This study examines key issues in the further development of financial markets in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ASEAN+3 countries. The authors propose three bold proposals in support of regional corporate bond market development and financial deepening.
Author(s): Gochoco-Bautista, Maria Socorro | Remolona, Eli M.
January 2012 | Economics Working Papers

New Economic Geography and Tax Competition in the PRC: A Firm-Level Data Analysis with Policy Implications

In this paper, Minsoo Lee analyzes the spatial determinants of new foreign and domestic enterprises in the export industry of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by applying new economic geography of agglomeration theory, tax competition theory by resource flow model, and comparative advantage analysis.
Author(s): Lee, Minsoo
January 2012 | Economics Working Papers

Lessons from the 1997 and the 2008 Crises in the Republic of Korea

Hanyang University's Hangyong Lee and Chief Economist Changyong Rhee document the lessons learned from the 1997 and 2008 crises in the Republic of Korea and identify policy issues that may have implications for Asia.
Author(s): Lee, Hangyong | Rhee, Changyong
January 2012 | Economics Working Papers

Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA

New micro evidence from a panel of international PISA tests spanning 2000-2009 suggests that school autonomy is conducive to student achievement in well-developed systems but detrimental in low-performing systems.
Author(s): Hanushek, Eric A. | Link, Susanne | Woessman, Ludger
January 2012 |

ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide

The ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide is a comprehensive report on bond market in the ASEAN+3 region. The Guide is a product of the collaborative efforts of ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum (ABMF) members and is the first bond market guide endorsed by ASEAN+3.
January 2012 | Regional Economic Integration Working Papers

Is Trade in Asia Really Integrating?

ADB's Shintaro Hamanaka assesses the level of de facto and de jure trade integrations in Asia.
Author(s): Hamanaka, Shintaro