Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

1987 - 2023

Current editor(s): Ron Duncan

From Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, The Australian National University
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Volume 37, issue 1, 2023

Glass ceiling or sticky floor? Evidence from a distributional approach of the gender wage gap among PhD holders in South Korea pp. 3-19

Myounghwan Kim and Kihong Park

Trade and employment in Vietnam: how firms' trade matters pp. 20-38

Dong Xuan Nguyen

Identifying income heterogeneity determinants using the method of moments quantile regression pp. 39-66

Taiwon Ha

The impact of world oil price shocks on macroeconomic variables in Vietnam: the transmission through domestic oil price pp. 67-87

Pham T. T. Trinh and Bui T. T. My

Ill‐intentioned or well‐intentioned: earnings management and trade credit pp. 88-120

Xingxing Hu, Xiaobao Song and Wunhong Su

Economic ideas and policy outcomes: applications to climate and energy pp. 121-133

Ross Garnaut

In Sickness and in Health: Diagnosing Indonesia ‐ by Firman Witoelar and Ariane Utomo pp. 134-138

Anne Booth

Robots and AI: A New Economic Era ‐ edited by Lili Yan Ing and Gene M. Grossman pp. 138-140

Michael Coelli

Gambling on Development: Why some Countries Win and Others Lose ‐ by Stefan Dercon pp. 140-143

Hal Hill

Volume 36, issue 2, 2022

The developmental leader pp. 3-16

Murat Ali Yülek and K. Ali Akkemik

How do political connections affect the formation of zombie firms? Evidence from Chinese manufacturing listed enterprises pp. 17-31

Wei Shao, Ziqi Chen and Huaiyu Liu

Barriers to e‐commerce adoption: evidence from the retail and food and beverage sectors in Malaysia pp. 32-51

Andrew Jia‐Yi Kam and Siew Yean Tham

Does the minimum wage improve the welfare of workers? Evidence from the 2013 minimum wage reform in Thailand pp. 52-70

Wannaphong Durongkaveroj

The motherhood effect on labour market outcomes: evidence from South Korea pp. 71-88

Anna Kim and Youjin Hahn

Spatial effects of institutional quality on firm performance: evidence from Vietnam pp. 89-105

The Nguyen Huynh

Military technology and the North Korean economy: evidence from time‐series data pp. 106-117

Jang C. Jin and Go En Chang

50 Years of CSIS—Ideas and Policy in Indonesia Peter McCawley pp. 118-123

Andrew Elek

Development Strategies of Open Economies: Cases from Emerging East and Southeast Asia ‐ by Frank S. T. Hsiao and Mei‐Chu Wang Hsiao pp. 124-126

Wannaphong Durongkaveroj

Myanmar: Politics, Economy and Society ‐ edited by Adam Simpson and Nicholas Farrelly pp. 126-128

Adam McCarty and Callum Furness

The Economic Consequences of Globalization on Thailand ‐ by Juthathip Jongwanich pp. 129-130

Tham Siew Yean

Periphery and Small Ones Matter: Interplay of Policy and Social Capital ‐ by Iwan J. Azis pp. 130-132

Gita Wirjawan

Volume 36, issue 1, 2022

Corruption and anti‐corruption in China: a review and future research agenda pp. 3-16

Shenghui Tong

Place‐based price differentials of prostitution: a case study in Yangon, Myanmar pp. 17-29

Hiroyuki Yamada, Yuki Kanayama, Kanako Yoshikawa and Kyaw Wai Aung

Remittances and income inequality in the Philippines pp. 30-47

Selçuk Akçay

Gig employment in the Malaysian manufacturing industry: a cross‐sectional analysis pp. 48-66

J.S. Keshminder, Md Aslam Mia, Mohammad Nourani and Miao Zhang

How do zombie firms affect innovation: from the perspective of credit resources distortion pp. 67-87

Xiaole Qiao, Lin Song and Xiaomin Fan

Non‐tariff measures and Vietnam's export performance pp. 88-104

Dang Hai Luu and Craig R. Parsons

Unintended consequences of the retirement‐age extension in South Korea pp. 105-125

Tai Lee and Joonmo Cho

The two faces of urbanisation and productivity: Enhance or inhibit? New evidence from Chinese firm‐level data pp. 126-142

Lichao Wu, Yanpeng Jiang, Lili Wang and Xinhao Qiao

Globalisation, Poverty, and Income Inequality: Insights from Indonesia ‐ edited by Richard Barichello, Arianto A. Patunru, and Richard Schwindt pp. 143-145

Wannaphong Durongkaveroj

Inequality and Exclusion in Southeast Asia: Old Fractures, New Frontiers edited by ‐ Lee Hwok Aun and Christopher Choong (eds) pp. 145-147

Adam McCarty

One Currency, Two Markets: China's Attempt to Internationalize the Renminbe ‐ by Edwin L.‐C. Lai pp. 147-148

James Riedel

Twenty K.R. Narayanan Orations: Essays by Eminent Persons on the Rapidly Transforming Indian Economy ‐ edited by Raghbendra Jha pp. 148-150

Kunal Sen

Volume 35, issue 2, 2021

Infrastructure investment and marginal spending behaviour of households pp. 3-17

Jingxin Hu, Tao Li and Guanghe Ran

Thirty‐year assessment of Asian Development Bank's forecasts pp. 18-40

Yoichi Tsuchiya

Poverty and income inequality effects of the relocation program in Shaanxi, China pp. 41-59

Cong Li, Lei Wang, Marcus W. Feldman and Shuzhuo Li

Globally chained economies, unwitting victims of the US‐China trade war pp. 60-76

Jie Wu, Chan‐Guk Huh and Jacob Wood

Revisiting the effects of demographic dynamics on economic growth in Asia: a panel vector‐autoregressive approach with a saving channel pp. 77-94

Hiroyuki Taguchi, Ni Lar and Sereyvuth Ky

The value‐added creation effect of industry position in global value chains: implications for Asia‐Pacific economies pp. 95-122

Soonchan Park and Innwon Park

Does financial inclusion improve bank performance in the Asian region? pp. 123-135

Duc H. Vo and Nhan T. Nguyen

The effect of increasing retirement age on consumption in China pp. 136-150

Zhan Cao and Yizhou Tang

The benefits of economic openness for North Korea pp. 151-164

Jang C. Jin

International Trade: What Everyone Needs to Know ‐ by Anne O. Krueger pp. 165-171

Julio Nogues

Gender Inequality: Socioeconomic Analysis and Developing Country Case Studies ‐ by Clement A. Tisdell pp. 172-173

Anne Booth

Resource and Environmental Economics: Modern Issues and Applications ‐ edited by Clement Tisdell pp. 173-174

Neil Byron

China and the West ‐ edited by Jan Svejnar and Justin Yifu Lin pp. 174-175

Andrew Elek

Flying Blind: Vietnam's Decision to Join ASEAN ‐ by Nguyen Vu Tung pp. 175-176

Frank Frost

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans‐Pacific Partnership: Implications for Southeast Asia ‐ edited by Cassey Lee and Pritish Bhattacharya pp. 177-178

Paul Gretton

The Informal Economy in Development. Evidence from German, British and Australian New Guinea ‐ by John D. Conroy pp. 178-180

Ron J. May

Volume 35, issue 1, 2021

The non‐linearity between finance and economic growth: a literature review and evidence from China pp. 3-18

Guangdong Xu and Binwei Gui

Trade, technology, and the labour market: impacts on wage inequality within countries pp. 19-35

Wenxiao Wang, Christopher Findlay and Shandre Thangavelu

The impact of microfinance on poverty and income inequality in developing countries pp. 36-48

Yogeeswari Subramaniam, Tajul Ariffin Masron, Mastura A. Wahab and Md Aslam Mia

Return home and start new businesses: internal migration in China pp. 49-66

Liqiong Lin, Mohamad Revindo, Christopher Gan and Quang Thi Thieu Nguyen

How does GVC reconstruction affect economic growth and employment? Analysis of USA–China decoupling pp. 67-81

Jie Wu, Jacob Wood and Xianhai Huang

The inversion of married women's labour supply and wage: Evidence from Thailand pp. 82-98

Lusi Liao and Sasiwimon Paweenawat

China's trilemma: monetary policy autonomy in an economy with a managed floating exchange rate pp. 99-107

Huiqing Li, Yixuan Xu and Ying Zhuang

Investment climate and foreign direct investment in Malaysia: firm‐level evidence pp. 108-119

Kui Ming Tiong, Ming Yu Cheng and Chee-Keong Choong

Chinese imports and income inequality: evidence from six East Asian economies pp. 120-133

Mathew Y. H. Wong

Are Asian least developed countries sidelined in advanced manufacturing production networks? pp. 134-152

Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy and Alisa DiCaprio

The Political Economy of Southeast Asia: Politics and Uneven Development under Hyperglobalisation (Fourth Edition) ‐ edited by Toby Carroll, Shahar Hameiri and Lee Jones pp. 153-157

Anne Booth

Radical Uncertainty. Decision‐Making for an Unknowable Future ‐ by John Kay and Mervyn King pp. 157-160

Hal Hill

Invisible China: How the Urban‐Rural Divide Threatens China's Rise ‐ by Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell pp. 161-162

Anne Booth

Democracy in Indonesia: From Stagnation to Regression? ‐ edited by Thomas Power and Eve Warburton pp. 162-164

R. William Liddle