IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/pfq/journl/v58y2013i1p53-75.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Possible Causes of and Means of Avoiding External Financial Vulnerability – Hungary versus Singapore

Author

Listed:
  • György, László
  • Veress, József

Abstract

Difficulties in external debt-financing in the period since the financial crisis of 2008 have shed light on the financial vulnerability of the Hungarian economy. In this study our aim is to reveal the causes of external financial vulnerability, which can be incorporated into economic policy choices. We analyse the case of Singapore to demonstrate an example of those policies which can help avoid unnecessary financial vulnerability. External financial vulnerability is related to the quality of foreign accounts liberalisation, deregulation and privatisation, but in a wider context the direct and indirect public financing means which determine the global competitiveness of a national economy (educational policy, cluster management etc.) can be linked to it as well. Based on the analysis of Singapore’s related policies, the theoretical advantages of economic openness (such as export expansion, employment, management expertise, know-how and technology acquisition) can be achieved at a much lower lever of external financial vulnerability than what was experienced in Hungary. Singapore and Hungary are excellent for such a comparison as small, economically open countries which are among the most globalised ones based on globalisation indices.

Suggested Citation

  • György, László & Veress, József, 2013. "The Possible Causes of and Means of Avoiding External Financial Vulnerability – Hungary versus Singapore," Public Finance Quarterly, Corvinus University of Budapest, vol. 58(1), pages 53-75.
    • Handle: RePEc:pfq:journl:v:58:y:2013:i:1:p:53-75
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://unipub.lib.uni-corvinus.hu/8963/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Vonnák, Balázs, 2006. "A magyarországi monetáris transzmissziós mechanizmus fő jellemzői [The main features of Hungarys monetary transmission mechanism]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(12), pages 1155-1177.
    2. Kornai, Janos, 1992. "The Postsocialist Transition and the State: Reflections in the Light of Hungarian Fiscal Problems," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 82(2), pages 1-21, May.
    3. Csaba Balogh, 2009. "The role of MNB bills in domestic financial markets. What is the connection between the large volume of MNB bills, bank lending and demand in the government securities markets?," MNB Bulletin (discontinued), Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary), vol. 4(3), pages 6-13, October.
    4. Lu, Ding & Yu, Qiao, 1999. "Hong Kong's exchange rate regime:: Lessons from Singapore," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 10(2), pages 122-140.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Wifo, 2019. "WIFO-Monatsberichte, Heft 12/2019," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 92(12), December.
    2. Daniela Gabor, 2012. "Managing Capital Accounts in Emerging Markets: Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(6), pages 714-731, June.
    3. Pursey Heugens & Stelios Zyglidopoulos, 2008. "From social ties to embedded competencies: the case of business groups," Journal of Management & Governance, Springer;Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale (AIDEA), vol. 12(4), pages 325-341, November.
    4. Sylviane GUILLAUMONT JEANNENEY & Ping HUA, 2003. "Taux de change réel et productivité en Chine," Working Papers 200329, CERDI.
    5. repec:ilo:ilowps:298738 is not listed on IDEAS
    6. Schmieding, Holger & Buch, Claudia, 1992. "Better banks for Eastern Europe," Kiel Discussion Papers 197, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    7. Klaus Friesenbichler & Michael Peneder, 2016. "Innovation, competition and productivity," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 24(3), pages 535-580, July.
    8. Guillaumont Jeanneney, Sylviane & Hua, Ping, 2011. "How does real exchange rate influence labour productivity in China?," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 22(4), pages 628-645.
    9. Michael H. Böheim & Klaus S. Friesenbichler, 2016. "Exporting the Competition Policy Regime of the European Union: Success or Failure? Empirical Evidence for Acceding Countries," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(3), pages 569-582, May.
    10. Bruszt, László & Stark, David, 1996. "Vállalatközi tulajdonosi hálózatok a kelet-európai kapitalizmusban [Inter-enterprise ownership networks in the East European capitalism]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(3), pages 183-203.
    11. Zihui Ma & Leonard K. Cheng, 2014. "An Optimal Currency Basket to Minimize Output and Inflation Volatility: Theory and an Application to Hong Kong," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 19(1), pages 90-111, February.
    12. Vagliasindi, Maria, 2004. "The role of investment and regulatory reforms in the development of infrastructure across transition economies," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 12(4), pages 303-314, December.
    13. Klaus Friesenbichler, 2014. "EU Accession, Domestic Market Competition and Total Factor Productivity. Firm Level Evidence," WIFO Working Papers 492, WIFO.
    14. Rao, B. Bhaskara & Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya, 2011. "Globalization and growth in the low income African countries with the extreme bounds analysis," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 795-805, May.
    15. Heinrich, Ralph P., 1993. "Microeconomic adjustment in Hungary: Results from a survey of enterprises," Kiel Working Papers 599, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    16. Pulay, Gyula & Máté, János & Németh, Ildikó & Zelei, Andrásné, 2013. "Budgetary Risks of Monetary Policy with Special Regard to the Debt Rule," Public Finance Quarterly, Corvinus University of Budapest, vol. 58(1), pages 11-34.
    17. Jorge Martinez-Vazquez & Robert McNab, 1997. "Tax Reform in Transition Economies: Experiences and Lessons," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper9706, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
    18. Stephan, Paul III, 1996. "Toward a positive theory of privatization--lessons from soviet-type economies," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 16(2), pages 173-193, June.
    19. Laurila, Juhani & Singh, Rupinder, 2000. "Sequential reform strategy: The case of Azerbaijan," BOFIT Discussion Papers 8/2000, Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT).
    20. J. Winiecki, 1996. "The superiority of eliminating barriers to entrepreneurship over privatisation activism of the state," Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, vol. 49(198), pages 313-331.
    21. Lindbeck, Assar, 1998. "Swedish Lessons for Post-Socialist Countries," Working Paper Series 498, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    financial vulnerability; privatisation; government linked companies; liberalisation; deregulation; monetary policy;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • E50 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - General
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprise and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:pfq:journl:v:58:y:2013:i:1:p:53-75. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Adam Hoffmann (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/bkeeehu.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.