Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

1987 - 2025

Current editor(s): Yixiao Zhou

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Volume 34, issue 2, 2020

Education, skill training, and lifelong learning in the era of technological revolution: a review pp. 3-19

Jinyoung Kim and Cyn-Young Park

Analysis of Brexit and its policy lessons for Asian integration pp. 20-38

Donghyun Park, Cynthia Castillejos‐Petalcorin and Jungsuk Kim

Effectiveness of industrial policy on firm productivity: evidence from Thai manufacturing pp. 39-63

Juthathip Jongwanich and Archanun Kohpaiboon

The Effects of Youth Job Seeker Allowance in South Korea pp. 64-77

Sung‐Eun Cho and Young‐Min Lee

Effects of free compulsory education on rural well‐being in China pp. 78-92

Yongwei Chen and Ying Zhang

Energy prices and investment in energy efficiency: evidence from Chinese industry 1997–2004 pp. 93-105

Le Tang

Why do Filipinos desire to work more hours? pp. 106-132

Jesus Felipe, Yasuyuki Sawada, Gemma Estrada and Donna Faye Bajaro

Credit constraints and the trade‐off between family size and children's investment in Thailand pp. 133-151

Aeggarchat Sirisankanan

Excess perks in SOEs: evidence from China pp. 152-165

Xiaoyi Ren, Xing Liu and Zongtao Tian

Development and Distribution: Structural Change in South East Asia ‐ by Andrew Sumner Deals and Development: The Political Dynamics of Growth Episodes ‐ edited by Lant Pritchett, Kunal Sen, and Eric Werker pp. 166-170

Neil Byron

Asia's Journey to Prosperity: Policy, Market, and Technology over 50 Years pp. 170-174

Anne O. Krueger

Regional Economics—Fundamental Concepts, Policies and Institutions ‐ by Iwan J. Azis pp. 175-177

Geoffrey Hewings

The Creation of the East Timorese Economy Volume 2: Birth of a Nation ‐ by Mats Lundahl and Fredrik Sjoholm pp. 178-179

Brett Inder

Skilled Labor Mobility and Migration: Challenges and Opportunities for the ASEAN Economic Community ‐ edited by Elisabetta Gentile pp. 179-181

Hai Anh La

The Defeat of Barisan Nasional: Missed Signs or Late Surge? – edited by Francis E. Hutchinson and Lee Hwok Aun pp. 181-183

Greg Lopez

Handbook on China and Globalization ‐ edited by Huiyao Wang and Lu Miao pp. 183-185

Yixiao Zhou

Volume 34, issue 1, 2020

The Asia and Pacific region: development achievements, challenges, and the role of the ADB pp. 3-11

Takehiko Nakao

Service sector development in Asia: an important instrument of growth pp. 12-25

Jungsuk Kim and Jacob Wood

Returns to education among the informally employed in Thailand pp. 26-43

Tanthaka Vivatsurakit and Jessica Vechbanyongratana

The effect of corporate real estate ownership on R&D innovation: credit relief vs. resource replacement in China pp. 44-62

Jie Deng and Jingjing Yang

Empirical study on intra‐regional bond investment: an application to East Asia pp. 63-75

Lian Liu, Yuming Cui and Changrong Lu

The Third Pillar: The Revival of Community in a Polarised World ‐ by Raghuram Rajan pp. 76-78

Sean Ohlendorf

Handbook on Global Value Chains ‐ edited by Stefano Ponte, Garry Giraffe, and Gale Raj‐Reichert pp. 79-80

Prema-chandra Athukorala

The Central Asian Economies in the Twenty‐First Century: Paving a New Silk Road ‐ by Richard Pomfret pp. 80-84

Gouranga Das

The China‐U.S. Trade War and Future Economic Relations ‐ by Lawrence J. Lau pp. 84-85

Ron Duncan

Living with China: A Middle Power Finds Its Way ‐ by Wendy Dobson pp. 85-87

Ron Duncan

World Trade Evolution: Growth, Productivity and Employment ‐ edited by Lili Yan Ing and Miaojie Yu pp. 87-88

Krisna Gupta

Labour in Global Value Chains in Asia ‐ edited by Dev Nathan, Meenu Tewari and Sandip Sarkar Development with Global Value Chains: Upgrading and Innovation in Asia ‐ edited by Dev Nathan, Meenu Tewari and Sandip Sarkar pp. 88-91

Saon Ray

SMEs and Economic Integration in Southeast Asia ‐ edited by Cassey Lee, Dionisius Narjoko and Southea Oum pp. 91-93

Michael T. Schaper

Volume 33, issue 2, 2019

Costs and potential funding of expanded public pension coverage in Asia pp. 3-26

Peter Morgan and Trinh Quang Long

Does history repeat itself? Economic development and policy convergence in Vietnam and South Korea pp. 27-43

Mark Turner, Hae‐Young Jang, Seung‐Ho Kwon and Michael O'Donnell

Decomposing polarisation across developing countries: case study of China, India, and Indonesia pp. 44-61

Arip Muttaqien, Cathal O'Donoghue and Denisa Sologon

How do private transfers respond to public transfers? Evolutionary evidence from Thailand pp. 62-80

Papar Kananurak and Aeggarchat Sirisankanan

China's economic development: does exchange rate and FDI nexus matter? pp. 81-93

Fayyaz Ahmad, Muhammad Umar Draz and Su‐Chang Yang

Rethinking the role of sovereign wealth funds in small island developing states: evidence from Tuvalu and Kiribati pp. 94-107

Tauisi Taupo

Does insurance‐growth nexus hold for Malaysia? pp. 108-120

Zaheer Anwer, Muhammad Ahad and Muhammad Imran

Residual government ownership and corporate investment efficiency in privatised firms: evidence from a transition country pp. 121-127

Xuan Vinh Vo

Effect of promotion pressure and financial burden on investment in public–private partnership infrastructure projects in China pp. 128-142

Ling Wang, Lihong Zhou, Yan Xiong and Dongyi Yan

The Indonesian Economy in Transition: Policy Challenges in the Jokowi Era and Beyond – Edited by Hal Hill and Siwage Dharma Negara pp. 143-145

Iwan Jaya Azis

Economic Catch‐up and Technological Leapfrogging: The Path to Development and Macroeconomic Stability in Korea – by Keun Lee pp. 145-147

Jungho Kim

A Tribute to Ali Wardhana, Indonesia's Longest Serving Finance Minister: From his Writings and his Colleagues – Edited by Mari Pangestu (ed.), Kompas Book Publisher, Jakarta, 2015, Pp. 306 +xiv. ISBN: 978 9 797 09935 0 pp. 147-149

Peter McCawley

The Future of the ASEAN Economic Integration – by Kiki Verico pp. 149-151

Mohamad Revindo

Volume 33, issue 1, 2019

Measuring poverty and income distribution in Southeast Asia pp. 3-20

Anne Booth

Corporate innovation in China and its implications pp. 21-32

Jingjing Yang

Anchor me: the benefits and challenges of fiscal responsibility pp. 33-47

Serhan Cevik

From financial repression to financial crisis? The case of China pp. 48-63

Guangdong Xu and Binwei Gui

Reform of state‐owned enterprises and productivity growth in China pp. 64-77

Xiaobing Huang

Monetary policy responses of Asian countries to spillovers from US monetary policy pp. 78-97

Trinh T. T. Pham and Phuc T. Nguyen

Regulating for telecommunications competition in developing countries: Papua New Guinea pp. 98-112

Bronwyn E. Howell, Petrus H. Potgieter and Ronald Sofe

Enhancing macroeconomic resilience to natural disasters and climate change in the small states of the Pacific pp. 113-130

Ezequiel Cabezon, Leni Hunter, Patrizia Tumbarello, Kazuaki Washimi and Yiqun Wu

Indonesia: Enhancing Productivity through Quality Jobs ‐ Edited by Edimon Ginting, Christopher Manning and Kiyoshi Taniguchi pp. 131-132

Sarah Dong

Reflections on the Thai Economy and Society ‐ By Medhi Krongkaew pp. 132-134

Wannaphong Durongkaveroj

Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Vietnam: A Rising Dragon on the Move ‐ Edited by Finn Tarp pp. 134-136

Phan Le

Regime Resilience in Malaysia and Singapore ‐ Edited by Greg Lopez and Bridget Welsh pp. 136-138

Hwok‐Aun Lee

Facets of India's Economy and Her Society: Recent Economic and Social History and Political Economy ‐ By Raghabendra Jha pp. 138-140

Ravi Mateti

Services Liberalization in ASEAN: Foreign Direct Investment in Logistics ‐ Edited by Tham Siew Yean and Sanchita Basu Das pp. 140-141

Rashesh Shrestha

Realizing Indonesia's Economic Potential ‐ Edited by Luis E. Breuer, Jaime Guajardo and Tidiane Kinda pp. 142-143

Fredrik Sjöholm

Employment and Re‐Industrialisation in Post Soeharto Indonesia ‐ By Mohammad Zulfan Tadjoeddin and Anis Chowdhury pp. 143-145

John Thoburn

In China's Backyard: Policies and Politics of Chinese Resource Investments in Southeast Asia ‐ Edited by Jason Morris‐Jung pp. 145-146

Andrew Jia Yi Kam