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The Economic Policy Forum – Emerging Economies Think Tank
Alliance for High Quality Growth (EPF) is an alliance of think
tanks and thought leadership organizations from emerging
markets as well as developed economies around the world.
HKUST IEMS has recently become a member of the Forum as
of 2014.
The EPF serves as a platform for a global network of members
and partners to share knowledge and collaborate on research
that aims to address economic policy challenges faced by
emerging markets. Currently the EPF comprises 26 members,
4 of which are from Asia, including HKUST IEMS. EPF members
HKUST IEMS JOINS THE ECONOMIC POLICY FORUM
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University-Industry Linkages in Indonesia and Vietnam: A Comparative Perspective Erik Baark
Division of Social Science / Environment
Social Networks and the Geographic Pattern of EMNC Expansion Overseas
Joon Nak Choi
Department of Management
Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: Unpacking the CEO-Board Relationship
in New Ventures
Sam Garg
Department of Management
Market Access and Capital Structure: Evidence from China
Vidhan K. Goyal
Department of Finance
College Majors and Career Trajectories during China’s Economic Transformation
James Lee
Division of Social Science
Can the Poor be Incentivised to Save? A Study of Migrant Domestic Workers in
Hong Kong
Sujata Visaria
Department of Economics
Understanding Firms in Emerging Transitional Economies:
China and Central-Eastern Europe Compared
Jin Wang
Division of Social Science
Self-employment and Entrepreneurship in Post-Socialist Transition Economies:
A Comparative Study of China, Russia, and Vietnam since the 1990s
Xiaogang Wu
Division of Social Science
China’s International and Intranational Risk-sharing
Juanyi Xu
Department of Economics
HKUST IEMS RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED SPRING 2014
undertake policy initiatives and determine topics of common
interest, and jointly work on policy recommendations relevant
to their respective countries. Current policy initiatives include
Resources Policy, Regional Integration, Urbanisation and
Migration, and Diversification Strategies.
The EPF wa s i n i t i a t ed by Deu t s che Ge s e l l s cha f t f ü r
Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the German agency
for international cooperation. Its main sponsor is currently
the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development (BMZ).
