Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

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Volume 30, issue 2, 2016

Four-G Episode and the elevated risks pp. 3-32

Iwan J Azis

Trade openness and income inequality in China and the SAARC Region pp. 33-44

Muhammad Zakaria and Bashir Ahmed Fida

Union relevance in the Malaysian labour market pp. 45-56

Hazrul Shahiri, Zulkifly Osman and Kihong Park

Understanding FDI and production networks in East Asia pp. 57-71

Willem Thorbecke and Nimesh Salike

Assessing the trade impacts of the ASEAN + 6 FTA for Lao PDR pp. 72-89

Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy, Hsiao Chink Tang and Alisa DiCaprio

From share issue privatisation to non-tradable share reform: a review of privatisation in China pp. 90-104

Feng Xie, Jing Chi and Jing Liao

Connecting Asia: Infrastructure for Integrating South and Southeast Asia Michael G. Plummer, Peter J. Morgan, and Ganeshan Wignaraja (eds) Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2016 Pp. 395 + xv. ISBN 978 1 78536 347 4 pp. 105-106

Douglas H. Brooks

Land and Development in Indonesia: Searching for the Peoples' Sovereignty J.F. McCarthy and K. Robinson (eds) Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2016 P. 395. ISBN: 978-981-47-6209-0 pp. 106-108

Ian Coxhead

Understanding Development Economics. Adam Fforde Routledge, London and New York, 2013 Pp. 354. ISBN: 978-0-415-86982-9 pp. 108-109

Dilip K. Das

Socioeconomic Development A. Szirmai ( Second Edition ) Cambridge University Press, 2015 Pp. 763 + xxx. ISBN: 0-521-81763-3 pp. 109-111

Emmanuel S. Dios

Moving the AEC Beyond 2015: Managing Domestic Consensus for Community Building Tham Siew Yean and Sanchita Basu Das (eds) Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2016 Pp. 211. ISBN: 978-981-4695-51-0 ASEAN Economic Community: A Model for Asia-Wide Regional Integration? Bruno Jetin and Mia Mikic (eds) Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 2016 Pp. 350. ISBN: 978-1-137-53710-2 pp. 111-112

Evelyn Devadason

Macro-financial Linkages in the Pacific Region Akira Kohsaka (ed) Routledge, 2015 P. 284. ISBN: 9781138806535 pp. 113-114

Mardi Dungey

The Myanmar Economy: Its Past, Present, and Prospects Konosuke Odaka (ed) Springer, 2016 Pp. 239. ISBN 13:9784431557340 pp. 114-115

Ronald Findlay

The Evolving Sphere of Food Security Rosamond L. Naylor (ed) Oxford University Press, New York, 2014 P. 416. ISBN: 9780199354061 pp. 115-117

R. Quentin Grafton

The Yudhoyono Presidency: Indonesia's Decade of Stability and Stagnation Edward Aspinall, Marcus Mietzner, and Dirk Tomsa (eds) ISEAS Publishing, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2015 P. 362. ISBN 978-981-4620-71-0 pp. 117-119

R. William Liddle

The Price of Oil Roberto F Aguilera and Marian Radetzki Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2016 P. 242. ISBN: 9781107110014 pp. 119-120

Philip Maxwell

Strengthening Social Protection in East Asia Mukul G. Asher and F. Kimura (eds) Taylor and Francis, London P. 258. ISBN: 9781317510666 pp. 120-121

Riyana Miranti

Development and Modern Industrial Policy Practice: Issues and Country Experiences Jesus Felipe (ed) Asian Development Bank and Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015 P. 406. ISBN: 978784715533 pp. 121-123

Patarapong Intarakumnerd

Mineral Economics and Policy J E Tilton and J I Guzmán RFF Press, New York City, 2016 Pp. 255. ISBN: 978-1-138-83895-6 pp. 123-124

Marian Radetzki

Australia's Indonesia Project: 50 Years of Engagement Colin Brown Bobby Graham Publishers, Manuka, 2015 Pp. 128. ISBN: 978-0-9874041-4-5 pp. 125-127

Christian Lübke

Partners and Rivals: The Uneasy Future of China's Relationship with the United States Wendy Dobson University of Toronto Press, 2013 Pp. 136. ISBN: 978-1-4426-4752-7 pp. 125-125

James Riedel

Education Matters: Global Schooling Gains from the 19th to the 21-super-st Century Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee Oxford University Press, New York, 2015 P. 304. ISBN: 13: 9780199379231 pp. 127-128

Glenn Withers

Volume 30, issue 1, 2016

A state-level analysis of the economic impacts of medical tourism in Malaysia pp. 3-29

Jeroen Klijs, Meghann Ormond, Tomas Mainil, Jack Peerlings and Wim Heijman

‘Thailand-plus-one’: a GVC-led development strategy for Cambodia pp. 30-41

Ikuo Kuroiwa

Myanmar: building economic foundations pp. 42-64

Ronald Findlay, Cyn-Young Park and Jean-Pierre A. Verbiest

Death of linkages in host countries? A firm-level study on the channels of productivity spillovers in the Malaysian manufacturing sector pp. 65-79

Andrew Jia Yi Kam

Firm agglomeration and local poverty reduction: evidence from an economy in transition pp. 80-98

Long Giang, Cuong Nguyen and Tuyen Tran

The ‘trilemma’ hypothesis and policy implications for Fiji pp. 99-119

Hyeon-seung Huh, Philip Inyeob Ji and Cyn-Young Park

Trade facilitation in ASEAN countries: harmonisation of logistics policies pp. 120-134

Anh T. Nguyen, Thuy Nguyen and Giang T. Hoang

Employment and Inclusive Development Rizwanul Islam and Iyanatul Islam Routledge Studies in Development Economics, London and New York, 2015 Pp. xxii + 263. ISBN: 978-0-415-82598-6 ASEAN Community 2015: Managing Integration for Better Jobs and Shared Prosperity Asian Development Bank and International Labour Office, Bangkok, 2014 Pp. xvi + 137. ISBN: 978-92-2-128869-5 pp. 135-139

Chris Manning

Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Economies edited by Ian Coxhead (ed.) Routledge, London and New York, 2015 Pp. 440. ISBN: 978-0-415-65994-9 pp. 139-143

Adam Szirmai

Income Inequality in Singapore by Pundarik Mukhopadhaya Routledge, Abingdon, 2015 Pp. xiii +189. ISBN 978-0-415-50489-8 pp. 144-145

Anne Booth

Weighing in on the Philippine Economy and Social Progress G. P. Sicat Anvil Publishing Inc, Mandaluyong, 2013, Pp.274. ISBN: 978-9-712-72826-6 pp. 145-147

Michael Cabalfin

Cesar Virata. Life and Times through Four Decades of Philippine Economic History Gerardo P. Sicat The University of the Philippines Press, Quezon City, 2014 Pp. 843 + x. ISBN 978-971-542-742-5 pp. 147-149

Hal Hill

Japan and Asia: Economic Development and Nation Building by Shinichi Ichimura World Scientific Press, Singapore, 2015 Pp. 468. ISBN: 978-981-4632-09-6 pp. 149-150

Jang-Hee Yoo

China's Technological Catch-up Strategy: Industrial Development, Energy Efficiency and CO 2 Emissions Michael T. Rock and Michael A. Toman Oxford University Press, New York, 2015 Pp. xvi + 274. ISBN: 978-0-199-38532-4 pp. 151-152

Stephen Morgan

The Global Coal Market, Supplying the Major Fuel for Emerging Economies edited by M. C. Thurber and R. K. Morse (eds.) Cambridge University Press, 2015 Pp.702. ISBN: 978-1-107-09242-6 pp. 152-153

Marian Radetzki

China's Rise and Regional Integration in East Asia: Hegemony or Community? edited by Yong Wook Lee and Key-young Son (eds.) Routledge, 2014 Pp. 176. ISBN: 978-0-415-73513-1 pp. 153-154

Rahul Sen

Economic Development of Taiwan: Early Experiences and the Pacific Trade Triangle by Frank S.T. Hsiao and Mei-Chu Wang Hsiao World Scientific Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., Singapore, 2015 Pp. 578. ISBN: 978-981-4618-50-2 pp. 154-156

Pan-Long Tsai

Volume 29, issue 2, 2015

Retirement policy: a review of the role, characteristics, and contribution of the Australian superannuation system pp. 1-17

Panha Heng, Scott J. Niblock and Jennifer L. Harrison

Managing the renminbi: should China peg to a trade-weighted basket? pp. 18-29

Heikki Oksanen

Productivity spillovers from foreign multinationals and trade protection: firm-level analysis of Vietnamese manufacturing pp. 30-46

Thi Ngoc Thuyen Truong, Juthathip Jongwanich and Eric Ramstetter

On the challenge to competitive authoritarianism and political patronage in Malaysia pp. 47-67

Anders Johansson

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: new paradigm or old wine in a new bottle? pp. 68-84

Sanchita Basu Das

Is there a Pareto solution to the misaligned incentives and competing objectives of water grabbing in the Lao PDR? pp. 85-96

Andrea Chareunsy

The Greening of Asia: The Business Case for Solving Asia's Environmental Emergency by Mark L. Clifford Columbia Business School Publishing, New York, 2015 Pp. 306. ISBN 978-0-231-16608-9 pp. 97-98

Paul Burke

Lost Decades in Growth Performance: Causes and Case Studies edited by Yun-Peng Chu (ed.) Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2015 Pp. 240. ISBN 978-1-137-47874-0 pp. 98-99

Tain-Jy Chen

The Origins of International Banking in Asia: the nineteenth and twentieth centuries edited by Shizuya Nishimura, Toshio Suzuki, and Ranald Michie (eds) Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012 Pp. 264. ISBN 978 0 19 964632 6 pp. 99-100

Patrick Fontenay

Transforming Malaysia: Dominant and Competing Paradigms edited by Anthony Milner, Abdul Rahman Embong, and Tham Siew Yean (eds) Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2014 Pp. 239. ISBN: 978-981-4517-91-1 pp. 100-102

Edmund Terence Gomez

Liem Sioe Liong's Salim Group: The Business Pillar of Suharto's Indonesia by Richard Borsuk and Nancy Chng Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2014 Pp. 574. ISBN 978 981 4459 57 0 pp. 102-103

Hal Hill

Economic Management in a Volatile Environment: Monetary and Financial Issues by Ramkishen S. Rajan and Sasidaran Gopalan Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2015 Pp. xx+283. ISBN 9 78 137 37151-5 pp. 103-106

Akhand Hossain

Japan's Economic Planning and Mobilization in Wartime, 1930s-1940s: The Competence of the State by Yoshiro Miwa Cambridge University Press, New York, 2015 Pp. viii, 462. ISBN 978-1-107-02650-6 pp. 106-108

Carl Mosk

Mirror Images in Different Frames? Johor, the Riau Islands, and Competition for Investment from Singapore by Francis E. Hutchinson ISEAS, Singapore, 2015 Pp. 150. ISBN 978-981-4620-45-1 pp. 109-110

Siwage Dharma Negara

Asian Capital Market Development and Integration: Challenges and Opportunities. Korea Capital Market Institute and Asian Development Bank (eds) Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2014 Pp. 491. ISBN 978-01-9809-945-1 pp. 110-112

David Nellor

Asian-Pacific Rim Logistics: Global Context and Local Policies by Peter J. Rimmer Edward Elgar, UK, 2014 Pp. 552. ISBN 978-1-84720-628-2 pp. 112-113

Ross Robinson

Globalization and Economic Nationalism in Asia edited by Anthony P. D'Costa (ed.) Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012 Pp. 259. ISBN: 978 0 19 964621 0 pp. 113-115

Garry Rodan

Trade, Development, and Political Economy in East Asia: Essays in Honour of Hal Hill edited by Prema-chandra Athukorala, Arianto A. Patunru, and Budy P. Resosudarmo (eds) ISEAS, Singapore, 2014 Pp. 278. ISBN 978-981-4620-05-5 pp. 115-116

Siew Yean Tham

Global Shock, Risks, and Asian Financial Reform edited by Iwan J. Azis and Hyun Song Shin (eds) Edward Elgar and Asian Development Bank, Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA, 2014 Pp. 752. ISBN 978-1-78347-793-7 pp. 116-117

Giorgio Valente

Volume 29, issue 1, 2015

Cooperation between countries to ensure global economic growth: a role for the G20? pp. 1-24

David Vines

Gerschenkron Redux? Analysing New Evidence on Joint-Stock Enterprise in Pre-War Shanghai pp. 25-46

Niv Horesh

Stock market performance in Hong Kong: an exploratory review pp. 47-61

Sin-Yu Ho and Nicholas Odhiambo

Forces of economic growth in China, India, and other Asian countries pp. 62-81

Rup Singh

On the puzzling slowdown of wage and productivity growth in Taiwan: evidence from a comparison with South Korea pp. 82-101

Frank Bickenbach, Wan-Hsin Liu and Hector Niehues-Jeuffroy

Electricity consumption and economic development in Asia: new data and new methods pp. 102-125

Fumitaka Furuoka

Energy price shocks, monetary policy and China's economic fluctuations pp. 126-141

Yunqing Wang and Qigui Zhu

FDI productivity spillovers and the technology gap in Malaysia's electrical and electronic industries pp. 142-160

Noor Aini Khalifah, Salmah Mohd Salleh and Radziah Adam

Drivers of technical efficiency in Malaysian banking: a new empirical insight pp. 161-173

Asish Saha, Nor Hayati Ahmad and Umakant Dash

Geographical indication protection and rural livelihoods: insights from India and Thailand pp. 174-185

Pradyot Jena, Chuthaporn Ngokkuen, Dil Rahut and Ulrike Grote

World Economic Performance—past, present and future: essays in celebration of the life and work of Angus Maddison edited by D.S. Prasada Rao and Bart von Ark (eds) Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA, 2013 Pp. ix + 432, ISBN 978 1 84844 848 3 pp. 186-193

Konosuke Odaka

Fiscal Sustainability & Competitiveness in Europe and Asia by Ramkishen S. Rajan, Tan Khee Giap and Tan Kong Yam Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2014 xii+202. ISBN 978 1 137 40696 5 pp. 194-195

Shinji Asanuma

Institutional Change and the Development of Industrial Clusters in China: Case Studies from Textile and Clothing Industry. Series on Economic Development and Growth Vol. 8 by Jinmin Wang World Scientific, Singapore, 2014 Pp. xxi + 185. ISBN 978 981 4289 04 7 pp. 195-196

Chunlai Chen

Understanding Management in China: Past, Present and Future by Malcolm Warner Routledge, London and New York, 2014 Pp. 244. ISBN 978-0-415-50612-0 pp. 197-197

Dilip K. Das

How Finance is Shaping the Economies of China, Japan and Korea edited by Yung Chul Park and Hugh Patrick (eds) with Larry Meissner Columbia University Press, New York, 2013 Pp. xii + 364. ISBN 978 0 231 16526 6 pp. 198-199

Peter J. Drake

Rebalancing Economies in Financially Integrated East Asia edited by Jenny Corbett and Ying Xu Routledge-ERIA Studies in Development Economics, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, 2015 Pp. 269 + xviii. ISBN 978 0 415 85936 3 pp. 199-200

Stephen Grenville

New Global Architecture: The Asian Perspective edited by Masahiro Kawai, Peter J. Morgan and Pradumna B. Rana (eds) Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK, 2014 P. 248. E-ISBN 978 1 78347 220 8 pp. 200-202

Richard Pomfret

Hard Interests, Soft Illusions: Southeast Asia and American Power by Natasha Hamilton-Hart Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, 2012 P. 243. ISBN 978 0 8014 5054 9 pp. 202-203

Krislert Samphantharak

Issues in Governance, Growth and Globalisation in Asia edited by Tony Cavoli, Siona Listokin and Ramkishen Rajan (eds) World Scientific, Singapore, 2014 P. 186. ISBN 978 981 4504 94 2 pp. 203-205

Emmanuel A. San Andres

The Global Financial Crisis and the Korean Economy by Jang-Sup Shin Routledge, London, 2014 P. 188. ISBN 978 0 415 52111 6 pp. 205-206

Chung-Sok Suh

The US Strategic Pivot to Asia and Cross-Strait Relations: Economic and Security Dynamics edited by Peter C. Y. Chow (ed.) Palgrave and Macmillan, New York, 2014 Pp. 272. ISBN 978 1137 36462 3 pp. 206-208

Pan-Long Tsai