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Corporate Governance, Crony capitalism and Economic Crisis: Should the US Business Model replace the Asian Way of 'Doing Business'?

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Ajit Singh
Ann Zammit

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This paper considers the Greenspan/Summers/IMF (GSI) argument that the Asian way of doing business was the deep cause of the Asian crisis. The IMF reform programme for the crisis-affected Asian countries suggested they should abandon the Asian business model and adopt the US corporate model. The main findings are: a) contrary to GSI doctrine, poor corporate governance and lack of competition are not common characteristics of the Asian business model; b) that the stock-market based US business model has severe limitations for developing country corporations, not least because of imperfect share prices and the imperfect market for corporate control.

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Keywords: Asian and US corporate models; stock markets; Asian crisis;

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D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior
G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance
O1 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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