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Asian Economic Papers (2019) 18 (1): 245–261.
Published: 01 March 2019
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This study examines the impact of natural disasters on affected countries’ accessibility to international financial resources. We find empirical evidence that natural disasters significantly downgrade the sovereign credit rating of an affected country, an indicator of international financial accessibility. This finding is robust in developing countries, implying that they are faced with additional difficulties in financing post-disaster recovery costs compared with developed countries. Among disasters, droughts and storms display a particularly significant downgrading effect. Further results show that foreign aid from the international community helps to improve the accessibility, implying a possible acceleration of the post-disaster recovery in recipient countries.
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Asian Economic Papers (2015) 14 (1): 180–197.
Published: 01 January 2015
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This study investigates Korea's motivations for foreign aid allocation, analyzing panel data from over 180 countries for the last 20 years. The results show that Korea's aid allocation reflects both recipient needs and Korea's own national interests but does not consistently consider aid effectiveness. Korean aid is also characterized by its use as an instrument of both summit diplomacy and resource security. In addition, its commercial motivations appear to have shifted over time, from export promotion to overseas investment support. Despite internal and external pressures, there is no obvious evidence that Korea's allocation rule converges with international guidelines that recommend greater consideration of recipient needs and aid effectiveness and less consideration of donor interests.
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Asian Economic Papers (2012) 11 (2): 1–22.
Published: 01 June 2012
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The term “original sin” refers to countries that cannot take out foreign loans that are denominated in its own currency. This study investigates how capital account liberalization affects capital flow volatility in countries with and without original sin. Overall, we find that the level of capital openness increases capital flow volatility, and that countries with original sin experience additional volatility in their capital flows. When the data sample is limited to countries with high institutional quality, the difference remains between the two groups—confirming that the different effects of capital openness on volatility should be attributed to differences in the international status of currencies rather than in institutional quality. Emerging economies whose currencies are not internationalized should therefore be more cautious of capital account liberalization.