East Asian seminar on economics focuses on fiscal policy and management.

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The NBER's Sixteenth Annual East Asian Seminar on Economics (EASE), sponsored jointly with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKU), Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), China Center for Economic Research (CCER), Singapore Management University (SMU), Korea Development Institute (KDI), Tokyo Center for Economic Research (TCER), Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER), and the Australian Productivity Commission, took place in Manila, Philippines, on June 23-25. The organizers were NBER Research Associates Takatoshi Ito, of Tokyo University, and Andrew K. Rose, of University of California, Berkeley. The theme of the meeting was fiscal policy and management. The following papers were discussed:

Roger Gordon, NBER and University of California, San Diego, and Wei Li, University of Virginia, 'Financial, Taxation, and Regulatory Structures in Developing Countries" Discussants: Francis Lui and Ponciano Intal

Roberto Mariano and Delano Villanueva, SMU, "Sustainable External Debt Levels: Estimates for Selected Asian Countries" Discussants: Francis Lui and Rosario Manasan

Seok-Kyun Hur, KDI, "Measuring the Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy in Korea" Discussants: Wei LI and Yum-Keung Kwan

Raj Chetty, NBER and University of California, Berkeley, and Adam Looney, Federal Reserve Board, "Social Insurance in Developing Economies" Discussants: Roger Gordon and Mario Lamberte

Chih-Chin Ho, National Taiwan University, and Brian Erard, B. Erard & Associates, "Estate and Gift Taxation in Taiwan: An Analysis of the Current System and Some Proposals for Reform" Discussants: Takatoshi Ito and Felipe Medalla

Wilson Au-Yeung, Jason McDonald, and Amanda Sayegh, Australian Treasury, "Australian Government Balance Sheet Management" Discussants: Youngsun Koh and Eli Remolona

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