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Three Essays On Housing Market In Hong Kong : Implications For Public Policy And Macro Economy, Wai Chung, Gary Wong
Three Essays On Housing Market In Hong Kong : Implications For Public Policy And Macro Economy, Wai Chung, Gary Wong
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The thesis contains three papers on different areas of housing study in Hong Kong. The first paper focuses on government policy in public housing privatization on housing market and its effect on the overall economy. By comparing the negative impacts of two financial crises in 1997 and 2008 on housing market, the paper tries to offer explanation for the property downturn during 1997-2003. It aims to study how a public housing privatization program would produce adverse effects on housing transactions and the economy. The second one links up the housing market and macro economy. It is found that housing sector …
Pre-Commitment Vs. Flexibility : Uncertainty And Distribution Reform In P.R. China, Kong Wing, Clement Chow
Pre-Commitment Vs. Flexibility : Uncertainty And Distribution Reform In P.R. China, Kong Wing, Clement Chow
Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies Working Paper Series
The Chinese economic reform is remarkably different from the East European reforms in which the Chinese model emphasizes competition over privatization. This paper explains why the Chinese distribution reform is successful, although the Chinese government has made no attempt in privatizing her inefficient state-owned enterprises. By extending Coughlan's (1 985) price competition model to endogenize the pre-commitment versus flexibility decision, it is shown that reducing uncertainty can encourage enterprises to pre-commit their investment which allows further development of the retail sectors. This results supports the gradual pace of distribution reform policy of China. By contrast, the 'renolutionary' East European model …
Growth Into A Market Economy : The "Incremental Approach" In China, Gang Fan
Growth Into A Market Economy : The "Incremental Approach" In China, Gang Fan
Centre for Public Policy Studies : CPPS Working Paper Series
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