Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

1987 - 2025

Current editor(s): Yixiao Zhou

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Volume 39, issue 2, 2025

Do Children Come First? Evidence From the Impact of Two Major Economic Crises on Children Education in Thailand pp. 3-29

Aeggarchat Sirisankanan and Papar Kananurak

Corporate Financial Performance Following the Opening of China's High‐Speed Rail: A Firm‐Level Perspective on Supply Chain Performance pp. 30-46

Fei Xu, XingRui Kang, Jiao Zhang, LiWei Qi, Zhuo Xu and Yi Lv

The Effects of Environmental Policy Stringency on Firms' Performances: Focusing on Korean Manufacturing Industry pp. 47-60

Jinhee Lee and Cheol Jong Song

The Impact of State‐Owned Assets Supervision System Reform on the Performance of State‐Owned Enterprises: Evidence From the ‘Two Types of Companies’ Pilot Policy in China pp. 61-73

Guangqian Ren, Man Jing and Li Liu

Do Fiscal Regimes Matter for Fiscal Sustainability in India? pp. 74-89

Arjun and Bibhuti Ranjan Mishra

Firm Survival in China's Steel Industry: The Impact of ICT pp. 90-103

Feng Yu, Qiaomin Li and Jianfeng Ma

The Cross‐Industry Contagion Network of Systemic Risk: Evidence From China pp. 104-121

Limei Sun, Qing Shen and Xiaoqing Huang

Job Employment and Vertical Mismatch: Evidence From Thailand pp. 122-133

Siritas Kettanurak

Cash Subsidies for the Poor: Evaluating Thailand's State Welfare Card Programme pp. 134-146

Wannaphong Durongkaveroj

The Proposed Smart Supply Chain Management of Operations and Distributions in Forest and Agricultural Products pp. 147-160

Trung Tuan Nguyen, Hai Van Pham, Thu Huyen Nguyen, Minh Hoan Pham and Thi Minh Ngoc Tong

Does China's Technological Innovation Affect China–US Relation, or Vice Versa? pp. 161-173

Kai‐Hua Wang, Li‐Li Liu, Hong‐Wen Liu and Lu Liu

‘Gold Miss’ or ‘Earthy Mom’? Evidence From Thailand pp. 174-185

Lusi Liao and Sasiwimon Warunsiri Paweenawat

Singapore's State‐Led Capitalism in a Rules‐Based World Order ‐ by Lee Khuay Khiang pp. 186-187

Anne Booth

Globalisation: Perak’s Rise, Relative Decline and Regeneration Sultan ‐ by Nazrin Shah pp. 188-189

Prema‐chandra Athukorala

Our Dollar, Your Problem: An Insider’s View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance and the Road Ahead ‐ by Stephen Grenville pp. 190-192

Stephen Grenville

Best Laid Plans: The Inside Story of Reform in Aung San Suu Kyi's Myanmar ‐ by Sean Turnell pp. 193-195

Hal Hill

Designing Competition Policy for Economic Development in Asia and the Pacific ‐ edited by Arsenio Balisacan, Yesim Elhan‐Kayalar, Majah‐Leah Ravago, James Roumasset, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Tetsushi Sonobe pp. 196-197

Michael T. Schaper

The Strategic Logic of China's Economy: Milennial Pathways, Mega‐Strategy, and the World in 2100 ‐ by Huw Mckay pp. 198-199

Tom Westland

Volume 39, issue 1, 2025

Do geographic distance, cultural distance, and political hazards equally matter for Japanese firms' outbound mergers and acquisitions? A firm‐ and deal‐level empirical analysis pp. 3-33

Yanwen Jiang and Mikiharu Noma

The effect of manufacturing growth in Vietnam: the test of Kaldor's first law pp. 34-48

Yuta Tsukada

The over‐education wage penalty across the wage distribution: a case study of STEM PhD holders in South Korea pp. 49-64

Kihong Park

Exploring the effects of rules of origin and tariff margins on China's export enterprise under the China–Korea Free Trade Agreement pp. 65-85

Yahui Qu, Hong'en Yang, Kedong Wu and Yongxiang Jiao

Is a single minimum wage policy viable option? Evidence from the impact of minimum wage on youth employment in Malaysia pp. 86-101

Hazrul Shahiri, Zulkifly Osman and Mukhriz Izraf Azman Aziz

Projecting the long‐run impact of an economic reform: The case of the Indonesian Omnibus Law pp. 102-130

Krisna Gupta, Arianto Patunru and Paul Gretton

Does tight monetary policy threaten the soundness of Korean banks? pp. 131-151

Ji‐Yong Seo

State‐owned equity participation and corporate green innovation: evidence from Chinese private enterprises pp. 152-171

Qingzhen Deng, Liguang Zhang, Shasha Wang, Yunxiang Liao and Jiaqi Zeng

Rural public investment and wage inequality under small‐scale agriculture modernization pp. 172-187

Dianshuang Wang, Luhan Ji, Zixin Hu and Lian Hu

Does investor sentiment enhance the impact of ESG ratings on firms' financial performance? Evidence from China pp. 188-215

Qingyu Hu and Qi Wang

The impact of domestic market fragmentation on China's food import prices pp. 216-236

Lin Sun, Li Xu and M. R. Reed

Volume 38, issue 2, 2024

Service sector agglomeration and industrial structure optimisation: evidence from China's resource‐based cities pp. 3-21

Lei Nie, Yuanyuan Wang and Yanrui Wu

Spillover effects of Japanese firms and the role of absorptive capacity in Vietnam pp. 22-41

Vu Hoang Duong and Tuong Phi Vinh

Is carbon emission trading policy a panacea? The implications of promoting green total factor productivity pp. 42-55

Zhangting Hui and Chang Hwan Choi

Land financialisation and housing prices: evidence from China pp. 56-74

Yinxin Su, Xiaofen Yu, Mingzhi Hu and Yuzhe Wu

The effects of weather shock on income inequality: evidence from Asia‐Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies pp. 75-101

Woo‐Hyung Hong and Wongi Kim

What drives the foreign investment in Nepal? Investors' perception analysis pp. 102-122

Pujan Adhikari, Rohan Byanjankar, Surya Subba, Siddha Raj Bhatta and Prayush Man Shrestha

The impact of feminism‐related public discussions on the promotion of female senior executives: evidence from China pp. 123-139

Jing Liu

The Coalitions Presidents Make: Presidential Power and Its Limits in Democratic Indonesia ‐ by Marcus Mietzner pp. 140-144

R. William Liddle

Fixing the Foundation—Teachers and Basic Education in East Asia and Pacific ‐ by Rythia Afkar, Tara Beteille, Mary E. Breeding, Toby Linden, Andrew E. Mason, Aaditya Mattoo, Tobias Pfutze, Lars M. Sondergaard, and Noah Yarrow pp. 145-146

Anne Daly

After the Coup: Myanmar's Political and Humanitarian Crises ‐ edited by Anthony Ware and Monique Skidmore pp. 146-149

Adam McCarty and Katie Brennan

Shaping Long‐Term Care in Emerging Asia: Policy and Country Experiences ‐ Edited by. Vasoontara S. Yiengprugsawan and John Piggott pp. 149-150

Philip O'Keefe

Volume 38, issue 1, 2024

Trade liberalisation and the wage premium: evidence from Thai manufacturing pp. 3-33

Juthathip Jongwanich

Can common institutional ownership inhibit the formation of zombie firms? Evidence from China pp. 34-56

Hao Ding

Influence of social pension on well‐being and health of the rural elderly: the case of South Korea pp. 57-74

Jiyeon An and Taehyun Ahn

Does an economic crisis deflate education bubble and inequality? Lessons from South Korea 1997–2020 pp. 75-92

Taiwon Ha

The impact of venture capital on the digital industry development: evidence from China pp. 93-109

Yan Li, Qina Zhu and Fengfu Mao

How does intellectual property system affect technology entrepreneurship: evidence from Chinese prefecture‐level cities pp. 110-130

Fusen Zhao, Yuhao Zhao and Silin Li

Heterogeneous trade effects of technical non‐tariff measures: Vietnamese agricultural imports pp. 131-144

Nguyen Bich Ngoc, Luu Hai Dang, Ngo Thi Tuyet Mai, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hong, Do Thi Huong and Tran Hoang Ha

Impact of non‐tariff measures on the survival of China's fresh fruit exports pp. 145-170

Shiguang Peng, Le Wang and Lei Xu

The Belt and Road Initiative and export variety: 1996–2019 pp. 171-203

Yuxin Lu and Joanna Wolszczak‐Derlacz

Tourism‐induced growth and quality of life: the Singapore story pp. 204-224

Sook Rei Tan, Jacob Wood, Haejin Jang, Caroline Wong and Changtai Li

Developing Asia's fiscal landscape and challenges pp. 225-258

Eugenia Go, Sam Hill, Maria Hanna Jaber, Yothin Jinjarak, Donghyun Park and Anton Ragos

Albert Winsemius and Singapore: Here it Is Going to Happen, Euston Quah ‐ by Luke Nursultan Iuldashov and Zach Lee pp. 259-261

Anne Booth

Power and Progress: Our Thousand‐Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity ‐ by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson pp. 261-264

Neil Byron

An Unlikely Prisoner ‐ by Sean Turnell pp. 264-265

Adam McCarty