Are dragons and tigers catching up?

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This paper studies the catching-up process in per capita income of the so-called Asian Dragons and Tigers. It contributes to the literature in several ways. First, it tests the catching-up hypothesis using the longest time span ever considered, from 1870 to 2014. Second, it documents the experiences of these two groups of countries and provides potential explanations for them. Third, by using the Kejriwal and Perron (2010) algorithm, we are able to endogenously estimate multiple structural breaks in the level and the trend of the series without prior knowledge of their integration level. This surpasses technical concerns of previous empirical studies. Fourth, it inquires into how the Asian financial crisis affected the catching-up process among the Dragons' and Tigers' economies.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ADBI Working Paper ; No. 737

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes ; Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Economywide Country Studies: Africa
• Subject: catching up ; structural breaks ; Asian Dragons ; Asian Tigers

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kozlova, Olesia ; Noguera-Santaella, Jose
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
• (where): Tokyo
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/163236
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET