International Trade, Economic Development, and the Vietnamese Economy: Essays in Honor of Binh Tran-Nam (New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, 61)

Contents
Introduction
	1 Chapters in This Volume
	Reference
Efficiency-Inducing Tax Credits for Charitable Donations when Taxpayers Have Heterogeneous Behavioral Norms
	1 Introduction
	2 Basic Elements of the Model
	3 A Model of Donations by Kantians and Nashians
		3.1 Case 1: Optimal Tax Credits for Charitable Donations When All Individuals Are Nashian
		3.2 Case 2: Optimal Tax Credits for Charitable Donations When All Individuals Are Kantian
		3.3 Case 3: Voluntary Contributions when Nashians and Kantians Coexist
	4 Conclusion
	References
Trade Liberalization and Profit Tax Reform Under Oligopolistic Vertical Trade
	1 Introduction
	2 The Model
	3 Cournot and Bertrand Equilibria
		3.1 Cournot Equilibrium
		3.2 Bertrand Equilibrium
	4 The Optimal Tariff
	5 Welfare Effects of Trade Liberalization and Domestic Profit Tax Reform
		5.1 Cournot Equilibrium
		5.2 Bertrand Equilibrium
	6 Concluding Remarks
	References
Properties of the Production Possibility Frontier of Generalized Ricardian Economy with a Pure Public Intermediate Good
	1 Introduction
	2 Model
	3 Preliminary Analysis
	4 Main Analysis
	5 Concluding Remarks
	Appendix
	References
A Note on the Internationalization Strategies of SMEs
	1 Introduction
	2 Internationalization Strategies: A Simple Model
		2.1 The Model
		2.2 Market Equilibrium
	3 Internationalization Strategies of SMEs
	4 Conclusion
	References
The Pollution Haven Hypothesis in a Dual Economy
	1 Introduction
	2 The Model and Assumptions
	3 Wage Differentials and Factor Intensities
	4 Wage Differentials and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis
	5 Environmental Policy and Unemployment
	6 Environmental Policy and Welfare
	7 Concluding Remarks
	References
Protecting Brain Drain Versus Excluding Low-Quality Workers
	1 Introduction
	2 The Model
	3 Analysis
		3.1 The Effects of Strict Restriction Policy Toward Illegal Immigration
		3.2 The Effect of Increasing Population in the Source Country
	4 Concluding Remarks
	References
Allocation and Effectiveness of Foreign Aid: An Overview
	1 Introduction
	2 Foreign Aid and Public Finance in Theoretical Growth Models
	3 Conditional Effectiveness of Aid: How Does Foreign Aid Affect Recipients\' Government Behavior and Economic Outcomes?
		3.1 Aid and Government Behavior in Recipient Countries
		3.2 Aid and Economic Outcomes in Recipient Countries
			3.2.1 Foreign Aid and Economic Growth
			3.2.2 Foreign Aid, Inequality, and Income Distribution
			3.2.3 Aid and Poverty Reduction
	4 Aid Allocation
		4.1 Aid Allocation: Motivation and Criteria
		4.2 Optimal Aid Allocation: How Should Aid Be Allocated?
	5 Discussion and Conclusion
	References
Smarter Teachers, Smarter Students? Some New Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
	1 Introduction
	2 Related Literature on Sub-Saharan Africa
	3 Methodology
	4 Data
	5 Results
		5.1 Baseline Results
	6 Robustness Check
	7 Concluding Remarks
	Appendix Tables
	References
Social Capital, Income, and Subjective Well-Being in Developing Countries: Evidence from Vietnam
	1 Introduction
	2 Literature Review
	3 Methodology
	4 Data and Descriptive Statistics
	5 Econometric Results and Discussion
	6 Conclusion
	References
Value-Added Exports and the Local Labour Market: Evidence from Vietnamese Small and Medium Manufacturing Firms
	1 Introduction
	2 Trade in Value Added by Small Manufacturing Firms
		2.1 Trade in Value Added in the Manufacturing Sector
		2.2 Trade in Value Added by SMEs
	3 Conceptual Framework
	4 Empirical Methodology
		4.1 Data Description
			4.1.1 Trade in Value-Added Data
			4.1.2 Employment Data
		4.2 Empirical Model
	5 Empirical Results
		5.1 Robustness Check
	6 Conclusion
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	References
Why Does Productivity Matter?
	1 Introduction
	2 Total Factor Productivity
		2.1 TFP and Economic Growth
		2.2 How to Increase TFP and Obtain Economic Growth?
		2.3 TFP and Competitiveness
			2.3.1 Competition Between Physical Capital and Financial Asset
			2.3.2 Competition Between Two Countries
	3 Labor Productivity
	4 Conclusion
	References
Productivity Spillovers from Export Destinations to Domestic Firms: A Networks Analysis
	1 Introduction
	2 A Networks Framework to Study the Diffusion of Information from Export Destinations
		2.1 Defining a Network
		2.2 Network Measures
	3 Data and Methodology
	4 Results
	5 Conclusion
	References
Lessons from East Asian Growth: Innovation Matters
	1 Introduction
	2 Theoretic Implications
	3 China\'s Recent Economic Rise
		3.1 Growth Records
		3.2 Partial Liberalization with Special Economic Zones
		3.3 Influences from Taiwan and Hong Kong
			3.3.1 Institution Transplantation
			3.3.2 Massive Input Flows
			3.3.3 The Taiwan and Hong Kong Nexuses
			3.3.4 Some Remarks
		3.4 Special Choices by China
		3.5 Some Lessons from China
		3.6 Alternative Views on PRC\'s Growth?
	4 Some Structured Samples of East Asian Facts from Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
		4.1 Examples in Early Times
		4.2 Examples in Recent Decades
		4.3 Examples from Other Asian Economies
		4.4 Some Implications
	5 East Asian Facts from Korea and Taiwan
		5.1 Korea Succeeds in DRAM with Patient Capital
		5.2 TSMC Dominates in Foundry Market with Trust Created by Policy
	6 How May East Asian Growth Records Benefit Indian Development?
		6.1 Getting the Basics Right
		6.2 Getting the Institution Right
		6.3 Enhancing Market Orientation (The Wrong Emphasis of Brazil Relative to PRC)
		6.4 Self-discovery and Smart Planning Are Essential
		6.5 Any Useful Lesson from East Asia?
	A.1 Some Quantitative Exercise for Illustration
		A.1.1 An Application on Innovation
		A.1.2 Three Types of Innovation
		A.1.3 A Model of Competition of an Innovative Heterogeneous Oligopoly
		A.1.4 Remark: The Learning Curve Explained
		A.1.5 Three Types of Firms, Again
	References