Ai-Xin Lee · Chee-Wooi Hooy ·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2020 ·JEL: G21, G28, G32
This paper examines the relationship between state ownership and banks’ risk-taking in nine Asian emerging markets for the period 2009 to 2017. The finding shows that state-owned banks are associated with higher risk-taking in terms of cred...
Chi Truong · Jeffrey Sheen · Stefan Truck · James Villafuarte ·Journal of Financial Stability ·2022 ·JEL: C33, E44, G01, G17
This study develops an early warning system for financial crises with a focus on small open economies. We contribute to the literature by developing macro-financial dynamic factor models that extract useful information from a rich but unbal...
Abdul Rasheed Sithy Jesmy · Mohd Zaini Abd Karim · Shri Dewi Applanaidu ·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: H56; O40; F50
The direct and indirect causes of armed conflict in South Asia is perhaps the single most important reason for increasing military expenditure. It is also a significant threat to the growth of national output in the region. This study exami...
Sonia Kumari Selvarajan · Rossazana Ab-Rahim · Nor-Ghani Md-Nor ·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: F13; O16; O53
East Asia Pacific has catapulted to be the most dynamic region in the world as a result of economic liberalisation and sustainable growth. This study seeks to investigate if selected East Asian countries are able to converge in terms of tra...
Kerstin K. Zander · Supriya Mathewa ·Ecological Economics ·2019
Higher temperatures linked to climate change lead to people feeling increasingly heat stressed compromising their health and reducing economic activity. In this paper we assess the potential economic impact of heat stress on working people...
Kyunga Na · Young-Hee Kang ·Journal of Open Innovation: Technology Market and Complexity ·2019
This study aims to investigate the effects of product and process innovations on manufacturing firm performance in Southeast Asian emerging markets. To this end, using a cross-national sample of 2324 manufacturing firms from the World Bank...
Kunal Sen · Matthew Tyce ·Structural Change and Economic Dynamics ·2019
Both Malaysia and Thailand were seen to be part of the miracle growth economies of East Asia and fast moving into high income status in the early 1990s. Following the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) of the mid 1990s, both countries have observ...
Syed Shahzad Hasan · Chia Siang Kow · Dalia Dawoud · Omneya Mohamed · Darrin Baines · Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar ·Value in Health Regional Issues ·2018
Medicine price directly affects affordability and access to medicines particularly in countries where a major portion of pharmaceutical spending is through out-of-pocket payment, such as in the Asia Pacific region. We have undertaken a deta...