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The Global Economic Recession and Industrial Structure : Evidence from Four Asian Dragons

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  • Wen-jen Hsieh

    (Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI))

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The collapse of exports that has attended the current global economic recession threatens the export-led economic growth of the four Asian dragons. To better understand the economic performances and future prospects of the four dragons, this paper first examines the economic structural changes that have taken place in Hong Kong, China; the Republic of Korea; Singapore; and Taipei,China, as well as the gradual shifting of the sources of economic growth away from the manufacturing sector and toward the service sector. Following this, a panel data set for the four dragons for the period 1995–2008 is constructed and a fixed-effects model applied to the data. The estimated coefficients deriving from the application of the model indicate that growth in the service sector, exports, and gross fixed capital formation each have a positive and statistically significant impact on economic growth. While the estimated coefficient is not significant, there is also a hint of a positive causal relationship between manufacturing sector growth rates and GDP. The empirical results confirm the shifts observed in industrial structures and the contribution of the service sector to economic growth. New service development (NSD), which integrates manufacturing output with high value-added services, is anticipated to be a new engine for economic growth and deserves more attention, especially in the realm of government policymaking within the four Asian dragons.

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  • Wen-jen Hsieh, 2011. "The Global Economic Recession and Industrial Structure : Evidence from Four Asian Dragons," Trade Working Papers 23221, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:eab:tradew:23221
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    1. Simon J. Evenett, 2014. "Mapping crisis-era protectionism in the Asia and Pacific region," Chapters, in: Richard Baldwin & Masahiro Kawai & Ganeshan Wignaraja (ed.), A World Trade Organization for the 21st Century, chapter 6, pages 130-156, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    2. Nguena, Christian-Lambert & Kodila-Tedika, Oasis, 2020. "On Recessive and Expansionary Impact of Financial Development: Empirical Evidence," GLO Discussion Paper Series 555, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    3. Kodila-Tedika, Oasis & NGUENA, Christian L., 2017. "Recession and financial development: An empirical analysis," MPRA Paper 81527, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Christian-Lambert Nguena & Oasis Kodila-Tedika, 2023. "Zu rezessiven und expansiven Auswirkungen der Finanzentwicklung: empirische Beweise [On recessive and expansionary impact of financial development: empirical evidence]," Post-Print hal-04228903, HAL.
    5. Evenett, Simon, 2013. "Mapping Crisis-Era Protectionism in the Asia-Pacific Region," CEPR Discussion Papers 9783, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    6. Christian-Lambert Nguena, Oasis Kodila-Tedika, 2023. "On recessive and expansionary impact of financial development: empirical evidence," European Journal of Comparative Economics, Cattaneo University (LIUC), vol. 20(1), pages 97-130, June.

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    Keywords

    export-led economic growth; Asian dragon; Industrial Structure; Global Economic Recession;
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    JEL classification:

    • F01 - International Economics - - General - - - Global Outlook
    • E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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