W G Huff
Biographic Data
| ID | 1064844 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W G Huff |
| GIVEN NAMES | W G |
| FAMILY NAME | Huff |
| SIGNATURE | HUFF W G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Glasgow |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 80 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Currency boards and Chinese banks in Malaya and the Philippines before World War II
This article examines the relationship between currency boards and the development of local Chinese deposit banking in Malaya and the Philippines before World War II. While in both countries Chinese banks filled an important gap in financial intermediation, the currency board system – an especially strict version of the classical gold standard – virtually ensured that these institutions remained small. Moreover, in the slump of the 1930s the curr…
Monetization and financial development in Southeast Asia before the Second World War
Using new statistics, this article analyses financial development in Southeast Asia over the seven decades 1870-1939. The region experienced substantial, and in some instances rapid, vent-for-surplus economic growth based on a narrow range of primary commodities. But in 1939 all Southeast Asian countries still had relatively undeveloped financial infrastructures dominated by metropolitan interests, considerably reliant on informal finance, and ge…
Boom-or-Bust Commodities and Industrialization in Pre–World War II Malaya
This article links the terms of trade, money supply, labor market, and money and credit markets to explore a puzzle in Malayan economic history: why, despite rapid growth and high per capita income, did pre–World War II Malaya industrialize so little? A range of data is drawn together to show how for Malayan manufacturers economic boom was accompanied by precipitate deterioration in the real exchange rate, while in a slump credit contracted sharp…
Credibility and Reputation Building in the Developmental State: A Model with East Asian Applications
Entitlements, destitution, and emigration in the 1930s Singapore great depression
This article uses an entitlements approach to analyse the divergent impacts of the 1930s great depression on the diverse population groups of Singapore and its Malay Peninsula hinterland. Contrary to a revisionist argument in the literature that the depression had comparatively little effect on South-east Asia, Singapore was considerably affected. This arose more from the externality of migration of unemployed hinterland workers to the city than …
Hypergrowth in an East Asian NIC: Public policy and capital accumulation in Singapore
Turning the Corner in Singapore's Developmental State
Research Article| March 01 1999 Turning the Corner in Singapore's Developmental State? W. G. Huff W. G. Huff Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1999) 39 (2): 214–242. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645453 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation W…
Capital and Entrepreneurship in South-East Asia
The developmental state, government, and Singapore's economic development since 1960
The Economic Growth of Singapore: Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century
The Economic Growth of Singapore: Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the economic development of Singapore, easily the leading commercial and financial centre in Southeast Asia throughout the twentieth century. This development has been based on a strategic location at the crossroads of Asia, a free trade economy, and a dynamic entrepreneurial tradition. Initial twentieth-century economic success was linked to a group of legendary Chinese entrepreneurs, but by mid-cen…
Capital Markets, Sharecropping and Contestability: Singapore Chinese in the Interwar British Malayan Estate Rubber and Pineapple Industries
The development literature has often drawn attention to two barriers to economic development: an absence of assured property rights and capital market imperfections. The first militates against long-term investment, especially among immigrant and minority groups who may be singled out for discrimination. Nothing is more obvious or immobile than land and fixed capital: uncertain property rights or a risk of confiscation naturally directs preferenc…
The Development of the Rubber Market in Pre-World War II Singapore
The growth of the pre-World War II rubber industry in British Malaya is, in contrast to the staple industries of many less-developed countries, exceptionally well-researched. P.T. Bauer and J.H. Drabble have written seminally on the rubber industry, while a number of others, including C. Barlow, have made important contributions. Yet an outstanding feature of the British Malayan industry remains relatively overlooked: the development of the Singa…
Sharecroppers, Risk, Management, and Chinese Estate Rubber Development in Interwar British Malaya
Bookkeeping barter, money, credit, and Singapore's international rice trade, 1870–1939
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Less Developed Countries
The developmental state, government, and Singapore's economic development since 1960
Boom-or-Bust Commodities and Industrialization in Pre–World War II Malaya
This article links the terms of trade, money supply, labor market, and money and credit markets to explore a puzzle in Malayan economic history: why, despite rapid growth and high per capita income, did pre–World War II Malaya industrialize so little? A range of data is drawn together to show how for Malayan manufacturers economic boom was accompanied by precipitate deterioration in the real exchange rate, while in a slump credit contracted sharp…
Bookkeeping barter, money, credit, and Singapore's international rice trade, 1870–1939
Credibility and Reputation Building in the Developmental State: A Model with East Asian Applications
Entitlements, destitution, and emigration in the 1930s Singapore great depression
This article uses an entitlements approach to analyse the divergent impacts of the 1930s great depression on the diverse population groups of Singapore and its Malay Peninsula hinterland. Contrary to a revisionist argument in the literature that the depression had comparatively little effect on South-east Asia, Singapore was considerably affected. This arose more from the externality of migration of unemployed hinterland workers to the city than …
The Development of the Rubber Market in Pre-World War II Singapore
The growth of the pre-World War II rubber industry in British Malaya is, in contrast to the staple industries of many less-developed countries, exceptionally well-researched. P.T. Bauer and J.H. Drabble have written seminally on the rubber industry, while a number of others, including C. Barlow, have made important contributions. Yet an outstanding feature of the British Malayan industry remains relatively overlooked: the development of the Singa…
Monetization and financial development in Southeast Asia before the Second World War
Using new statistics, this article analyses financial development in Southeast Asia over the seven decades 1870-1939. The region experienced substantial, and in some instances rapid, vent-for-surplus economic growth based on a narrow range of primary commodities. But in 1939 all Southeast Asian countries still had relatively undeveloped financial infrastructures dominated by metropolitan interests, considerably reliant on informal finance, and ge…
Turning the Corner in Singapore's Developmental State
Research Article| March 01 1999 Turning the Corner in Singapore's Developmental State? W. G. Huff W. G. Huff Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1999) 39 (2): 214–242. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645453 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation W…
Hypergrowth in an East Asian NIC: Public policy and capital accumulation in Singapore
Sharecroppers, Risk, Management, and Chinese Estate Rubber Development in Interwar British Malaya
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Less Developed Countries
Bookkeeping barter, money, credit, and Singapore's international rice trade, 1870–1939
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Less Developed Countries
Sharecroppers, Risk, Management, and Chinese Estate Rubber Development in Interwar British Malaya
Capital Markets, Sharecropping and Contestability: Singapore Chinese in the Interwar British Malayan Estate Rubber and Pineapple Industries
The development literature has often drawn attention to two barriers to economic development: an absence of assured property rights and capital market imperfections. The first militates against long-term investment, especially among immigrant and minority groups who may be singled out for discrimination. Nothing is more obvious or immobile than land and fixed capital: uncertain property rights or a risk of confiscation naturally directs preferenc…
The Development of the Rubber Market in Pre-World War II Singapore
The growth of the pre-World War II rubber industry in British Malaya is, in contrast to the staple industries of many less-developed countries, exceptionally well-researched. P.T. Bauer and J.H. Drabble have written seminally on the rubber industry, while a number of others, including C. Barlow, have made important contributions. Yet an outstanding feature of the British Malayan industry remains relatively overlooked: the development of the Singa…
The Economic Growth of Singapore: Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the economic development of Singapore, easily the leading commercial and financial centre in Southeast Asia throughout the twentieth century. This development has been based on a strategic location at the crossroads of Asia, a free trade economy, and a dynamic entrepreneurial tradition. Initial twentieth-century economic success was linked to a group of legendary Chinese entrepreneurs, but by mid-cen…
The developmental state, government, and Singapore's economic development since 1960
The Economic Growth of Singapore: Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century
Capital and Entrepreneurship in South-East Asia
Hypergrowth in an East Asian NIC: Public policy and capital accumulation in Singapore
Turning the Corner in Singapore's Developmental State
Research Article| March 01 1999 Turning the Corner in Singapore's Developmental State? W. G. Huff W. G. Huff Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1999) 39 (2): 214–242. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645453 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation W…
Credibility and Reputation Building in the Developmental State: A Model with East Asian Applications
Entitlements, destitution, and emigration in the 1930s Singapore great depression
This article uses an entitlements approach to analyse the divergent impacts of the 1930s great depression on the diverse population groups of Singapore and its Malay Peninsula hinterland. Contrary to a revisionist argument in the literature that the depression had comparatively little effect on South-east Asia, Singapore was considerably affected. This arose more from the externality of migration of unemployed hinterland workers to the city than …
Boom-or-Bust Commodities and Industrialization in Pre–World War II Malaya
This article links the terms of trade, money supply, labor market, and money and credit markets to explore a puzzle in Malayan economic history: why, despite rapid growth and high per capita income, did pre–World War II Malaya industrialize so little? A range of data is drawn together to show how for Malayan manufacturers economic boom was accompanied by precipitate deterioration in the real exchange rate, while in a slump credit contracted sharp…
Currency boards and Chinese banks in Malaya and the Philippines before World War II
This article examines the relationship between currency boards and the development of local Chinese deposit banking in Malaya and the Philippines before World War II. While in both countries Chinese banks filled an important gap in financial intermediation, the currency board system – an especially strict version of the classical gold standard – virtually ensured that these institutions remained small. Moreover, in the slump of the 1930s the curr…
Monetization and financial development in Southeast Asia before the Second World War
Using new statistics, this article analyses financial development in Southeast Asia over the seven decades 1870-1939. The region experienced substantial, and in some instances rapid, vent-for-surplus economic growth based on a narrow range of primary commodities. But in 1939 all Southeast Asian countries still had relatively undeveloped financial infrastructures dominated by metropolitan interests, considerably reliant on informal finance, and ge…
Economics (14 works) · Political science (10 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (10 works) · Asian Studies and History (9 works) · Market economy (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Development economics (6 works) · Finance (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Economy (5 works)