Economic Development of Emerging East Asia :Catching Up of Taiwan and South Korea ( 1 )

Publication subTitle :Catching Up of Taiwan and South Korea

Publication series :1

Author: Hsiao   Frank S.T.;Hsiao   Mei-Chu Wang  

Publisher: Anthem Press‎

Publication year: 2017

E-ISBN: 9781783086887

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781783086870

Subject: F015 宏观经济学;F1 The World Economic Profiles , Economic History , Economic Geography;F123.16 macroeconomic management;F7 Trade Economy

Keyword: 贸易经济,世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理,宏观经济管理,宏观经济学

Language: ENG

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This unique book provides comparative economic studies of Taiwan and Korea, and compares them mostly with Japan and the United States. Addtionally, this studyfinds that, in terms of the real GDP per capita in PPP, these East Asian countries are still emerging in the world economy.

Chapter

List of tables

Sources of the chapters

Acknowledgments

About the authors

Introduction

Part I Studies of emerging east asian economies: Taiwan and korea

Chapters (1-5)

Chapter 1 Some development indicators of taiwan

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Some Economic Indexes

1.3 Social Indexes

1.4 Political and Defense Development Indexes

1.5 Concluding Remarks

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 2 Capital flows and exchange rates during the asian financial crisis

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Four Explanations of the Crisis

2.3 Comparison of Taiwanese and Korean Economies

in the 1990s

2.3.1 The real sector

2.3.2 The external and financial sectors

2.4 Short-term Debt, Exchange Rates and Crisis in Korea

2.5 On the Currency and Banking Crises

2.6 The Causality Test—The Case of Korea

2.6.1 The unit root test

2.6.2 The cointegration test

2.6.3 The ECM causality test

2.7 The Causality Test—The Case of Taiwan

2.7.1 The unit root test

2.7.2 The cointegration test

2.7.3 The standard Granger causality test

2.8 Conclusion: Lessons and Challenges

Sources of Data

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 3 Productivity growth

3.1 Introduction

3.2 The Malmquist Productivity Index

3.3 Sources of Data

3.4 Labor and Capital Productivities

3.5 Total Productivity Growth 1979–96

3.5.1 Analysis of the cross-section data

Comparisons at the aggregate level

Correlation coefficients

Intercountry coefficients

Intracountry coefficients

Correlation at the sectoral levels

3.5.2 Analysis of time-series data

3.6 Productivity Growth of Three Categories

3.7 The Innovators of the Manufacturing Industry

3.8 Some Concluding Remarks

Appendix 3A Overall Industrial Structure of Korea and Taiwan

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 4 Korean and taiwanese

4.1 Introduction

4.2 The Malmquist Productivity Index

4.3 The Data and Estimation of Productivity Growth Rates

4.4 The Structure of the Manufacturing Industry

4.5 Aggregate Productivity Performances

4.6 The Trend of Each Index among the Three Categories

4.7 The Trend of Five Indexes in Each Category

4.8 The Innovators

4.9 Conclusions

Appendix 4A: Sources of Data

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 5 Colonialism, learning and convergence: A comparison of india and taiwan

5.1 Introduction

5.2 India and Taiwan in the World Economy

5.3 The Colonial Heritage

5.4 A Simple Model of Learning

5.5 Unit Root-Based Tests of Convergence

5.6 A Logistic Model of Convergence

5.7 Concluding Remarks

Appendix 5A: Explanations of Table 5.1

Appendix 5B: Illustration of Table 5.1

Acknowledgments

References

Part II Catching up and convergence in east asian economic growth

Chapters (6-9)

Chapter 6 Miracle or myth of asian nics’ growth: The irony of numbers

6.1 Introduction

6.2 The Nature of the “Miracle”

6.3 On Total Factor Productivity

6.4 On Percentage Contribution of TFP

6.5 Other Estimates of TFP Growth Rates and Contribution

6.6 Concluding Remarks

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 7 “Miracle growth” in the twentieth century: International comparisons of

7.1 Introduction

7.2 International Comparisons of Real GDP per Capita

7.2.1 Comparisons of real GDP per capita level

7.2.2 Real GDP per capita growth rates

7.2.3 Coefficients of variation

7.2.4 Comparisons of the prewar and postwar growth of countries

7.3 Long-Run Comparisons of Taiwanese and Korean Development

7.3.1 Slow postwar recovery

7.3.2 The take-off point

7.3.3 The Korea–Taiwan reversal

7.3.4 On the war damage

7.3.5 Japanese legacy

7.4 Falling behind the Japanese Growth

7.4.1 Real GDP per capita ratios

7.4.2 The transition period

7.4.3 A common turning point

7.5. International and Domestic Environments

7.5.1 Performance of Asian NIEs vis-à-vis Japan

7.5.2 The world development

7.5.3 Why did Korea and Taiwan fall behind Japan?

7.6 Regime Change and Structural Change

7.6.1 The Perron test

7.6.2 The real GDP per capita series

7.6.3 The real GDP per capita growth rate series

7.7 Concluding Remarks

Sources of Data

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 8 Catching up and convergence: On the long-run growth in east asia

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Games of Catching Up

8.3 A Simple Model of Learning

8.4 A Logistic Model of Convergence

8.5 Time Required for Convergence

8.6 Concluding Remarks

Appendix 8A: On the Coefficient of Learning (r)

Appendix 8B: Ratio of the GDP Per Capita

Appendix 8C: Calculation of the Time Required for Convergence

Sources of Data

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 9 Epilogue: From emerging east asia

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Cross-Section Comparison of GDP per Capita

9.3 Time-Series Comparison of GDP per Capita in PPP

9.3.1 Comparison among Asian NIEs, Japan, the United States, China and India

9.3.2 Comparison among Asian NIEs, Japan, the United States and the Four EU Countries

9.3.3 Comparison among Asian NIEs, Japan, the United States and the ASEAN-4 Countries

9.4 Catching Up and Convergence in Emerging East Asia

9.5 Conclusion—The Prospect of an Asia-Centered World Economy

9.6 Postscript—Q&A

Appendix 9A: Derivation of the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) Exchange Rate

Appendix 9B: On the Derivation of the Big Mac Index

GDPpc in Big Mac PPP

Appendix 9C: Taiwan as the “Republic of Technology” (ROT)

Appendix 9D: Taiwan’s Innovative Activities and the World Competitiveness Index

Sources of Data

References

End Matter

Index

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