Asian Countries
In: Asian Political, Economic and Social Issues Ser.
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Competitiveness and Economic Growth in the Digital Economy of Asian Countries -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Survey of Prior Work and Hypothesis Therin -- 2.1. Global Competitiveness and Economic Growth -- 2.2. ICT Infrastructure and Economic Growth -- 2.3. Global Competitiveness and ICT Infrastructure -- 3. The Economic Analysis -- 3.1. Theoretical Framework -- 3.2. Sample -- 3.3. Details of Variables and Construction of the Composite Index -- 3.4. Methodology -- 4. Empirical Results -- 5. Policy Implications and Concluding Remarks -- Appendix A: Composite index of ICT Infrastructure Using PCA -- Appendix B: Descriptive Statistics and Correlation Matrix between the Variables -- Appendix C: Cointegration between the Variables -- Appendix D: FMOLS Estimation -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Experimental Democracy: Lessons from Sri Lanka -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Brief History -- Political Development and Corruption -- New Form of Government -- Local Government Elections in 2018 -- Final Stage of the Government -- Lessions We Learned -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Pakistan-United States Commodity Trade and Asymmetric S-Curve: Evidence from 41 Industries -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Data and Variables -- Variables Construction -- Analytical Strategy -- Results -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 -- Bank Efficiency across Asian Countries -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Theoretical and Estimation Considerations -- Data -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 5 -- On the Macroeconomic Linkages to Explain China's Internationalization of the Renminbi as Trade Settlement Currency -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Methodolgy -- An Equation to Be Estimated -- Variables and Data Sources -- Empirical Results -- Testing for Unit Roots -- Testing for Structural Breaks.
