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HKCER Letters
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HKCER Letters Reprints
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HKCER Letters
Volume 1
Mar 1990 |
- The Relationship
between Economic Growth and the Structure of the Political System, by Gary S. Becker
- The
Preconditions for Economic Recovery in Eastern Europe, by John G. Greenwood
- A New Private
Airport, by Y.C. Richard Wong
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HKCER Letters
Volume 2
May 1990 |
- Market
Solutions to the Environment, by Y.C. Richard Wong
- International
Privatisation, by Thibaut de Saint Phalle
- Provision of
Language Education: A Market Approach, by Pak-Wai Liu
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HKCER Letters
Volume 3
Jul 1990 |
- Immigrants or
Imported Labourers?, by Y.C. Richard Wong
- The Housing
Problem - A New Perspective,
by Y.C. Richard Wong
- Sell Public
Housing Cheaply?
- Japanese
Industrial Groups and U.S.-Japan Trade,
by Kwok-Chiu Fung
- The European
Monetary System, The European Monetary Unit and the United Kingdom, by Michael J.
Artis
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HKCER Letters
Volume 4
Sept 1990 |
- Structural
Inflation, by Y.C. Richard Wong
- Alternative
Approaches to Banking in Hong Kong, by Randall Kroszner
- Regulations to
be Blamed for Financial Crises, by George Selgin
- Skilled Immigrants
from China, by Alan K.F. Siu
- Money and Legal
Restrictions, by Yim-Fai Luk
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HKCER Letters
Volume 5
Nov 1990 |
- The New Airport
and Aviation in Hong Kong - A New Perspective, by Kai-Sun Kwong
- Is Hong Kong Ready
for Free Market Health Care?
by Joel W. Hay
- On the
Privatisation of Public Housing, by Alan K.F. Siu
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HKCER Letters
Volume 6
Jan 1991 |
- International
Telecommunications in Hong Kong: The Case for Liberalisation
- The New Airport
and Aviation in Hong Kong - A New Perspective: Comment by R.T. Stirland and Reply, by
Kai-Sun Kwong
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HKCER Letters
Volume 7
Mar 1991 |
- Hong Kong's Stake
in China's MFN Status, by Yun-Wing Sung
- The New Budgetary
Challenge, by Y.C. Richard Wong
- Making Ends Meet -
The Other Side of International Telecommunications, by John Ure
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HKCER Letters
Volume 8
May 1991 |
- Social
Insurance and Economic Growth, by Issac Ehrlich
- Advantages of
the Current Linked Rate System for the Hong Kong Dollar: A Restatement, by John G.
Greenwood
- International
Telecommunications in Hong Kong: A Reply to John Ure, by Milton Mueller
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HKCER Letters
Volume 9
Jul 1991 |
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Understanding Speculation in Housing Forwards,
by Y.C. Richard Wong
- Economic
Integration in East Asia: Doing What Comnes Naturally, by James Riedel
- Policy versus
Chance in Economic Development,
by Arnold C. Harberger
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HKCER Letters
Volume 10
Sept 1991 |
- Markets,
Democracy, and the Legco Elections,
by Y.C. Richard Wong
- The U.S. Savings
and Loan Debacle, by David I. Fand
- The World
History of Free Banking, by Kurt Schuler
- Deposit Insurance
in Hong Kong, by Yim-Fai Luk
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HKCER Letters
Volume 11
Nov 1991 |
- Can the Government
Substitute the Family? - The Social Loss of Mandatory Retirement Insurance for the Elderly,
by Francis T.M. Lui
- The Challenge
of Monetary Reform in Eastern Block Countries,
by Peter Bernholz
- Index Futures for
Property Prices, by Ho Lok Sang
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HKCER Letters
Volume 12
Jan 1992 |
- Health Care: A
Market Approach, by Joel W. Hay
- Regulating
Monopolies in Utilities and Telecommunications by Price Cap, by Pak-Wai Liu
- The Failure of
Foreign Aid: With Special Reference to the Soviet Union, by Shyam Kamath
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HKCER Letters
Volume 13
Mar 1992 |
- The Budgetary
Dilemma, by Y.C. Richard Wong
- Economic Reform:
The Guangdong Experience, by Lau Pui-king
- A Deposit
Protection Scheme for Hong Kong?, by Yim-Fai Luk
- Some Observations
on the Deposit Scheme Consultation Paper,
by Ho Lok Sang
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HKCER Letters
Volume 14
May 1992 |
- What does Hong
Kong Need a Central Bank for?, by Yim-Fai Luk
- Creating a
Telecommunications Free Trade Zone in Greater China, by Milton Mueller
- The Budget,
Inflation, and Housing, by Y.C. Richard Wong
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HKCER Letters
Volume 15
Jul 1992 |
- The Folly of
Industrial Policy: Hong Kong and Singapore Compared, by Y.C. Richard Wong
- Building West
Berlin in American Education, by Y.C. Richard Wong
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HKCER Letters
Volume 16
Sept 1992 |
- Competition in
Container Terminals, by Y.C. Richard Wong
- Privatise
Public Housing, by Y.C. Richard Wong
- Planning and
Development in Hong Kong, by Samuel Staley
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HKCER Letters
Volume 17
Nov 1992 |
- On Retirement
Protection in Hong Kong, by Francis T.M. Lui
- Development
Strategy, Business Cycles and Financial Reform in China, by Justin Y. Lin
- The Hong Kong
Economy in 2001, by Y.C. Richard Wong
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HKCER Letters
Volume 18
Jan 1993 |
- Property and
Housing Markets in Hong Kong: Issues and Analyses, by Y.C. Richard Wong
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HKCER Letters
Volume 19
Mar 1993 |
- Economic
Relations between Taiwan and the United States,
by James Riedel
- Retraining the
Unemployed in Hong Kong, by William Chan
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HKCER Letters
Volume 20
May 1993 |
- Speech in the
Legislative Council, by Christine Loh
- A Consensus for
Hong Kong's Competition Policy?,
by Leonard K. Cheng
- Understanding
Competition in Hong Kong, by Y.C. Richard Wong
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HKCER Letters
Volume 21
Jul 1993 |
- Can Hong Kong Be
an Express Cargo Hub?,
by Joseph P. Schwieterman
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HKCER Letters
Volume 22
Sept 1993 |
- Hong Kong as a
Telecom Entrepot?, by Milton Mueller
- Comments on
Towards Better Health: A Consultation Document, by Joel W. Hay
- Lessons of the
Singapore Central Provident Fund,
by Y.C. Richard Wong
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HKCER Letters
Volume 23
Nov 1993 |
- The New
Economic Order, by Milton Friedman
- Questions and
Answers with Milton Friedman
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HKCER Letters
Volume 24
Jan 1994 |
- The Role of the
Government in Human Capital Investment,
by William Chan
- Vehicular
Emissions in Hong Kong - Facts and Policy Analysis,
by F.W. Rusco and W.D. Walls
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HKCER Letters
Volume 25
Mar-Jul 1994 |
- Forum on China:
The Awakening Giant
- Letter to Editor,
by Mr. Alex K.Y. Ng
- A Rejoinder to
Vehicular Emissions in Hong Kong,
by F.W. Rusco and W.D. Walls
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HKCER Letters
Volume 26
Mar-Jul 1994 |
- How Not to Take
the Worry Out of Growing Old,
by Y.C. Richard Wong
- The Arithmetic of
Old Age Pension, by Wing Suen
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HKCER Letters
Volume 27
Mar-Jul 1994 |
- On Financial
Viability of Old Age Pension Scheme,
by Francis T. Lui
- Trade Policy and
Asia under the Clinton Administration: An Insider's View,
by Kwok-Chiu Fung
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HKCER Letters
Volume 28
Sept 1994 |
- Averting the
Income Crisis for the Old
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HKCER Letters
Volume 29
Nov 1994 |
- Regulating
Derivatives: The Current System and Proposed Changes, by Christopher L. Culp and
Robert J. Mackay
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HKCER Letters
Volume 30
Jan 1995 |
- Understanding
Rapid Economic Growth: A New Tale of the Four Asian Dragons, by Y.C. Richard Wong
- Is the Current
Hong Kong Dollar Over-valued or Under-valued ? by Paul Yip
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HKCER Letters
Volume 31
Mar 1995 |
- A Consumer's
Report on an Immodest Proposal, by Kelly Busche
- Antidumping and
GATT Restrictions, by Joseph M. Finger
- Competition
Law, by Shyam Khemani
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HKCER Letters
Volume 32
May 1995 |
- Recent labour
Market Conditions in Hong Kong, by Wing Suen
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HKCER Letters
Volume 33
Jul 1995 |
- On Unemployment
Statistics in Hong Kong, by Wing Suen
- Response by
the Census & Statistics Department (on item 1)
- Competition in
Hong Kong's Water Heating and Cooking Fuel Industry, by W. David Walls
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HKCER Letters
Volume 34
Sept 1995 |
- Gas Regulation
and Competition in Hong Kong, by Lam Pun Lee
- A Reply to
Competition in HK's Water Heating and Cooking Fuel Industry, by W. David Walls
- Science, Not
Science Fiction, Should Govern Hong Kong Policy, by Michael Fumento
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HKCER Letters
Volume 35
Nov 1995 |
- The Transition
to Market Economy in Vietnam, by James Riedel
- The Impact of
Environmental Regulation on Employment,
by S. Fred Singer
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HKCER Letters
Volume 36
Jan 1996 |
- Hong Kong
Economic Policy Studies Project
Economic Policies for Hong Kong: Beyond the Transition
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HKCER Letters
Volume 37
Mar 1996 |
- The International
Role of the Hong Kong Financial Markets,
by Anthony Neoh
- A New Approach
to Competition, Monopolies, and Cartels,
by Pascal Salin
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HKCER Letters
Volume 38
May 1996 |
- The New World
of Housing Finance, by Bertrand Renaud
- China's Transition
Economy and Macroeconomic Stability,
by Fan Gang
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HKCER Letters
Volume 39
Jul 1996 |
- The China Miracle
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HKCER Letters
Volume 40
Sept 1996 |
- The Growth of
Manufacturing and Services in Hong Kong,
by Y.C. Richard Wong
- Economic
Integration of Hong Kong and Southern China,
by William Fung
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HKCER Letters
Volume 41
Nov 1996 |
- Pacific
Economic Dynamism: US and Asian Perspectives,
by Stephen Parker
- Central Provident
Fund in Singapore, by Linda Low
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HKCER Letters
Volume 42
Jan 1997 |
- How Severe is the
Housing Shortage in Hong Kong?
by Y.C. Richard Wong
- Poverty and Income
Disparity in Hong Kong, by Hon-Kwong Lui
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HKCER Letters
Volume 43
Mar 1997 |
- Personnel
Guidelines with a Bite, by Wing Suen
- Rendering
Unnecessary the Legal "Contrivance to Raise Prices",
by Kelly Busche
- At Your Service,
by Alan K.F. Siu
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HKCER Letters
Volume 44
May 1997 |
- Four Principles
for the First SAR Direction Election,
by Stephen Ching
- Why Regulate Bus
Services? by Louis M. Chan
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HKCER Letters
Volume 45
Jul 1997 |
- China in the
New World Trading Environment After the Uruguay Round, by Haiying Zhao
- What can we
learn from Morocco? by Wing Suen
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HKCER Letters
Volume 46
Sept 1997 |
- A Two-Track
Immigration Policy, by Wing Suen
- Rethinking
Economic Order, by Junko Nakai
- Some Issues in
Developing Hong Kong's Financial Markets,
by Y.C. Jao
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HKCER Letters
Volume 47
Nov 1997 |
- Should the Hong
Kong Dollar Be Delinked? by Li Hao
- Hong Kong's
Integration with Its Hinterland: A Mixture of Curses and Blessings, by Yun-Wing Sung
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HKCER Letters
Volume 48
Jan 1998 |
- Small and
Medium-Sized Private Companies and the Industrialization of Viet Nam, by James Riedel
- The Composition
of U.S.-East Asia Trade and the East Asian Miracle, by Terrie Carolan, Nirvikar Singh
and Cyrus Talati
- Hong Kong: Still
the Freest Economy
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HKCER Letters
Volume 49
Mar 1998 |
- The Asian
Economic Outlook: An Assessment in World Models,
by Lawrence R. Klein
- Trends in
Asia-Pacific Real Exchange Rates,
by Menzie David Chinn
- Is Hong Kong
Ready to Delink the Currency? by George Yu
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HKCER Letters
Volume 50
May 1998 |
- The Hong Kong
Foreign Exchange Market, by Yin-Wong Cheung
- Families in the
21st Century: The Economic Perspective,
by Yiu-Kwan Fan
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HKCER
Letters
Volume 51
Jul 1998 |
- Is Hong Kong
Finished? by Li Hao and Wing Suen
- China's Export
Growth: Its past and Future, by Sonia Wong
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HKCER
Letters
Volume 52
Sept 1998 |
- A Contingency Plan
for Dollarizing Hong Kong, by Kurt Schuler
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HKCER
Letters
Volume 53
Nov 1998 |
- Lessons of the Asian Financial Crisis, by
Y.C. Richard Wong
- For-Profit School Firm Offers Teachers Stock,
by Y.C. Richard Wong
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HKCER Letters
Volume 54
Jan 1999 |
- Hong Kong's Competitiveness, or Do We Still
Have the Hong Kong Advantage? by Michael Enright
- Blessing or Curse: Characteristics of the
Japanese Economy,
by Junko Nakai
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HKCER
Letters
Volume 55
Mar-May 1999 |
- Immigration - a Flood or Flow?, by
Y.C. Richard Wong
- The Tyranny of Numbers, by Wing Suen
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HKCER
Letters
Volume 56
May-Jul 1999 |
- Hong Kong Healthcare and Finance Reform,
by Y.C. Richard Wong
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HKCER Letters
Volume 57
Jan/Feb 2000 |
- Economic Freedom and Growth, by Michael
Walker
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HKCER
Letters
Volume 58
Mar/Apr 2000 |
- Comprehensive Social Security Assistance
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HKCER
Letters
Volume 59
May/Jun 2000 |
- Does Hong Kong Need Deposit Insurance?, by
Kam-hon Chu
- High Frequency Macro Forecasts: 2000 Third
Quarter
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HKCER Letters
Volume 60
Jul/Aug 2000 |
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Property Rights in Marine Resources: Some New Developments, by
Hannes H. Gissurarson
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HKCER
Letters
Volume 61
Sept/Oct 2000 |
- Personnel Economics and Economic Approaches
to Incentives,
by Edward P. Lazear
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HKCER Letters
Volume 62
Nov/Dec 2000 |
- China: Facing up to WTO Membership
by Wing Thye Woo
- Savings Bonds as Deposit Insurance
by Kam Hon Chu
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HKCER Letters
Volume 63
Jan/Feb 2001 |
- Examining the Hong Kong Government Budget and
Fiscal Reserves from a Macroeconomic Perspective
by Paul Lau
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HKCER
Letters
Volume 64
Mar/Apr 2001 |
- Hong Kong's Fiscal Issues
by Y.C. Richard Wong
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HKCER Letters
Volume 65
May/Jun 2001 |
- Goods and Services Tax in Singapore
by Linda Low
- Working Papers
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HKCER Letters
Volume 66
Jul/Aug 2001 |
- A Historical Perspective on the New Economy
by J. Bradford DeLong
- MPF: An Unfinished Business
by Alan Siu
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HKCER Letters
Volume 67-68
Sep/Oct and Nov/Dec 2001 |
- China-United States Bilateral Trade
Balances 1990-2000
by K.C. Fung and Lawrence J. Lau
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HKCER Letters
Volume 69
Jan/Feb 2002 |
- The Link, Re-link and No Link
by Y.F. Luk
- A Discussion Note on Hong Kong's Linked
Exchange Rate System and a Proposed Reform of Hong Kong's Wage System
by Paul S.L. Yip
- Working Papers
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HKCER Letters
Volume 70
Mar-Jun 2002 |
- China in the 21st Century
- A Hong Kong Perspective of Future Opportunities and Challenges
by Peter Woo
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HKCER Letters
Volume 71
Jul/Aug 2002 |
- Public Housing Reform and
Its Effects on the Private Housing Market
by Y.C. Richard Wong
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HKCER Letters
Volume 72
Sept-Dec 2002 |
- Shanghai: Another Hong
Kong?
by Y.C. Richard Wong
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HKCER Letters
Volume 73
Jan-Apr 2003 |
- Deflation: is it really a
problem; if so, what should be done?
by Tony Latter
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HKCER Letters
Volume 74
May-Aug 2003 |
- Cleanliness and Punishment
by Wing Suen
- The Incredible 2003-04 Budget
by Stephen Ching
- Freedom of Information and the
Economic Future of Hong Kong
by Zhiwu Chen
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HKCER Letters
Volume 75
Sept-Oct 2003 |
- From Relink to Parallel Currencies to
Monetary Union
by Kam Hon Chu
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HKCER Letters
Volume 76
Nov-Dec 2003 |
- The Economic Impact of China's
Emergence as a Major Trading Nation
by Wing Thye Woo
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HKCER Letters
Volume 77
Jan-Feb 2004 |
- Trade and Investment:
China, The United States, and the Asia-Pacific Economies
by K.C. Fung
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HKCER Letters
Volume 78
Mar-Apr 2004 |
- Trading Tyranny for Freedom How
Open Markets Till the Soil for Democracy
by Daniel T. Griswold
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HKCER Letters
Volume 79
May-Jun 2004 |
- Reflections on the New Taiwan
Dollar Appreciation in the Mid 1980s
by Chu Kam Hon
- GST and Government Bond
by Stephen Ching
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HKCER Letters
Volume 80
Jul-Oct 2004 |
- A Constitutional Basis for
Using a Timetable to Implement Dual Universal Suffrage
by Stephen Ching
- United States Direct Investment in
China
by K.C. Fung
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HKCER Letters
Volume 81
Jan-Feb 2005 |
- The Giant Sucking Sound: Is China
Diverting Foreign Direct Investment from East Asia and Latin America?
by K.C. Fung, Hitomi Iizaka and Alan Siu
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HKCER Letters
Volume 82
Mar-Apr 2005 |
- Information and the pricing of risk
by Tony Latter
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HKCER Letters
Volume 83
May-Jun 2005 |
- Bottlenecks in Logistics—Cross-Boundary
Road-Freight Industry
by Y.C. Richard Wong, Alan Siu and Ginnie Choi
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HKCER Letters
Volume 84
Jul-Dec 2005 |
- The Political Economy of Interest
Rate Deregulation and Interest Rate Targeting
by Kam Hon Chu
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HKCER Letters
Volume 85
Jan-Mar 2006 |
- Unlocking the Winner's Curse
in the Application List System
by Stephen Ching
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HKCER Letters
Volume 86,
2008 |
- Synopsis of "Towards the Ultimate
Agarian Reform in China"
by Henry Woo
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HKCER Letters
Volume 87,
2009 |
-
Extended "Blackout" Periods: To stay or to go?
by Maurice K.S. Tse
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