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Ohinata, Shin (2000) Issues in economic growth and trade policy in East Asia. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

This thesis consists of three studies. The topics discussed are in the area of international
trade and economic growth with a reference to the policy issues in East Asia.
The study in Chapter 2 presents a model of North-South trade which can explain the observed
cross-country variations in factor prices. Intuition and evidence suggest that knowledge
is largely non-excludable and hence all countries should have access to broadly similar technology.
However, this public-good assumption for technology leads to implausible predictions of
factor prices in standard models. The model in this study does not assume any differences in
technology but its predictions are consistent with observations.
In Chapter 3, the implications of the two vintage models for growth accounting are examined.
Growth accounting studies have shown that total factor productivity growth in East
Asian economies has been slower than expected. Analysis of the vintages models suggests that
this puzzling finding could be due to mismeasurements of capital arising from the particular
characteristic of East Asian growth experience.
In Chapter 4, it is shown that when asymmetric economies adopt an open regionalism policy,
some of them may gain at the expense of others. This result is very different from the commonly
held view in the literature. In certain situations, some economies in the bloc achieves a higher
welfare level than under global free trade. A policy of open regionalism could therefore turn
out to be an obstacle to the process of multilateral trade liberalization.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation (PhD)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Regional economics -- East Asia -- Econometric models, East Asia -- Economic policy, East Asia -- Commerce, Economic development -- East Asia
Official Date: June 2000
Dates:
DateEvent
June 2000Submitted
Institution: University of Warwick
Theses Department: Department of Economics
Thesis Type: PhD
Publication Status: Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: Perroni, Carlo ; Whalley, John
Extent: 112 leaves
Language: eng

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