Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

1987 - 2025

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Volume 32, issue 2, 2018

China's Belt and Road Initiative: underlying economic and international relations dimensions pp. 3-26

Peter J. Rimmer

Recovery from the Asian financial crisis: the importance of non‐monetary financial factors pp. 27-41

Wenjun Xue and Jason E. Taylor

Industry dynamics in Growth Triangles: the E&E industry in SIJORI 25 years on pp. 42-63

Francis E. Hutchinson and Leo van Grunsven

Determinants of agricultural protection in China and the rest of the world pp. 64-75

Wenshou Yan and Kaixing Huang

Political extraction and corporate cash holdings in China pp. 76-94

Yaoqin Li, Xixiong Xu and Weiyu Gan

Educational mismatches and job resolution in South Korea, the USA, and Germany pp. 95-108

Yeasung Jeong, Ayoung Lee and Joonmo Cho

Vertical and horizontal mismatches and career mobility: evidence from female college graduates pp. 109-125

Kihong Park

Performance drivers in the casino industry of South Korea pp. 126-134

Woo‐Hyuk Kim

Food Security and Scarcity: Why Ending Hunger Is So Hard ‐ by C. Peter Timmer pp. 135-138

Peter Warr

Indonesia in the New World: Globalisation, Nationalism and Sovereignty ‐ Edited by Arianto A. Patunru, Mari Pangestu and M. Chatib Basri pp. 139-141

R. William Liddle

Production Networks in Southeast Asia ‐ by Lili Yan Ing and Fukunari Kimura pp. 141-143

Deasy D. P. Pane

Lucky Boy in the Lucky Country, the Autobiograpy of Max Corden, Economist ‐ by Warner Max Corden pp. 143-144

James Riedel

The Indonesian Economy: Trade and Industrial Policies ‐ edited by Lili Yan Ing, Gordon H. Hanson and Sri Mulyani Indrawati pp. 144-146

Jay K. Rosengard

A Regional Economic History of Thailand ‐ by Porphant Ouyyanont pp. 146-147

Supruet Thavornyutikarn

Foreign Direct Investment and the Chinese Economy ‐ by Chunlai Chen pp. 148-149

Xinpeng Xu

Volume 32, issue 1, 2018

The costs and benefits of exchange rate protection in China pp. 3-17

James Riedel

The gender-corruption nexus in Asia pp. 18-28

Sasiwimon Paweenawat

Measuring the dynamics of APEC output connectedness pp. 29-44

Jonathan E. Ogbuabor, God’stime O. Eigbiremolen, Gladys C. Aneke and Charles Manasseh

Economic growth, inequality, and poverty in Vietnam pp. 45-58

Cuong Nguyen and Nguyet M. Pham

Are China's unit labour costs still competitive? A comparison with ASEAN countries pp. 59-76

Yuming Cui and Changrong Lu

Entrepreneurship and family businesses in Thailand pp. 77-93

Weerachart Kilenthong and Kittipong Rueanthip

Do trade agreements increase Vietnam's exports to RCEP markets? pp. 94-107

Tien Dzung Nguyen

The impact of structural adjustment on housing prices in China pp. 108-119

Haiyong Zhang and Xinyu Wang

Ethnic group returns to education during the early post†colonial period in Malaysia pp. 120-130

Hazrul Shahiri and Kihong Park

Gender differences in formal credit approaches: rural households in Vietnam pp. 131-138

Thi Kieu Van Tran, Ehsan Elahi, Liqin Zhang, Muhammad Abid, Quang Trung Pham and Thuy Duong Tran

Digital Indonesia: Connectivity and Divergence †Edited by Edwin Jurriëns and Ross Tapsell pp. 139-141

Andrew Sheng

China's War Against the Many Faces of Poverty: Towards a New Long March †By Jing Yang and Pundarik Mukhopadhaya pp. 142-143

Asis Banerjee

The Limits of the Market: The Pendulum Between Government and Market †By Paul De Grauwe pp. 143-144

Panchali Guha

The Future of the Belt and Road: Long†term Strategic Issues †By Andrew Elek pp. 144-145

Paul Hubbard

Merchants, Bankers, Governors: British Enterprise in Singapore and Malaya 1786–1920 †Edited by Peter Drake pp. 145-146

Gregg Huff

Social Welfare Functions and Development: Measurement and Policy Applications †By Nanak Kakwani and Hyun Hwa Son pp. 146-148

Raghbendra Jha

Why Forests? Why Now? The Science, Economics and Politics of Tropical Forests and Climate Change †By Frances Seymour and Jonah Busch pp. 148-149

David Kaimowitz

Capital Mobility in Asia: Causes and Consequences †By Juthathip Jongwanich pp. 149-151

Wishnu Mahraddika

Volume 31, issue 2, 2017

Reform in an imperfect world: the case of Indonesia pp. 3-18

Muhamad Basri

Middle-income countries: trapped or merely slowing? pp. 19-29

Shahid Yusuf

The Asian crisis: what did we learn and when did we learn it? pp. 30-44

Stephen Grenville

The emerging core characteristics of Vietnam's political economy pp. 45-60

Adam Fforde

How growth deceleration in the PRC affects other Asian economies pp. 61-77

Minsoo Lee, Donghyun Park and Arief Ramayandi

Host countries’ growth opportunities and China's outward FDI pp. 78-95

Jun Shen and Li Li

TBT and SPS impacts on Korean exports to China: empirical analysis using the PPML method pp. 96-114

Jacob Wood, Jie Wu, Yilin Li and Jungsuk Kim

Determinants of bilateral trade: evidence from ASEAN+3 pp. 115-122

Dong Phong Nguyen and Xuan Vinh Vo

Industry competition in China: an external governance mechanism or an external incentive pp. 123-136

Tingting Zhang, Weiqiang Zeng, Ruohan Zhong and Yanxi Li

India’s Long Road: The Search for Prosperity by Vijay Joshi Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2016 Pp. xi + 345. ISBN 978 0 19 061013 5 pp. 137-145

Prema-chandra Athukorala

The Despot’s Guide to Wealth Management: On the International Campaign Against Grand Corruption by Jason C. Sharman Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 2017 Pp. 274. ISBN 978 1 5017 0551 9 pp. 145-148

Medhi Krongkaew

Outward Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN edited by Cassey Lee and Sineenat Sermcheep (eds) ISEAS Publishing, Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore, 2017 Pp. 231 + xix. ISBN 978 981 47 6240 3 pp. 148-150

Theodore H. Moran

Banking on the future of Asia and the Pacific: 50 years of the Asian Development Bank by Peter McCawley Asian Development Bank, Manila, 2017 Pp. 522. ISBN 978 92 9257 791 9 pp. 151-155

Gerardo P. Sicat

The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Path to Free Trade in the Asia Pacific edited by Peter C.Y. Chow (ed.) Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, UK, 2016 Pp. 305 + ix. ISBN 978 1 78536 003 9 pp. 156-157

Malcolm Bosworth

Dictators, Democrats, and Development in Southeast Asia: Implications for the Rest by Michael T. Rock Oxford University Press, New York, 2017 Pp. xvii +342. ISBN 978 0 19 061986 2 pp. 157-159

Dilip K. Das

The Evolution of Central Banking and Monetary Policy in the Asia-Pacific by Akhand Akhtar Hossain Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, UK, 2015 Pp. 636. ISBN: 978 0 85793 780 3 pp. 159-160

Hemantha K.J. Ekanayake

Economic Change in Modern Indonesia: Colonial and Post-Colonial Comparisons by Anne Booth Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2016 Pp. x + 261. ISBN 978 1 107 10922 3 (hardback); 978 1 107 52139 1 (paperback) pp. 160-162

David Henley

Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization by Branko Milanovic Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2016 Pp. 299 + ix. ISBN: 978067473136 pp. 162-164

Hal Hill

Promises and Predicaments: Trade and Entrepreneurship in Colonial and Independent Indonesia in the 19th and 20th Centuries edited by Alicia Schrikker and Jeroen Touwen (eds) NUS Press, Singapore, 2015 Pp. 334. ISBN: 978 9971 69 851 5 pp. 164-165

Masato Karashima

Age Related Pension Expenditure and Fiscal Space: Modelling Techniques and Case Studies from East Asia edited by Mukul G. Asher and Fauziah Zen (eds) Routledge, London, 2016 Pp. 190 + xiv. ISBN 978 1 38 82579 6 pp. 165-167

Wasana Karunarathne

Australia’s Foreign Aid Dilemma: Humanitarian Aspirations Confront Democratic Legitimacy by Jack Corbett Routledge, Abingdon, 2017 Pp. 214 + xv. ISBN: 978 1 138 69671 6 pp. 167-169

Peter McCawley

Competition Law, Regulation and SMEs in the Asia-Pacific: Understanding the Small Business Perspective edited by Michael T. Schaper and Cassey Lee (eds) Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2016 Pp. 395 + xx. ISBN 978 981 4695 80 0 pp. 169-171

Burton Ong

The Asian ‘Poverty Miracle’ Impressive Accomplishments or Incomplete Achievements? edited by Jacques Silber and Guanghua Wan (eds) Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2016 Pp. 329 + ix. ISBN 978 1 78536 914 8 pp. 171-172

Anu Rammohan

The SIJORI Cross-Border Region: Transnational Politics, Economics, and Culture edited by Francis E. Hutchinson and Terence Chong (eds) ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore, 2016 Pp. 481 + xxvii. ISBN 978 981 4695 58 9 pp. 172-174

James D Sidaway

Achieving Food Security in China: The Challenges Ahead by Zhang-Yue Zhou Routledge, Oxford and New York, 2017 Pp. 156. ISBN 978 1 138 80747 1 pp. 174-176

Ray Trewin

Living Next to the Giant: The Political Economy of Vietnam’s Relations with China under Doi Moi by Le Hong Hiep ISEAS Publishing, Singapore, 2017 Pp. viii–xiv, 1–259. ISBN: 978 981 4459 63 1 pp. 176-177

Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet

Volume 31, issue 1, 2017

Exchange rate policy in the pacific: an evaluation of currency basket regimes pp. 3-20

Naoyuki Yoshino, Matthias Helble and Ahmad Prasetyo

Exporter responses to FTA tariff preferences: evidence from Thailand pp. 21-38

Juthathip Jongwanich and Archanun Kohpaiboon

Real exchange rate misalignment of Asian currencies pp. 39-52

Dosse Toulaboe

Impacts of household loan regulation on financial stability: evidence from Korea pp. 53-65

Dong Jin Shin and Brian H.S. Kim

Privatisation and trade performance: evidence from China pp. 66-78

Jing Yan

The impact of tax rebates on export performance: China's textile exports to the USA pp. 79-89

Qun Bao, Jack Hou, Kunwang Li and Xiaosong Wang

Crisis and Recovery: Learning from the Asian Experience by Jong-Wha Lee World Scientific Publishing 2016 Pp. xxxix + 593. ISBN 978 981 4749 63 3 pp. 90-91

Andrew Elek

China's Next Strategic Advantage: From Imitation to Innovation by George S. Yip and Bruce McKern The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2016 Pp. 304. ISBN 978 026 2034 586 pp. 91-93

Nicholas C. Hope

China's Economic Growth Prospects: From Demographic Dividend to Reform Dividend by Cai Fang Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2016 Pp. xii + 234. ISBN 978 1 78100 584 2 pp. 93-94

Chao Li

From Darkness to Light: Energy Security Assessment in Indonesia's Power Sector by Maxensius Tri Sambodo ISEAS: Yusof Ishak Institute. Singapore, 2016 Pp. xx + 194. ISBN 978 981 4695 3 (soft cover), 978 981 4695 48 0 (E-book PDF) pp. 94-95

Peter McCawley

Measuring Welfare Beyond Economics: The Genuine Progress of Hong Kong and Singapore by Claudio O. Delang and Yi Hang Yu Routledge, London, 2015 Pp. 194. ISBN 978 0415 813 839 pp. 96-97

Pundarik Mukhopadhaya

Mindanao: The Long Journey to Peace and Prosperity edited by Paul D. Hutchcroft (ed.) Anvil Publishing, Manila, 2016 Pp. 336. ISBN: 978 6 214 20008 5 pp. 97-99

Matthew Stephens

The Political Economy of China's Great Transformation by Xingyuan Feng, Christer Ljungwall, and Sujian Guo Routledge, London, 2017 Pp. xx + 243. ISBN: 978 1 138 94400 8 pp. 99-101

Dong Dong Zhang